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DUDLEY , a municipal, See also:county 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 and See also:market-See also:town of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, in a portion of that county enclaved in See also:Staffordshire, 8 m. W.N.W. of See also:Birmingham, and 121 N.W. of See also:London by the London & See also:North Western railway. The See also:Great Western railway also serves the town, Pop. (1891) 45,724; (1901) 48,733. Dudley lies on an elevated See also:ridge, in the midst of the See also:district of the midlands known as the See also:Black See also:Country, which is given up to ironworks and See also:coal mines. The " ten-yard " coal, in the neighbourhood, is the thickest seam worked in England. See also:Limestone is extensively quarried, See also:fire-See also:clay is abundant; and See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:brass-founding, See also:engineering See also:works, See also:glass works andbrickworks are comprisedin the See also:industries. Among the See also:principal buildings are the churches of the five parishes into
which the town is divided, 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, county See also:court, See also:free See also:libraries, and school of See also:art, See also:grammar school with university and See also:foundation scholarships, technical school, See also:mechanics' See also:institute, See also:Guest See also:hospital (founded by See also:Joseph Guest, a See also:citizen, in 1868), arid a dispensary. In the market-See also:place stands a large domed See also:fountain, erected by the See also:earl of Dudley (1867). There is a See also:geological society with a museum, for the neighbourhood of Dudley is full of geological See also:interest, the See also:Silurian limestone abounding in fossils. To the north of the town are extensive remains of an See also:ancient See also:castle, surrounded by beautiful grounds. The 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 on which it stands is of limestone, which by See also:quarrying has been hollowed out in extensive See also:chambers and galleries. The view from the castle is remarkable. The whole district is seen to be set with chimneys, See also:- PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)
pit-buildings and factories; and at See also:night the glare of furnaces reveals the tireless activity of the Black Country. Dudley and its environs are connected by a See also:tramway See also:system, and See also:water communication is afforded by the Dudley See also:canal with Birmingham and with the See also:river See also:Severn.
Included in the parliamentary borough, but in Staffordshire, and 2a M. by See also:rail S.W. of Dudley, is See also:Brierley Hill, a market-town on the river See also:Stour and the See also:Stourbridge and Birmingham Canals. Its See also:chief buildings are the See also:modern 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:Michael, See also:standing on a hill, the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:Mary, by A. W. See also:Pugin, the town hall and free library. Between this and Dudley See also:lie the great ironworks of Roundoak, and the extensive suburb of Netherton in the enclaved portion of Worcestershire. The industries are similar to those of Dudley. Three See also:miles W. of Dudley is Kingswinford, a See also:mining township, with large See also:brick works, giving name to a parliamentary See also:division of Staffordshire. The parliamentary borough of Dudley returns one member. The town itself is governed by a See also:mayor, 10 aldermen and 30 councillors. See also:Area 3546 acres.
In See also:medieval times the importance of Dudley (Dudelei) depended on the castle, which is mentioned in the Domesday Survey. Before the See also:Conquest Earl Eadwine held the See also:manor, which in 1o86 belonged to 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 FitzAnsculf, from whom it passed, probably by See also:marriage, to See also:Fulk Paynel, afterwards to the Somerys, Suttons and Wards, whose descendants (earls of Dudley) now hold it. The first mention of Dudley as a borough occurs in an See also:inquisition taken after the See also:death of See also:Roger de Somery in 1272. This does not give a clear See also:account of the privileges held by the burgesses, but shows that they had probably been freed from some or all of the services required from them as manorial tenants, in return for a fixed See also:rent. In 1865 Dudley was incorporated. Before that 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 it was governed by a high and See also:low See also:bailiff appointed every See also:year at the court leet of the manor. Roger de Somery evidently held a market by See also:prescription in Dudley before 1261, in which year he came to terms with the See also:dean of See also:Wolverhampton, who had set up a market in Wolverhampton to the disadvantage of Roger's market at Dudley. According to the terms of the agreement the dean might continue his market on See also:condition that Roger and his tenants should be free from See also:toll there. Two fairs, on the 21st of See also:September and the 21st of See also:April, were granted in 1684 to See also:Edward See also:Lord See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward, lord of the manor. Dudley was represented in the See also:parliament of 1295, but not again until the See also:privilege was revived by the Reform See also:Act of 1832. Mines of See also:sea-coal in Dudley are mentioned as See also:early as the reign of Edward I., and by the beginning of the 17th See also:century mining had become an important See also:industry.
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