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LAMBETH , a See also:southern See also:metropolitan 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:London, See also:England, bounded N.W. by the See also:river See also:Thames, N.E. by See also:Southwark, E. by See also:Camberwell and W. by See also:Wandsworth and See also:Battersea, and extending S. to the boundary of the See also:county of London. Pop. (1901) 301,895. The name is commonly confined to the See also:northern See also:part of the borough, bordering the river; but the See also:principal districts included are See also:Kennington and See also:Vauxhall (See also:north central), See also:Brixton (central) and part of See also:Norwood (See also:south). Four road-See also:bridges See also:cross the Thames within the limits of the borough, namely See also:Waterloo, See also:Westminster, Lambeth and Vauxhall, of which the first, a See also:fine 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 structure, See also:dates from 1817, and is the See also:oldest Thames See also:bridge See also:standing within the county of London. The See also:main thoroughfare runs S. from Westminster Bridge Road as Kennington Road, continuing as Brixton Road and Brixton 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, Clapham Road branching S. W. from it at Kennington. Several thoroughfares also converge upon Vauxhall Bridge, and from a point near this down to Westminster Bridge the river is bordered by the fine See also:Albert See also:Embankment.
See also:Early records See also:present the name See also:Lamb-See also:hythe in various forms. The suffix is See also:common along the river in the meaning of a haven, but the prefix is less clear; a Saxon word signifying mud is suggested. Brixton and Kennington are mentioned in Domesday; and in Vauxhall is concealed the name of Falkes de See also:Breaute, an unscrupulous adventurer of 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:John and 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. exiled in 1225. The See also:manor of North Lambeth was given to the bishopric of See also:Rochester in the time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor, and the bishops had a See also:house here till the 16th See also:century. They did not, however, retain the manor beyond the See also:close of the 12th century, when it was acquired by the see of See also:Canterbury. The See also:palace of the archbishops is still here, and forms, with 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, a picturesque See also:group of buildings, lying close to the river opposite the majestic Houses of See also:Parliament, and to some extent joining with them to make of this reach of the Thames one of the finest prospects in London. The oldest part of the palace remaining is the Early See also:English See also:chapel. The so-called Lollard's See also:Tower, which retains See also:evidence of its use as a See also:prison, dates C. 1440. There is a fine Tudor See also:gatehouse of See also:brick, and the 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 is dated 1663. The portion now inhabited by the archbishops was erected in 1834 and fronts a spacious quadrangle. Among he portraits of the archbishops here are examples by See also:Holbein, Can Dyck, See also:Hogarth and See also:Reynolds. There is a valuable library. Fhe church of St See also:Mary was rebuilt c. 1850, though the See also:ancient monuments preserved give it an See also:appearance of antiquity. Here are tombs of some of the archbishops, including See also:Bancroft (d. 1610), and of the two Tradescants, collectors, and a memorial to See also:Elias Ashmole, whose name is preserved in the Ashmolean Museum at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford University, to which he presented the collections of his friend the younger Tradescant (d. 1662).. In the present Westminster Bridge Road was a See also:circus, well known in the later 18th and early 19th centuries as See also:Astley's, and near Vauxhall Bridge were the celebrated Vauxhall Gardens.
The principal See also:modern See also:pleasure grounds are Kennington See also:Park (20 acres), and Brockwell Park (127 acres) south of Brixton, and near thesouthern end of Kennington Road is Kennington See also:Oval, the ground of the See also:Surrey County See also:Cricket See also:Club, the See also:scene of its See also:home matches and of other important See also:fixtures. Among institutions the principal is St 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:Hospital, the extensive buildings of which front the Albert Embankment. The See also:original See also:foundation dated from 12.13, was situated in Southwark, and was connected with the priory of See also:Bermondsey. The existing buildings, subsequently enlarged, were opened in 1871, are divided into a See also:series of blocks, and include a medical school. Other hospitals are the Royal, for See also:children and See also:women, Waterloo Road, the Lying-in Hospital, See also:York Road, and the South-western See also:fever hospital in Stockwell. There are technical institutes in Brixton and Norwood; and on Brixton Hill is Brixton Prison. In the northern part of the borough are numerous factories, including the See also:great See also:Doulton pottery See also:works. The See also:parliamentary borough of Lambeth has four divisions, North, Kennington, Brixton and Norwood, each returning one member. The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, to aldermen and 6o councillors. See also:Area, 4080.4 acres.
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