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ORMSKIRK , a See also:market See also:town and See also:urban See also:district in the Ormskirk See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 11 m. N.E. of See also:Liverpool by the Lancashire and See also:Yorkshire railway. Pop. (1901), 6857. 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 See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul is a spacious See also:building in various styles of See also:architecture, but principally Perpendicular. It possesses the rare feature of two western towers, the one square and embattled, the other octagonal and bearing a See also:short See also:spire. There are various See also:Norman fragments, including a See also:fine See also:early window in the See also:chancel. To the See also:south-See also:east of the church, and divided from it by a See also:screen, is the See also:Derby See also:chapel, the exclusive See also:property of the earls of Derby, whose vault is contained within. A See also:free See also:grammar school was founded about 1614. Rope and twine making, See also:iron-See also:founding and See also:brewing are carried on, and the town has See also:long been famous for its See also:ginger-See also:bread.
The name and church existed in the 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 of See also:Richard I., when the priory of Burscough was founded. A few fragments of this remain about 2 M. N. of Ormskirk. The See also:prior and See also:convent obtained from See also:Edward I. a royal See also:charter for a market at the See also:manor of Ormskirk. On the See also:dissolution of the monasteries the manor was granted to the See also:earl of Derby.
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