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LLANTRISANT , a small See also:town and a contributory 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:Glamorganshire, See also:Wales, picturesquely situated with a See also:southern aspect, commanding a See also:fine view of the vale of Glamorgan, in a pass on the See also:mountain range which separates that vale from the valley of the Taff. The See also:population of the See also:parish in 1901 was 10,091 and of the contributory borough 2057. A See also:branch of the Taff Vale railway See also:running from See also:Pontypridd to See also:Cowbridge and Aberthaw has a station, See also:Cross See also:Inn, 2 m. below the town, while nearly 2 M. farther See also:south it passes (near the See also:village of Pontyclun) through Llantrisant station on the See also:Great Western railway See also:main See also:line, which is 1564 m. by See also:rail from See also:London and 11 m. N.W. from See also:Cardiff. The See also:castle, which according to G. T. See also:Clark was " second only to Cardiff in military importance," See also:dates from the reign 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 III. or See also:Edward I. Of the See also:original See also:building nothing remains, and of a later building only a tall and slender fragment. It was the See also:head of the lordship of Miskin, a great See also:part of which was in the hands of native owners, until the last of them, Howel ap See also:Meredith, was expelled by See also:Richard de See also:Clare (1229-1262). Since then it has always been in the hands of the See also:lord of Glamorgan. It was in the near neighbourhood of the town that Edward II. was captured in 1327. In 1426 the then lord of Glamorgan, Richard, 5th See also:earl of See also:Warwick, granted to the residents a See also:charter confirming grants made by his predecessors in 1346, 1397 and 1424. The See also:corporation was abolished in 1883, and its See also:property (including 284 acres of See also:common See also:land) is administered by a town See also:trust under a See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme of the charity commissioners. The " freemen " of the borough, how-ever, still hold a See also:court leet in 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. The See also:market formerly held here has been discontinued, but there are four See also:annual fairs. The 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 was dedicated to three See also:saints (Illtyd, Gwyno and Tyfodwg), whence the name Llantrisant. Originally a See also:Norman building, most of the See also:present fabric belongs to the 15th See also:century. There are numerous chapels. Welsh is still the predominant See also:language. See also:Oliver See also:Cromwell's forbears were natives of this parish, as also was See also:Sir Leoline See also:Jenkins, secretary of See also:state under See also:Charles II. There are tinplate See also:works at Pontyclun and numerous collieries in the See also:district.
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