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MADELEY , a See also:market See also:town in the 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 of Wen-See also:lock, and the See also:Wellington (See also:Mid) See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Shropshire, See also:England, 159 M. N.W. from See also:London, with stations on the London & See also:North Western (Madeley Market) and See also:Great Western See also:railways (Madeley See also:Court). Pop. of See also:civil See also:parish (19o1), 8442. There are large ironworks, ironstone and See also:coal are See also:mined, and See also:potter's See also:clay is raised. 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 St See also:Michael (r 796) replaced a See also:Norman See also:building. The living was held from 176o to 1783 by See also:John 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 See also:Fletcher or de la Flechere, a See also:close friend of the Wesleys. The parish includes a portion of See also:Coalbrookdale (q.v.), and the towns of Ironbridge and Coalport. IRONBRIDGE, a town picturesquely situated on the steep See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Severn, adjoins Madeley on the See also:south-See also:west. It takes its name from the See also:iron See also:bridge of one span See also:crossing the See also:river, erected in 1779. This bridge is a remarkable See also:work considering its date; it was probably the first erected, at any See also:rate on so large a See also:scale, and attracted great See also:attention. It is the work of See also:Abraham Darby, the third of the name, one of the famous See also:family of iron-workers in Coalbrookdale. Here are See also:brick and See also:tile See also:works and See also:lime-kilns. There is a station (Ironbridge and See also:Broseley) on the Great Western railway, across the river. COALPORT lies also on the Severn, S. of Madeley and 2 M. S.E. of Ironbridge, with a station on the Great Western railway. It has large See also:china works, founded at the close of the 18th See also:century, which subsequently incorporated those of Caughley, across the Severn, and of Nantgarw in See also:Glamorganshire.
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