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NORRISTOWN , 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 and the See also:county-seat of Mont- See also:John See also:North and of Dorothy, daughter and heiress of See also:Sir See also:Valentine gomery county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Schuylkill See also:river, See also:Dale, was See also:born in 1581 and succeeded his grandfather, the 2nd at the mouth of Stony See also:Creek, opposite See also:Bridgeport, and about See also:Baron North, at the See also:age of nineteen. He was educated at r8 m. N.W. of See also:Philadelphia. Pop. (1910 See also:census) 27,875. See also:Cambridge, and married in 1599 Frances, daughter of Sir John Norristown is served by the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia & Brockett of Brockett 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 in See also:Hertfordshire. He travelled in See also:Reading and the Stony Creek See also:railways, by interurban electric See also:Italy, took See also:part in the See also:campaign of 1602 in the See also:Netherlands, railway to Philadelphia and Reading, and by the Schuylkill and on his return became a conspicuous figure at See also:court, excelling See also:canal, and is connected by See also:bridge with the borough of Bridge- in athletic exercises as well as in See also:poetry and See also:music, and gaining See also:port (pap. in 1910, 386o), where woollen and See also:cotton goods the friendship of See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry. In 16o6, while returning from are manufactured. Norristown is a residential suburb of Eridge to See also:London, he discovered the springs of Tunbridge See also:Wells, Philadelphia, and commands See also:fine views of the Schuylkill Valley. which cured North himself of a complaint and quickly became It has a See also:State See also:Hospital for the Insane (opened 188o), a fine famous. He also recommended the See also:Epsom springs to the public. County Court See also:House, a See also:general hospital, a See also:Friends' See also:Home, a He supported and subscribed to the expedition to See also:Guiana made home for aged See also:women, St See also:Joseph's Protectory (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) by his See also:brother See also:Roger North (c. 1582-c. 1652) in 1619, and when for girls, and the Norristown and McCann public See also:libraries; in Roger departed without leave See also:Dudley was imprisoned for two See also:Montgomery See also:cemetery are the tombs of General See also:Winfield See also:Scott days in the See also:Fleet. In 1626 he attached himself to the party of See also:Hancock and General John See also:Frederick Hartranft (183o-1889), See also:Lord Saye and Sele in the Lords, who were in sympathy with the a distinguished Federal officer in the See also:Civil See also:War and See also:governor aims of the See also:Commons; and when the civil war See also:broke out he was of Pennsylvania in 1873-1899. Valley Forge is less than 6 m. on the See also:side of the See also:parliament. In 1641 he was a member of the distant to the W. The borough has a large See also:trade with the Lords' See also:committee on See also:Religion, and served on the committee to surrounding See also:country, which is well adapted to See also:agriculture and consider See also:Laud's See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder in 1644, finally voting for the See also:ordinance abounds in See also:limestone. Among Norristown's manufactures are in See also:January 1645. He was placed on the See also:admiralty See also:commission See also:hosiery and woollen goods; in 1905 its See also:total factory product was in 1645, and acted as lord See also:lieutenant for See also:Cambridgeshire. He valued at $5,925,243, an increase of 44.3% over the value in was one of the small See also:group of Lords who continued attendance 1900. Norristown was founded in 1785, and was named in in the House of Peers, and on the 9th of See also:December 1648, with See also:honour of See also:Isaac See also:Norris (c. 1671-1735), a friend of 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:Penn three others, visited See also:Fairfax, when they " See also:cast down their honours and a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, who had owned at his See also:Excellency's feet " and protested their See also:desire not to retain the See also:land on which the borough is built.
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