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MARKET HARBOROUGH

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 734 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

MARKET HARBOROUGH , a market See also:

TOWN

town in the Harborough See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, See also:

England; on the See also:

RIVER

river Welland and the See also:

GRAND

Grand See also:

Union See also:

Canal. Pop. of See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district (1901), 7735• It is 81 m. N.N.W. from See also:

LONDON

London by the Midland railway, and is served by branches of the London & See also:

North Western and See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

NORTHERN

Northern See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. The See also:

church of St See also:

Dionysius is Decorated and Perpendicular, with a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower and See also:

SPIRE

spire. The See also:

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school was founded in 1614; it occupies See also:

MODERN

modern buildings, but the See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

house remains, a picturesque See also:

HALF

half-timbered See also:

BUILDING

building, raised upon pillars of See also:

wood. Both See also:

BRITISH

British and See also:

ROMAN

Roman remains have been found in the vicinity. There are See also:

MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt-houses and See also:

BOOT

boot, See also:

SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe and stay factories. The town is also an important See also:

fox-See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting centre.

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