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LADYBRAND , a See also:town of the See also:Orange See also:Free See also:State, 8o in. E. of See also:Bloemfontein by See also:rail. Another railway connects it with See also:Natal via See also:Harrismith. Pop. (1904) 3862, of whom 2334 Were whites. The town is pleasantly situated at the See also:foot of a See also:flat-topped 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 Platberg), about 4 M. W. of the See also:Caledon See also:river, which separates the See also:province from See also:Basutoland. Ladybrand is the centre of a See also:rich arable See also:district, has a large See also:wheat See also:market and is also a See also:health resort, the See also:climate, owing to the proximity of the Maluti Mountains, being bracing even during the summer months (See also:November-See also:March). See also:Coal and See also:petroleum are found in the neighbourhood. It is named after the wife of See also:Sir. J. H. See also:Brand, See also:president of the Orange Free State.
See also:LADY-See also:CHAPEL, the chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and attached to churches of large See also:size. Generally the chapel was built eastward of the high See also:altar and formed a See also:projection from the See also:main See also:building, as in See also:Winchester, See also:Salisbury, See also:Exeter, See also:Wells, St Albans, See also:Chichester, See also:Peterborough and See also:Norwich cathedrals,—in the two latter cases now destroyed. The earliest Lady-chapel built was that in the Saxon See also:cathedral of See also:Canterbury; this was transfered in the rebuilding by See also:Archbishop See also:Lanfranc to the See also:west end of the See also:nave, and again shifted in 1450 to the chapel on the See also:east See also:side of the See also:north See also:transept. The Lady-chapel at See also:Ely cathedral is a distinct building attached to the north transept; at See also:Rochester the Lady-chapel is west of the See also:south transept. Probably the largest Lady-chapel was that built by 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 III. in 1220 at See also:Westminster See also:Abbey, which was 30 ft. wide, much in excess of any See also:foreign example, and extended to the end of the site now occupied by Henry VII.'s chapel. Among other notable See also:English examples of Lady-chapels are those at Ottery-St-See also:Mary, See also:Thetford, See also:Bury St See also:Edmund's, See also:Wimborne, See also:Christ-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, See also:Hampshire; in See also:Compton Church, See also:Surrey, and Compton See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, See also:Somersetshire, and Darenth, See also:Kent, it was built over the See also:chancel. At Croyland Abbey there were two Lady-chapels. Lady-chapels exist in most of the See also:French cathedrals and churches, where they See also:form See also:part of the See also:chevet; in See also:Belgium they were not introduced before the 14th See also:century; in some cases they are of the same size as the other chapels of the chevet, but in others, probably rebuilt at a later See also:period, they became much more important features, and in See also:Italy and See also:Spain during the See also:Renaissance period constitute some of its best examples.
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