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HARWICH , 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 and seaport in the Harwich See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, on the extremity of a small See also:peninsula projecting into the See also:estuary of the See also:Stour and Orwell, 70 M. N.E. by E. of See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. (19o1), 10,070. It occupies an elevated situation, and a wide view is obtained from See also:Beacon 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 at the See also:southern end of the esplanade. 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:Nicholas was built of See also:brick in 1821; and there are a See also:town See also:hail and a See also:custom-See also:house. The See also:harbour is one of the best on the See also:east See also:coast of England, and in stormy See also:weather is largely used for shelter. A See also:breakwater and See also:sea-See also:wall prevent the blocking of the harbour entrance and encroachments of the sea; and there is another breakwater at Landguard Point on the opposite (See also:Suffolk) See also:shore of the estuary. The See also:principal imports are See also:grain and agricultural produce, timberand See also:coal, and the exports See also:cement and See also:fish. Harwich is one of the principal See also:English ports for See also:continental passenger See also:traffic, steamers regularly serving the See also:Hook of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, See also:Amsterdam, See also:Rotterdam, See also:Antwerp, See also:Esbjerg, See also:Copenhagen and See also:Hamburg. The continental trains of the Great Eastern railway run to Parkeston See also:Quay, 1 m. from Harwich up the Stour, where the passenger steamers start. The See also:fisheries are important, principally those for shrimps and lobsters. There are cement and See also: shipbuilding See also:works The See also:port is the headquarters of the Royal Harwich Yacht See also:Club. There are batteries at and opposite Harwich, and See also:modern works on Shotley Point, at the See also:fork of the two estuaries. There are also several of the Martello towers of the See also:Napoleonic era. At Landguard Fort there are important See also:defence works with heavy modern guns commanding the See also:main channel. This has been a point of coast defence since 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:- 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. Between the Parkeston Quay and Town railway stations is that of See also:Dover-See also:court, an adjoining See also:parish and popular watering-See also:place. Harwich is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 1541 acres.
Harwich (Herewica, Herewyck) cannot be shown to have been inhabited very See also:early, although in the 18th See also:century remains of a See also:camp, possibly See also:Roman, existed there. Harwich formed See also:part of the See also:manor of See also:Dovercourt. It became a borough in 1319 by a See also:charter of See also:Edward II., which was confirmed in 1342 and 1378, and by each of the Lancastrian See also:kings. The exact nature and degree of its self-See also:government is not clear. Harwich' received charters in 1547, 1553 and 156o. In 1604 James I. gave it a charter which amounted to a new constitution, and from this charter begins the See also: regular parliamentary See also:representation. Two burgesses had attended See also:parliament in 1343, but none had been summoned since. Until 1867 Harwich returned two members; it then lost one, and in 1885 it was merged in the See also:county. Included in the manor of Dovercourt, Harwich from 1086 was for See also:long held by the de See also:Vere See also:family. In 1252 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. granted to See also:Roger See also:Bigod a See also:market here every Tuesday, and a See also:fair on See also:Ascension See also:day, and eight days after. In 1320 a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant occurs of a Tuesday market, but no fair is mentioned. James I. granted a See also:Friday market, and two fairs, at the feast of St See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip and St James, and on St See also:Luke's day. The fair has died out, but markets are still held on Tuesday and Friday. Harwich has always had a considerable See also:trade; in the 14th century merchants came even from See also:Spain, and there was much trade in See also:wheat and See also:wool with See also:Flanders. But the passenger traffic appears to have been as important at Harwich in the 14th century as it is now. Shipbuilding was a considerable See also:industry at Harwich in the 17th century.
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