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LYTTELTON , a 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 New See also:Zealand, the See also:port of 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 (q.v.) on the E. See also:coast of See also:South See also:Island, on an inlet on the See also:north-western See also:side of See also:Banks See also:Peninsula. Pop. (1906) 3941. It is surrounded by abrupt hills rising to r600 ft., through which a railway communicates with See also:Christchurch (7 M. N.W.) by a See also:tunnel rt m. See also:long. See also:Great breakwaters protect the See also:harbour, which has an See also:area of r,o acres, with a See also:low-See also:tide See also:depth of 20 to 27 ft. There is a graving See also:dock accessible for vessels of 6000 tons. The produce of the See also:rich agricultural See also:district of See also:Canterbury is exported, frozen or preserved. Lyttelton, formerly called Port See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper and Port See also:Victoria, was the See also:original See also:settlement in this district (185o).
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