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DAVENTRY , a See also:market See also:town and, municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the See also:Southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Northamptonshire, See also:England, 74 M. N.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:North Westernrailway. Pop. (1901) 3780. It is picturesquely situated on a sloping site in a See also:rich undulating See also:country. On the adjacent Borough 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 are extensive earthworks, and the See also:discovery of remains here and at Burnt Walls, immediately See also:south, proves the existence of a considerable See also:Roman station. The See also:chief See also:industry of the town is the manufacture of boots and shoes. The borough is under a See also:mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors. See also:Area, 3633 acres.
In spite of the Roman remains on Borough Hill, nothing is known of the town itself until the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Domesday Survey, when the See also:manor consisting of eight hides belonged to the countess See also:Judith, the Conqueror's niece. According to tradition, Daventry was created a borough by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:John, but there is no extant See also:charter before that of See also:Elizabeth in 1576, by which the town was incorporated under the name of the See also:bailiff, burgesses and commonalty of the borough of Daventry. The bailiff was to be chosen every See also:year in the See also:Moot 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 and to be assisted by fourteen See also:principal burgesses and a See also:recorder. See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. confirmed this charter in 1605—1606, and See also:Charles II. in 1674—1675 granted a new charter. The " quo warranto " rolls show that a market every Wednesday and a See also:fair on St See also:Augustine's See also:day were granted to See also:Simon son of See also:Walter by King John. The charter of 1576 See also:con-firms this market and fair to the burgesses, and grants them two new fairs each continuing for two days, on Tuesday after See also:Easter and on the feast of St See also:Matthew the Apostle. Wednesday is still the market day. The town was an important coaching centre, and there was a large See also:local industry in the manufacture of whips. During the See also:civil See also:wars Daventry was the headquarters of Charles I. ,in the summer of 1645, immediately before the See also:battle of See also:Naseby, at which he was defeated. A Cluniac priory founded here shortly after the See also:Conquest has See also:left no remains.
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