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PICKERING , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Whitby -See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:North See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 32 M. N.E. by N. from See also:York by the North Eastern railway, the junction of several See also:branch lines. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 3491. 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 is See also:Norman and transitional Norman, with later additions including a. Decorated See also:spire. It contains a remarkable See also:series of mural paintings of the 15th See also:century. The See also:castle, 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 to the north, is a picturesque ruin, the fragmentary keep and several towers remaining. The See also:work is in See also:part Norman, but the See also:principal portions are of the 14th century. One of the towers is connected in name and See also:story with See also:Fair See also:Rosamond. The castle was held by See also:Earl See also:Morcar shortly before the See also:Conquest; it then came into the hands of the See also:Crown, and subsequently passed to the duchy of See also:Lancaster. It was the See also:prison of See also:Richard II. before his confinement at See also:Pontefract. During the See also:civil See also:wars of the 17th century the castle was held by the Royalists, and suffered greatly in See also:siege. The district
surrounding Pickering is agricultural, and the town is a centre of the See also:trade. Agricultural implements are manufactured, and See also:limestone and freestone are quarried in the vicinity.
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