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LOUGHBOROUGH , a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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 in the Loughborough (See also:Mid) See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Leicestershire, See also:England, near the See also:river Soar and on the Loughborough See also:canal. Pop. (1901) 21,508. It is 110 M. N.N.W. of See also:London by the Midland railway, and is served by the See also:Great Central and a See also:branch of the London and See also:North-Western See also:railways. The neighbourhood is a See also:rich agricultural See also:district, and to the S.W. lies the hilly See also:tract known as Charnwood See also:Forest. 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 of All See also:Saints stands on rising ground, and is a conspicuous See also:object for many See also:miles See also:round; it is of Decorated See also:work, and the See also:tower is Perpendicular. The other churches are See also:modern. Public buildings include 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 and See also:exchange, town offices, See also:county hall and See also:free library. The See also:grammar school, founded in 1495 under the charity of 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:Burton, occupies modern buildings in pleasant grounds. There is also a girls' grammar school partly dependent on the same See also:foundation. The See also:principal See also:industry is See also:hosiery making; there are also See also:engineering, See also:iron and dye See also:works and See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell foundries. The great bell for St See also:Paul's See also:cathedral, London, was See also:cast here in 1881. Loughborough was incorporated in 1888. See also:Area, 3045 acres.
The See also:manor of Loughborough (Lucteburne, Lucteburg, Lughteburgh) was granted by 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 the Conqueror to See also:Hugh See also:Lupus, from whom it passed to the Despensers. In 1226-1227 when it belonged to Hugh See also:Despenser he obtained various privileges for himself and his men and tenants there, among which were quittance from suits at the county and See also:hundred courts, of sheriffs'. See also:aids and of view of See also:frankpledge, and also a market every See also:Thursday and a See also:fair on the See also:vigil, See also:day and morrow 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 ad vincula. The market rights were See also:purchased by the town in 188o from the trustees of Thomas See also:Cradock, See also:late See also:lord of the manor. See also:Edward II. visited the manor several times when it belonged to his favourite, Hugh Despenser the See also:elder. Among the subsequent lords were 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 de See also:Beaumont and Alice his wife, See also:Sir Edward See also:Hastings, created See also:Baron Hastings of Loughborough in 1558, See also:Colonel Henry Hastings, created baron in 1645, and the earls of See also:Huntingdon. See also:Alexander See also:Wedderburn was created Baron Loughborough in 1780 when he became See also:chief See also:justice of the See also:common pleas. During the 19th See also:century most of the manorial rights were purchased by the See also:local See also:board. Loughborough was at first governed by a See also:bailiff, afterwards by a local board, and was finally incorporated in 1888 under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. It has never been represented in See also:parliament. See also:Lace-making was formerly the chief industry, but See also:machines for making lace set up in the town by See also:John See also:Heathcote were destroyed by the See also:Luddites in 1816, and the manufacture lost its importance. Bell-See also:founding was introduced in 184o. John See also:Cleveland, the Royalist poet, was See also:born at Loughborough in 1613, John See also:Howe the painter in 163o and See also:Richard Pulteney the botanist in 1730.
See See also:Victoria County See also:History, Leicestershire ; W. G. D. See also:Fletcher, Chapters in the History of Loughborough (1883); Sir Thomas Pochin, " See also:Historical Description of Loughborough " (1970) (vol. viii. of Bibliotheca topographica Britannica).
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