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HEYWOOD , 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 Heywood See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 9 m. N. of See also:Manchester on the Lancashire and See also:Yorkshire railway. Pop. (1901) 25,458. It is of See also:modern growth and possesses several handsome churches, chapels and public buildings. The See also:Queen's See also:Park, See also:purchased and laid out at a cost of £11,000 with See also:money which devolved to Queen See also:Victoria in right of her duchy and See also:county See also:palatine of See also:Lancaster, was opened in 1879. Heywood 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 in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood of the See also:town was the See also:residence of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Heywood, who contributed to the See also:discovery of the See also:Gunpowder See also:Plot. Heywood owes its rise to the enterprise of the Peels, its first manufactures having been introduced by the See also:father of the first See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Peel. It is an important seat of the See also:cotton manufacture, and there are See also:power-See also:loom factories, See also:iron foundries, chemical See also:works, See also:boiler-works and railway See also:wagon works. See also:Coal is worked extensively in the neighbourhood. Heywood was incorporated in 1881, and the See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 366o acres.
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