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MORPETH , a See also:market See also:town and municipal and See also:parliamentary 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 See also:Northumberland, See also:England, situated in a See also:fine valley on the Wansbeck, 17- M. N. of See also:Newcastle by the See also:North Eastern railway the junction of several branches with the See also:main See also:line. Pop. (1901), 6158. The Wansbeck winds See also:round the town on the See also:west, See also:south and See also:east, and a rivulet, the Cottingburn, See also:bounds it on the north. The See also:parish 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:Mary, a See also:plain See also:building of the 14th See also:century, is situated on See also:Kirk See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, a See also:short distance from the town. It has a See also:good example of a See also:Jesse window. Nothing remains of the old See also:castle except the gateway. The valley of the Wansbeck above Morpeth is well wooded and very picturesque. By its See also:side are fragments of Newminster See also:Abbey, a wealthy See also:foundation of the 12th century, occupied by monks from Fountains in See also:Yorkshire; and See also:Mitford, with its See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English church, and ruins of a Norman castle and a See also:manor-See also:house of the 17th century. To the north of Morpeth a good specimen of the See also:peel See also:tower of the 15th century is seen at Cockley See also:Park. See also:Industries of Morpeth include tanning, See also:brewing, malting, See also:iron and See also:brass See also:founding, and the manufacture of flannels, agricultural implements, and bricks and tiles. The parliamentary borough, within the Wansbeck See also:division of the See also:county, returns one member and extends 8 m. eastward to the See also:coast, including the town of See also:Blyth. Morpeth is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 328 acres.
The manor of Morpeth is said to have been granted to 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 de Merlay soon after the See also:Conquest and passed with the borough from his See also:family to those of Graystock, Dacre and See also:Howard, earls of See also:Carlisle, with whom it remains. The town is a borough by See also:prescription and See also:grew up round the castle attributed to the above William de Merlay. About the end of the 12th century See also:Roger de Merlay the younger granted the burgesses right to hold of him and his heirs " as freely as the See also:charter of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king purported which he held of the king by See also:gift." See also:Charles II. incorporated the town in 1662 under the See also:government of two bailiffs who were chosen every See also:year in the following manner: the bailiffs for the
See also:MORPHINE
See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time being See also:chose two juries from whom the commonalty elected four burgesses, and from these four the steward of the See also:lord of the manor appointed the bailiffs for the ensuing year. This was continued until the Municipal Reform See also:Act of 1835. In 1200 a market on Wednesday and a See also:fair on the Feast of St Mary Magdalene were granted to Roger de Merlay, and in 1285 the fair was extended for two days. The market rights still belong to the lord of the manor.
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