See also:HOLYWELL (Tre'ffynnon, well-See also:town) , a See also:market town and contributory See also:parliamentary 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 of Flintshire, N. See also:Wales,
situated on a height near the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Dee See also:estuary, 196 m.
from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway (the
station being 2 M. distant). Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 2652.
The See also:parish 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 (1769) has some columns of an earlier See also:building, interesting See also:brasses and strong embattled See also:tower. The remains of Basingwerk See also:Abbey (See also:Maes See also:glas, See also:green See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field), partly Saxon and partly See also:Early See also:English, are near the station. It is of uncertain origin but was used as a monastery before 1119. In 1131 Ranulph, 2nd See also:earl of See also:Chester, introduced the See also:Cistercians. In 1535, when its revenues were fl so, 7s. 3d., it was dissolved, but revived under See also:Mary I. and used as a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:burial See also:place in 1647. Scarcely any traces remain of Basingwerk See also:castle, an old fort. Small up to the beginning of the 19th See also:century, Holywell has increasingly prospered, thanks to See also:lime quarries, See also:lead, See also:copper and See also:zinc mines, smelting See also:works, a shot manufactory, copper, See also:brass, See also:iron and zinc works; See also:brewing, tanning and See also:mineral See also:water, See also:flannel and See also:cement works. St Winifred's See also:holy well, one of the wonders of Wales, sends up water at the See also:rate of 21 tons a See also:minute, of an almost unvarying temperature, higher than that of See also:ordinary See also:spring water, To its curative See also:powers many crutches and ex voto See also:objects, hung See also:round the well, as in the See also:Lourdes Grot, See also:bear ample See also:witness. The stones at the bottom are slightly reddish, owing to See also:vegetable substances. The well itself is covered by a See also:fine See also:Gothic building, said to have been erected by See also:Margaret, countess of See also:Richmond and See also:mother of 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 VII., with some portions of earlier date. The See also:chapel (restored) is used for public service. Catholics and others visit it in See also:great See also:numbers. There are See also:swimming See also:baths for See also:general use. In 1870 a See also:hospice for poorer pilgrims was erected. Other public buildings are St Winifred's (Catholic) church and a See also:convent, 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 and a market-hall. The export See also:trade is expedited by quays on the Dee.
End of Article: HOLYWELL (Tre'ffynnon, well-town)
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