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KIDDERMINSTER , a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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 of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, 1352 M. N.W. by W. from See also:London and 15 M. N. of See also:Worcester by the See also:Great Western railway, on the See also:river See also:Stour and the See also:Staffordshire and Worcestershire See also:canal. Pop. (1901), 24,692. 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 All See also:Saints, well placed above the river, is a See also:fine See also:Early See also:English and Decorated See also:building, with Perpendicular additions. Of other buildings the See also:principal are the 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 (1876), the See also:corporation buildings, and the school of See also:science and See also:art and See also:free library. There is a free See also:grammar school founded in 1637. A public recreation ground, See also:Brinton See also:Park, was opened in 1887. See also:Richard See also:Baxter, who was elected by the townsfolk as their See also:minister in 1641, was instrumental in saving the town from a reputation of See also:ignorance and depravity caused by the laxity of their See also:clergy. He is commemorated by a statue, as is See also:Sir See also:Rowland See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, the introducer of See also:penny See also:postage, who was See also:born here in 1795. Kidderminster is chiefly celebrated for its carpets. The permanency of See also:colour by which they are distinguished is attributed to the properties of the See also:water of the Stour, which is impregnated with See also:iron and See also:fuller's See also:earth. Worsted See also:spinning and See also:dyeing are also carried on, and there are iron foundries, tinplate See also:works, breweries, malthouses, &c. The parliamentary borough returns one member. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 1214 acres.
In 736 lands upon the river Stour, called Stour in Usmere, which have been identified with the site of Kidderminster (Chideminstre), were given to See also:Earl Cyneberght by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King 'Ethel-bald to found a monastery. If this monastery was ever built, it was afterwards annexed to the church of Worcester, and the lands on the Stour formed See also:part of the See also:gift of Coenwulf, king of the Mercians, to Deneberht, See also:bishop of Worcester, but were exchanged with the same king in 816 for other See also:property.
At the Domesday Survey, Kidderminster was still in the hands of the king and remained a royal See also:manor until 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 II. granted it to Manser Biset. The poet See also:Edmund See also:Waller was one of the 17th See also:century lords of the manor. The town was possibly a borough in 1187 when the men paid £4 to an aid. As a royal See also:possession it appears to have enjoyed various privileges in the 12th century, among them the right of choosing a See also:bailiff to collect the See also:toll and render it to the king, and to elect six burgesses and send them to the view of See also:frankpledge twice a See also:year. The first See also:charter of See also:incorporation, granted in 1636, appointed a bailiff and 12 See also:capital burgesses forming a See also:common See also:council. The town was governed under this charter until the Municipal Reform At of 1835. Kidderminster sent two members to the See also:parliament of 1295, but was not again represented until the See also:privilege of sending one member was conferred by the Reform See also:Act of 1832. The first mention of the See also:cloth See also:trade for which Kidderminster was formerly noted occurs in 1334, when it was enacted that no one should make woollen cloth in the borough without the bailiff's See also:seal. At the end of the 18th century the trade was still important, but it began to decline after the invention of machinery, probably owing to the poverty of the manufacturers. The manufacture of woollen goods was however replaced by that of carpets, introduced in 1735. At first only the " Kidderminster " carpets were made, but in 1749 a See also:Brussels
See also:loom was set up in the town and Brussels carpets were soon produced in large quantities.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History: Worcestershire; J. R. See also:Burton, A History of Kidderminster, with See also:Short Accounts of some Neighbouring Parishes (1890).
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