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NORFOLK , a See also:city and See also:port of entry of Norfolk See also:county, See also:Virginia, U.S.A., on the See also:northern See also:side of the See also:Elizabeth See also:river (an See also:arm of the Chesapeake See also:Bay) and at the mouth of its eastern See also:branch, and on the See also:Albemarle and Chesapeake and the See also:Dismal Swamp canals, about go m. S.E. of See also:Richmond. Pop. (1890) 34,871; (1900) 46,624, of whom 1705 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 20,230 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 67,452. It is served by the See also:Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line, the Seaboard See also:Air line, the See also:Southern, the New See also:York, See also:Philadelphia & Norfolk, the Chesapeake & See also:Ohio, the Norfolk & Western, the Norfolk & Southern and the Virginian See also:railways, by many steamship lines, by See also:ferry to See also:Portsmouth (immediately opposite), See also:Newport See also:News, Old Point Comfort and See also:Hampton, and by electric lines to several neighbouring towns. The Norfolk and Portsmouth See also:Belt Line encircles the two cities, and connects the various See also:trunk lines. Among the prominent buildinr,s and institutions are the See also:Custom See also:House, the Federal See also:Building, Marine See also:Hospital, St See also:Christopher's Hospital, St See also:Vincent's Hospital, Norfolk See also:Protestant Hospital, Sara See also:Leigh Hospital, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk See also:Academy, See also:Cotton See also:Exchange, City See also:Market, See also:Bank of See also:Commerce Building, Citizens' Bank Building, See also:Board of See also:Trade Building, See also:Law Building, Virginia Bank & See also:Trust See also:Company Building, Norfolk See also:National Bank, Atlantic Hotel, Monticello Hotel, Lynnhaven Hotel, Norfolk See also:Mission See also:College (Presbyterian) for negroes and the historic St See also:Paul's 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, which was built in 1737 and was struck by a See also:cannon-See also:ball and partly burned in 1776; in the yard is one of the See also:oldest cemeteries in the See also:country. Norfolk is the see of a Protestant Episcopal bishopric. The city has a public See also:park of 1 ro acres and various smaller ones, and in the vicinity are several summer resorts, notably Virginia See also:Beach, Ocean View, Old Point Comfort, See also:Pine Beach and See also:Willoughby Beach. The " Norfolk " See also:navy yard is in the southern See also:part of the city of Portsmouth. The See also:harbour is deep, easily accessible through a channel 30 ft. in See also:depth, and well protected by forts See also:Monroe and See also:Wool. The city has immense See also:coal piers. It is the largest peanut market in the See also:world, is in a See also:great See also:truck-gardening region, and makes large shipments of cotton (822,930 See also:bales in 1905), oysters, coal, fertilizers, See also:lumber, See also:grain, fruits, See also:wine, vegetables, See also:fish and live stock. Norfolk is combined with Portsmouth in one customs See also:district, the foreign trade of which in 1908 amounted to $11,326,817 in exports and $1,150,044 in imports. One of the most important manufacturing See also:industries is grading, roasting, cleaning and shelling peanuts (in 1905 valued at $791,760). In 'goo the value of the factory products was $4,691,779; in1905 it was $5,900,129, the city ranking third among the cities of the See also:state in value of factory products.
Norfolk was founded in 1682 in pursuance of an See also:act of the Virginia See also:Assembly passed in 168o to establish towns for the encouragement of trade; it was incorporated as 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 in 1736 by a royal See also:charter, was chartered as a city in 1845, its charter being revised in 1882 and 1884, and received a new charter in 1906 (amended in 1908), under which there are a See also:mayor (elected fer four years), a See also:common See also:council, a board of aldermen and a board of See also:control of three members, which has See also:charge of public See also:works, streets, sewers, drains and See also:water See also:supply, the See also:police and See also:fire departments, the See also:work of the board of See also:health, &c. Norfolk is administratively See also:independent of Norfolk county. In 1906 the See also:town of Berkley (incorporated in 189o; pop. in 1900, 4988) was annexed. During the See also:War of See also:Independence Norfolk was bombarded on the 1st of See also:January 1776 by the See also:British under See also:John See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray, 4th See also:earl of See also:Dunmore (1732-1809); much of the town was burned by the See also:American troops to prevent Dunmore from establishing himself here. In 1855 it suffered severely from yellow See also:fever. At the outbreak of the See also:Civil War the city was abandoned, and the navy yard was burned by the Federals in See also:April 1861; Norfolk was then occupied until the 9th of May 1862 by Virginia troops, first under See also:General 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:Booth Taliaferro (1822-1898) and later under General See also:Benjamin Huger (1806-1877). Five See also:miles from Norfolk and with Norfolk as its headquarters was held from the 26th of April to the 3oth of See also:November 1907 the See also:Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition, celebrating the first permanent See also:English See also:settlement in See also:America at Jamestown, Virginia.
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