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MIDDLETON , 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 Middleton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England,. on the Irk, near the See also:Rochdale See also:Canal, and on the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire railway, 6 m. N.N.E. from See also:Manchester. Pop. (Igor), 25,178. 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 Leonards is of mixed See also:architecture, with a See also:low square See also:tower. The See also:oldest portion of the See also:building (the tower See also:arch) See also:dates from the 12th See also:century, but the See also:main portion from 1412, and the See also:south See also:aisle from 1524. Two chapels in it contain memorials of, and are named after, two See also:ancient Lancashire families, the Asshetons and the Hopwoods. The See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth See also:grammar-school, a building in the Tudor See also:style, was founded 111 1572 by See also:Nowell, See also:dean of St See also:Paul's, See also:London. There are a handsome 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 municipal technical See also:schools. An extensive See also:system of tramways and electric See also:light See also:railways connects the town with its suburbs and adjacent See also:industrial centres. The prosperity of the town dates from the introduction of manufactures at the See also:close of the 18th century. The See also:staple See also:trade is the See also:spinning and See also:weaving of See also:cotton, and the other See also:industries include See also:silk weaving, See also:calico-See also:printing, See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing, See also:iron-See also:founding and the manufacture of See also:soap and chemicals. There are collieries in the neighbourhood. The town was incorporated in 1886, and the See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 4775 acres.
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