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GODMANCHESTER , 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 See also:southern, See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Huntingdonshire, See also:England, on the .right See also:bank of the See also:Ouse, 1 in. S.S.E. of See also:Huntingdon, on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 2017. It has a beautiful Perpendicular 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 (St See also:Mary's) and an agricultural See also:trade, with See also:flour See also:mills. The See also:town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 4907 acres.
A Romano-See also:British See also:village occupied the site of Godmanchester.The town (Gumencestre, Gomecestre) belonged to 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 before the See also:Conquest and at 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. in I213 King See also:John granted the See also:manor to the men of the town at a See also:fee-See also:farm of £120 yearly, and See also:confirmation charters were granted by several succeeding See also:kings, See also:Richard II. in 1391-1392 adding exemption from See also:toll, See also:pannage, &c. 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. granted an in-See also:corporation See also:charter in 16o5 under the See also:title of bailiffs, assistants and commonalty, but under the Municipal Reform See also:Act of 1835 the corporation was changed to a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. Godmanchester was formerly included for parliamentary purposes in the borough of Huntingdon, which has ceased to be separately represented since 1885. The See also:incorporation charter of 16o5 recites that the burgesses are chiefly engaged in See also:agriculture, and grants them a See also:fair, which still continues every See also:year on Tuesday in See also:Easter See also:week.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, Huntingdon; See also:Robert See also:Fox, The History of Godmanchester (1831).
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