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HERTFORD , 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, and the See also:county town of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England, in the Hertford See also:parliamentary See also:division of the county, 24 M. N. from See also:London, the See also:terminus of See also:branch lines of the See also:Great Eastern and Great See also:Northern See also:railways. Pop. (19o1) 9322. It is pleasantly situated in the valley of the See also:river See also:Lea. The See also:chief buildings are the See also:modern churches of St See also:Andrew and of All See also:Saints, on the sites of old ones, a 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:corn See also:exchange, public library, school of See also:art and the old See also:castle, which retains the See also:wall and See also:part of a See also:tower dating from the See also:Norman See also:period, and is represented by a picturesque Jacobean See also:building of See also:brick, largely modernized. There are several educational establishments, including the preparatory school for See also:Christ's See also:Hospital, a picturesque building (in great part, however, rebuilt) at the See also:east end of the town, See also:Hale's See also:grammar school, the See also:Cowper Testimonial school, and a See also:Green-coat school for boys and girls. Two See also:miles S.E. is Haileybury See also:College, one of the See also:principal public See also:schools of England, founded in 18o5 by the East See also:India See also:Company for their See also:civil service students, who were then temporarily housed in Hertford Castle. The school lies high above the Lea valley, towards See also:Hoddesdon, in the midst of a stretch of finely-wooded See also:country. Hertford has a considerable agricultural See also:trade, and there are maltings, breweries, See also:iron foundries, and See also:oriental See also:printing See also:works. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 5 aldermen and 15 councillors. See also:Area, 1134 acres.
Hertford (Hertofoord, Heorotford, Hurtford) was the See also:scene of a See also:synod in 673. Its communication with London by way of the Lea and the See also:Thames gave it strategic importance during the Danish occupation of East Anglia. In ro66 and later it was a royal See also:garrison and See also:burgh. It made See also:separate payments for See also:aids to the Norman and Angevin See also:kings; and in 1331 was governed by a See also:bailiff annually elected by the commonalty. A See also:charter incorporated the bailiffs and burgesses in 1555, and was confirmed under See also:Elizabeth and in 16o6. A charter of 168o to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty was effective until the Municipal See also:Corporation See also:Act. Hertford returned two burgesses to the See also:parliament of 1298, and to others until, after 1375/6, such right became abeyant, to be restored by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of parliament in 1623/4. One representative was lost by the. See also:Representation Act in 1868, and separate representation by the Redistribution Act in 1885. 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 of fairs in 1226 probably originated or confirmed those held in 1331 on the feasts of the See also:Assumption and of St See also:Simon and St See also:Jude, their vigils and morrows, which fairs were confirmed by Elizabeth and See also:Charles II. Another on the See also:vigil, morrow and feast of the Nativity of the Virgin was granted by Elizabeth: its date was changed to May-See also:day 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. Modern fairs are on the third Saturday before See also:Easter, the 12th of May, the 5th of See also:July and the 8th of See also:November. Markets were held in 1331 on Wednesday and Saturday; after 1368 on See also:Thursday and Saturday; and they returned to Wednesdays and Saturdays in r680.
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