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ECCLES , a 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 Eccles See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 4 M. W. of See also:Manchester, of which it forms practically a suburb. Pop. (19o1) 34,369. It is served by the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway and by the See also:Birkenhead railway (North-Western and See also:Great Western See also:joint). The Manchester See also:Ship See also:Canal passes through. The 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:Mary is believed to date from the 12th See also:century, but. has been enlarged and wholly restored in See also:modern times. There are several See also:hand-some modern churches and chapels, a See also: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, and numerous See also:cotton See also:mills, while See also:silk-throwing and the manufacture of fustians and ginghams are also among the See also:industries, and there are also large See also:engine See also:works. A See also:peculiar See also:form of cake is made here, taking name from the town, and has a wide reputation. Eccles was incorporated in 1892, and the See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. The borough maintains the See also:tramway service, &c., but See also:water and See also:gas are supplied from Manchester and See also:Salford respectively. See also:Area, 2057 acres.
Before the See also:Reformation the monks of See also:Whalley See also:Abbey had a See also:grange here at what is still called Monks' Hall; and in 1864 many thousands of See also:silver pennies 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 See also:John of
England and 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 I. of See also:Scotland were discovered near the spot. See also:Robert See also:Ainsworth, the author of the Latin and See also:English See also:dictionary so See also:long See also:familiar to English students, was See also:born at Eccles in 166o; and it was at the vicarage that William See also:Huskisson expired on the 15th of See also:September 183o from injuries received at the opening of the See also:Liverpool & Manchester railway. From See also:early times " wakes " were held at Eccles, and See also:bull-baiting, See also:bear-baiting and See also:cock-fighting were carried on. Under See also:Elizabeth these festivals, which had become notoriously disorderly, were abolished, but were revived under 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., and maintained until See also:late in the 19th century on public ground. The See also:cockpit remained on the site of the See also:present town hall. A celebration on private See also:property still recalls these wakes.
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