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HINCKLEY , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Bosworth See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Leicestershire, See also:England, 142 m. S.W. from See also:Leicester on the See also:Nuneaton-Leicester See also:branch of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway, and near the See also:Ashby-de-la-See also:Zouch See also:canal. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 11,304. The town is well situated on a considerable See also:eminence. Among the See also:principal buildings are 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, a Decorated and Perpendicular structure, with lofty See also:tower and See also:spire; the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:academy named St 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's Priory, and a See also:grammar school. The ditch of a See also:castle erected by See also:Hugh de Grentismenil in 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:- 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 See also:Rufus is still to be traced. Hinckley is the centre of a See also:stocking-See also:weaving district, and its speciality is circular See also:hose. It also possesses a See also:boot-making See also:industry, See also:brick and See also:tile See also:works, and See also:lime works. There are See also:mineral springs in the neighbourhood.
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