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LISBURN , a See also:market See also:town, and See also:cathedral See also:city of Co. See also:Antrim, See also:Ireland, situated in a beautiful and fertile See also:district on the Lagan, and on the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, 8 m. S.S.W. of See also:Belfast. Pop. (1901) 11,461. 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 (1622) which possesses a See also:fine octagonal See also:spire, is the cathedral church of the See also:united See also:Protestant dioceses of Down, See also:Connor and See also:Dromore, and contains a See also:monument to See also:Jeremy See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor, who was See also:bishop of the see. The public See also:park was presented to the town by See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Wallace (d. 1890), and after his See also:death the See also:castle gardens were also given to the town. The See also:staple manufacture is See also:linen, especially damasks and muslins, originally introduced by See also:Huguenots. There are also See also:bleaching and See also:dyeing See also:works, and a considerable agricultural See also:trade. The town is governed by an See also:urban district See also:council. The ruins of Castle See also:Robin, 2 M. N. of the town, stand on a See also:summit of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Mountains, and the See also:building See also:dates from 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:Queen See also:Elizabeth. At Drumbo, 31 M. E. of Lisburn, is one of the finest examples of See also:early fortification in Ireland, known as the See also:Giant's See also:Ring, with a cromlech in the centre. Here are also a See also:round See also:tower and the remains of a church ascribed to St See also:Patrick.
In the reign of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I., Lisburn, which was then known as which formerly occupied a building in those gardens, Dr See also:John Lisnegarvy (Gambler's Fort), was an inconsiderable See also:village,
but in 1627 it was granted by See also:Charles I. to See also:Viscount See also:Conway, who erected the castle for his See also:residence, and laid the See also:foundation of the prosperity of the town by the introduction of See also:English and Welsh settlers. In See also:November 1641 the town was taken by the insurgents, who on the approach of See also:superior See also:numbers set See also:fire to it. The troops of See also:Cromwell gained a victory near the town in 1648, and the castle surrendered to them in 1650. The church was constituted a cathedral in 1662 by Charles II., from whom the town received the See also:privilege of returning two members to See also:parliament, but after the See also:Union it returned only one and in 1885 ceased to be a 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. Lisburn gives the titles of See also:earl and viscount to the See also:family of See also:Vaughan.
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