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HUDDERSFIELD , a municipal, See also:county and 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 in the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 190 M. N.N.W. from See also:London. Pop. (19ol) 95,047. It is served by the See also:Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & See also:North Western
1 See also:Skeat, Etym. See also:Diet. (1898), says, " The word bears so remarkable resemblance to See also:Low Ger. hukkebak, Ger. huckeback, pick-a-back, that it seems reasonable to suppose that it at first meant ' peddler's See also:ware.' The New See also:English See also:Dictionary does not consider that the connexion can at See also:present be assumed.
See also:railways, and has connexion with all the important railway systems of the West Riding, and with the extensive See also:canal See also:system of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It is well situated on a slope above the See also:river See also:Colne, a tributary of the See also:Calder. It is built principally of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, and contains several handsome streets with numerous See also:great warehouses and business premises, many of which are of high architectural merit. Of the numerous churches and chapels all are See also:modern, and some of considerable beauty. 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 of 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, however, though rebuilt in 1837, occupies a site which is believed to have carried a church since the 11th See also:century. The See also: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 (188o) and the See also:corporation offices (18i7) are handsome classic buildings; the See also:Ramsden See also:Estate buildings are a very See also:fine See also:block of the mixed See also:Italian 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. The See also:market hall (188o) surmounted by a See also:clock-See also:tower is in geometrical Decorated See also:style. The See also:cloth-hall See also:dates from 1784, when it was erected as a clothiers' See also:emporium. It is no longer used for any such purpose, but serves as an See also:exchange See also:news-See also:room. The Armoury, erected as a riding-school, was the headquarters of a volunteer See also:corps, and is also used for concerts and public meetings. The See also:chief educational establishments are the Huddersfield See also:College (1838), a higher-grade school, the technical school and several See also:grammar-See also:schools, of which Longwood school was founded in 1731. The See also:Literary and Scientific Society possesses a museum. Of the numerous charitable institutions, the Infirmary, erected in 1831, is housed in a See also:building of the Doric order. The chief open spaces are Greenhead and See also:Beaumont parks, the last named presented to the town by Mr H. F. Beaumont in 1880. There is a sulphurous See also:spa in the See also:district of See also:Lockwood.
Huddersfield is the See also:principal seat of the See also:fancy woollen See also:trade in England, and fancy goods in See also:silk and See also:cotton are also produced in great variety. See also:Plain cloth and worsteds are also manufactured: There are silk and cotton See also:spinning-See also:mills, See also:iron foundries and See also:engineering See also:works. See also:Coal is abundant in the vicinity. The parliamentary borough returns one member. The county borough was created in 1888. The municipal borough is under a See also:mayor, 15 aldermen and 45 councillors. See also:Area, 11,859 acres.
Huddersfield (Oderesfelte) only See also:rose to importance after the introduction of the woollen trade in the 17th century. After the See also:Conquest 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 I. granted the See also:manor to Ilbert de Laci, of whom the Saxon See also:tenant See also:Godwin was holding as underlord at 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 the Domesday Survey. In Saxon times it had been See also:worth loos., but after being laid See also:waste by the See also:Normans was still of no value in ro86. From the Lacys the manor passed to See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Plantagenet. See also:duke of See also:Lancaster, through his See also:marriage with Alice de See also:Lacy, and so came to the See also:crown on the See also:accession 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 IV. In 1599 See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth sold it to William Ramsden, whose descendants still own it. See also:Charles II. in 167o granted to See also:John Ramsden a market in Huddersfield every Wednesday with the See also:toll and other profits belonging. By the beginning of the 18th century Huddersfield had become a " considerable town," chiefly owing to the manufacture of woollen kersies, and towards the end of the same century the trade was increased by two events—the opening of See also:navigation on the Calder in 178o, and in 1784 that of the cloth-hall or piece-hall, built and given to the town by See also:Sir John Ramsden, See also:baronet. Since 1832 the burgesses have returned members to See also:parliament. The town possesses no See also:charter before 1868, when it was created a municipal borough.
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