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DEWSBURY , a See also: market See also:town and municipal and See also:parliamentary 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:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, on the See also:river See also:Calder, 8 m. S.S.W. of See also:Leeds, on the See also:Great See also:Northern, See also:London & See also:North-Western, and See also:Lancashire & Yorkshire See also:railways. Pop. (1901) 28,060.. 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 of All See also:Saints was for the most See also:part rebuilt in the latter See also:half of the 18th See also:century; the portions still preserved of the See also:original structure are mainly See also:Early See also:English. The See also:chief See also:industries are the making of blankets, carpets, druggets and worsted See also:yarn ; and there are See also:iron foundries and machinery See also:works. See also:Coal is worked in the neighbourhood. The parliamentary borough includes the adjacent municipal borough of See also:Batley, and returns one member. The municipal borough, incorporated in 1862, is under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 1471 acres. See also:Paulinus, first See also:archbishop of See also:York, about the See also:year 627 preached in the See also:district of Dewsbury, where See also:Edwin, 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 of See also:Northumbria, whom he converted to See also:Christianity, had a royal See also:mansion. At Kirklees, in the parish, are remains of a Cistercian See also:convent of the 12th century, in an extensive See also:park, where tradition relates that See also:Robin See also:Hood died and was buried.
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