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DARTFORD , a See also:market See also:town in the Dartford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, on the Darent, 17 M. E.S.E. of See also:London by the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. ofurban See also:district (1891), 11,962 ; (1901) 18,644. The town lies See also:low, flanked by two chalky eminences, called See also:East and See also:West Hills. It possesses a town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a See also:grammar school (1576), and a See also:Martyr's Memorial Hall: The most noteworthy See also:building, however, is the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, restored in 1863, which contains a curious old See also:fresco and several interesting See also:brasses, and has a See also:Norman See also:tower. The prosperity of the town depends on the important See also:works in its vicinity, including See also:powder works, See also:paper See also:mills, and See also:engineering, See also:iron, chemical and See also:cement works. One of the first attempts at the manufacture of paper in England was made here by See also:Sir See also:John Spielman (d. 1607), jeweller to See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth. Dartford was the See also:scene, in 1235, of the See also:marriage, celebrated by See also:proxy, between See also:Isabella, See also:sister of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III., and the See also:Emperor See also:Frederick II. ; and in 1331 a famous See also:tournament was held in the See also:place by See also:Edward III. The same monarch established an Augustinian nunnery on West See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill in 1355, of which, however, few remains exist. After the See also:Dissolution it was used as a private See also:residence by Henry VIII., See also:Anne of See also:Cleves and Elizabeth. The See also:chantry of St See also:Edmund the Martyr which stood on the opposite See also:side of the town was a See also:part of Edward III.'s endowment to the priory, and became so famous as a place of See also:pilgrimage, especially for those on their way to See also:Canterbury, that the part of Watling See also:Street which crossed there towards London was sometimes called " St Edmund's Way." It was here also that Wat See also:Tyler's insurrection began in 1377, and the See also:house in which he resided is shown. On Dartford See also:Heath is a lunatic See also:asylum of the London See also:County See also:Council, and, at See also:Long Reach, the infectious diseases See also:hospital of the See also:Metropolitan Asylums See also:Board. See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone church, 2 M. E. of Dartford, mainly See also:late See also:Early See also:English (1251-1274), and carefully restored by G. E. Street in 186o, is remarkable ; the richness of the See also:work within increases from west to east, culminating in a See also:choir See also:arcade decorated with work among the finest of its See also:period extant; the period is that of the choir of See also:Westminster See also:Abbey, and from a comparison of building materials, choir arcades and See also:sculpture of foliage, a See also:common architect has been suggested. Greenhithe, on the See also:banks of the See also:Thames, has large See also:chalk quarries in its neighbourhood, from which See also:lime and cement are manufactured.
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