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OSWESTRY , 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 Oswestry See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Shropshire, See also:England, on
the See also:borders of See also:Wales, 18 m. N.W. from See also:Shrewsbury. Pop. (1901) 9579. It is on a See also:branch from the See also:Chester See also:line of the See also:Great Western railway, and on the See also:Cambrian See also:main line. The situation is pleasant and the neighbouring See also:district well wooded and hilly. 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:Oswald, originally conventual, is See also:Early See also:English and Decorated, but has been greatly altered by restoration. There is a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:chapel with See also:presbytery, See also:convent and school. The See also:grammar school, founded in the reign of 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 IV., occupies See also:modern buildings. The municipal buildings (1893) include a library, and a school of See also:science and See also:art. On a 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 W. of the town are the See also:castle grounds, laid out in 189o, but of the castle itself only slight remains are seen. The Cambrian railway See also:engine and See also:carriage See also:works are here; and there are tanneries, malting works, machinery works and See also:iron foundries. Frequent agricultural fairs are held. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 1887 acres.
Old Oswestry, also called Old Fort (Welsh See also:Hen Dinas), is a See also:British earthwork about a mile from the modern town. There are various unsatisfactory accounts of the early See also:history of Oswestry (Blaneminster, or See also:Album Monasterium), as that it was called Trer Cadeirau by the Britons and Osweiling after Cunelda Wledig, See also:prince of See also:North Wales, had granted it to his son Osweil. It derives its See also:present name from Oswald, 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 of See also:Northumbria, who is said to have been killed here in 642, although it was not definitely known as Oswestry until the 13th See also:century. In the Domesday Survey it is included in the See also:manor of Maesbury, which Rainald, See also:sheriff of Shropshire, held of See also:Roger, See also:earl of Shrews-See also:bury; but Rainald or his predecessor Warin had already raised a fortification at Oswestry called Louvre. The manor passed in the reign of Henry I. to Alan Fitz-Flaad, in whose See also:family it continued until the See also:death of Henry Fitzalan, earl of See also:Arundel, without male issue in 1580. The first See also:charter, of which a copy only is preserved among the See also:corporation records, is one given in 1262 by See also:John Fitzalan granting the burgesses self-See also:government. See also:Richard II. by a charter dated 1398 granted all the privileges which belonged to Shrewsbury, and a similar charter was obtained from See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, earl of Arundel in 1407. The town was incorporated by See also:Elizabeth in 1582 under the government of two bailiffs and a See also:common See also:council of 24 burgesses, and her charter was confirmed by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. in 1616. A charter granted by See also:Charles II. in 1672 appointed a mayor, 12 aldermen and 15 common councilmen, and remained the governing charter until the Municipal Corporations See also:Act of 1835 changed the corporation. In 1228 John Fitzalan obtained the right of holding a market every See also:week on See also:Monday instead of See also:Thursday. The market rights were held by the See also:lord of the manor until 1819, when Earl See also:Powis sold them to the corporation. In the 15th and 16th centuries a weekly market was held at Oswestry for the See also:sale of woollen goods manufactured in North Wales, but in the 17th century the drapers of Shrewsbury determined to get the See also:trade into their own town, and although an See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order in the Privy Council was passed to restrain it to Oswestry they agreed in 1621 to buy no more See also:cloth there. The town was walled by 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:Edward I., but was several times burnt during Welsh invasions. In 1642 it was garrisoned for Charles I., but two years later surrendered to the parliamentary forces.
See 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 Cathrall, The History of Oswestry (1855); William See also:Price, The History of Oswestry from the Earliest See also:Period (1815) ; See also:Victoria See also:County History, Shropshire.
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