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DONCASTER , 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 Doncaster See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:York-See also:shire, See also:England, 156 m. N. by W. from See also:London. Pop. (Igo') 28,932. It lies in a See also:flat See also:plain on the See also:river See also:Don, with slight hills rising westward. It is an important station on the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, whose See also:principal See also:locomotive and See also:carriage See also:works are here, and it is also served by the See also:North Eastern, Great Eastern, Great Central, See also:Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire, and Midland See also:railways. The Don affords intercommunication with See also:Goole and the See also:Humber. 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 St See also:George, occupying the site of an older structure of the same name, destroyed by See also:fire in 1853, was finished in 1858 under the direction of See also:Sir G. G. See also:Scott. It is a See also:fine cruciform structure of Decorated See also:character, with a central See also:tower 170 ft. high, and contains a particularly fine See also:organ. St 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's church was erected, under the same architect and See also:Lord See also:Grimthorpe, by the Great Northern railway See also:company. Other important buildings are the 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, See also:mansion See also:house, See also:free library and See also:art school, See also:corn See also:exchange and markets. The See also:grammar school was founded in 1553 and reorganized in 1862. Doncaster See also:race-meetings are widely famous. The racecourse lies 1 m. S.E. of the town. The old course is s m. 7 See also:fur. 70 yds. in length, and the Sandall course of 1 m. was added in 1892. The See also:grand stand was erected in 1777, but there are several additional stands. Races have See also:long been held at Doncaster, and there was a stand on the course before the See also:year 1615. The St Leger takes its name from Lieut.-See also:General St Leger, who originated the race in 1776; but it was not so named till 1778. The meetings are held in the second See also:week of See also:September. A See also:system of electric tramways connects the town with its principal suburbs. The agricultural See also:trade is extensive, and there are See also:iron, See also:brass and agricultural See also:machine works. Doncaster lies on the outskirts of a populous See also:district extending
up the valley of the Don. Two See also:miles S.W. is the See also:urban district of Balby-with-Hexthorpe (pop. 6781); and 7 m. S. is that of Tickhill, where there are remains of a See also:Norman See also:castle. See also:Wheatley (3579) lies 2 M. N.E. The borough of Doncaster is under a See also:mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors. See also:Area, 1695 acres.
See also:History.—There was a See also:Roman station here, and numerous remains of the Roman See also:period have been found. In the reign of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor, Doncaster, as a berewic of the See also:manor of Hexthorp, belonged to See also:Earl See also:Tostig; but before 1o86 it had been granted to See also:Robert, earl of See also:Mortain, whose successor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William was attainted for See also:treason in 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 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 I. The overlordship then See also:fell to the See also:crown, and the families of See also:Frossard, See also:Manley and Salvin successively held the manor as underlords. Doncaster was evidently a borough held of the crown for a See also:fee See also:farm See also:rent before 1194, when See also:Richard I. granted and confirmed to the burgesses their See also:soke and town to hold by the See also:ancient rent and by twenty-five marks yearly. The town was incorporated in 1467 by Edward IV., who granted a gild See also:merchant and appointed that the town should be governed by a mayor and two serjeants-at-See also:mace elected every year by the burgesses. Henry VII., while confirming this See also:charter in 1505, granted further that the burgesses should hold their town and soke with all the manors in the soke on See also:payment of a fee farm. He also by another charter in 15o8 confirmed letters patent granted by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter de Mauley in 1341, by which the latter renounced to the inhabitants of Doncaster all the manorial claims which he had upon them, with the " pernicious customs " which his ancestors claimed from bakers; brewers, butchers, fishers and See also:wind-fallen trees. In 1623 See also:Ralph Salvin tried to regain the manor of Doncaster from the mayor and burgesses, who, fearing that the See also:case would go against them, agreed to pay about £3000, in return for which he gave up his claim to all the manors in the soke. See also:Charles II. in 1664 gave the town a new charter, granting that it should be governed by a mayor, twelve aldermen and twenty-four See also:capital burgesses, but since this was not enrolled and was therefore of no effect the burgesses obtained another charter from James II. in 1684 by which the town was governed until the Municipal See also:Corporation See also:Act. In 1200 a See also:fair at Doncaster on the See also:vigil and See also:day of St James the Apostle was See also:con-firmed to Robert de Turnham, who held the manor in right of his wife, with the addition of an extra day, for which he had to give the 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 two palfreys See also:worth loos. each. By the charter of 1194 the burgesses received See also:licence to hold a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of the See also:Annunciation, and this with the fair on St James's day was confirmed to them by Henry VII. in 1505• The fairs and markets are still held under these charters.
See See also:Victoria See also:County History, Yorkshire; Edward See also:Miller, The History and Antiquities of Doncaster (1828-1831); See also:Calendar to the Records of the Borough of Doncaster, published by the Corporation.
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