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KNUTSFORD , a See also:market See also:town in the Knutsford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cheshire, See also:England; on the See also:London & See also:North Western and See also:Great Central See also:railways, 24 M. E.N.E. of See also:Chester, on the Chesire Lines and London & North-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (Igor), 5172. It is pleasantly situated on an elevated See also:ridge, with the See also:fine domains of Tatton See also:Park and Tabley respectively north and See also:west of it. The See also:meres in these domains are especially picturesque. Knutsford is noted in See also:modern times as the See also:scene of Mrs See also:Gaskell's novel Cranford. Among several See also:ancient houses the most interesting are a cottage with the date 1411 carved on its woodwork, and the See also:Rose and See also:Crown See also:tavern, dated 1641. A number of curious old customs linger in the town, such as the practice of working designs in coloured See also:sand, when a See also:wedding takes See also:place, before the See also:- BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)
bride's See also:house. In what is probably the See also:oldest Unitarian graveyard in the See also:kingdom Mrs Gaskell lies buried; and in a See also:churchyard a mile from the town stood the ancient 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, which, though partially rebuilt 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:- 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 VIII.,See also:fell into ruin in 1741. The church of St See also:John, built in 1744, and enlarged in 1879, was supplemented, in 188o, by St See also:Cross Church, in Perpendicular See also:style. The town has a See also:grammar school, founded before the reign of Henry VIII., but reorganized in 1885. See also:Lord See also:Egerton built the Egerton See also:schools in 1893. The See also:industries comprise See also:cotton, worsted and See also:leather manufactures; but Knutsford is mainly a residential town, as many See also:Manchester merchants have settled here, attracted by the fine See also:climate and surroundings. Knutsford was the birthplace of See also:Sir Henry See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, Physician Extraordinary to See also:Queen See also:Victoria (1788-1873); and his son, the second Sir Henry, who was secretary of See also:state for the colonies (1887-1892), was raised to the See also:peerage in 1888 with the See also:title of See also:Baron Knutsford.
The name Knutsford (Cunetesford, Knotesford) is said to signify Cnut's See also:ford, but there is no See also:evidence of a See also:settlement here previous to Domesday. In ro86 Erthebrand held Knutsford immediately 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 FitzNigel, baron of Halton, who was himself a See also:mesne lord of See also:Hugh See also:Lupus See also:earl of Chester. In 1292 William de Tabley, lord of both Over and Nether Knutsford, granted See also:free See also:burgage to his burgesses in both Knutsfords. This See also:charter is the only one which gives Knutsford a claim to the title of 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. It provided that the burgesses might elect a See also:bailiff from amongst themselves every See also:year. The See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office however carried little real See also:power with it, and soon lapsed. In the same year as the charter to Knutsford the 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 granted to William de Tabley a market every Saturday at Nether Knutsford, and a three days' See also:fair at the Feast 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 and St See also:Paul. When this charter was See also:con-firmed by See also:Edward III. another market (See also:Friday) and another three days' fair (Feast of St See also:Simon and St See also:Jude) were added. The Friday market was certainly dropped by 1592, if it was ever held. May-See also:day See also:revels are still kept up here and attract large crowds from the neighbourhood. A See also:silk See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill was erected here in 1770, and there was also an See also:attempt to See also:foster the cotton See also:trade, but the lack of means of communication made the undertaking impossible.
See Henry See also:Green, See also:History of Knutsford (1859).
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