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PRESCOT , a See also:market See also:town and See also:urban See also:district in the See also:Ormskirk See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 8 m. E. of See also:Liverpool by the See also:London & See also:North Western railway. Pop. (1901), 7855. It is of considerable antiquity, and received a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant for a market and See also:fair in the 7th See also:year of See also:Edward III. A 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 existed in the 13th See also:century. The See also:present church of St See also:Mary is in various styles, with a lofty See also:tower and See also:spire and carved See also:timber roof. The See also:chief See also:industry is the making of watches, and the town has See also:long been celebrated for the See also:production of See also:watch movements and tools. The industry was first introduced in 1730 by See also:John See also:Miller from See also:Yorkshire. There is also a manufacture of electric cables. John See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Kemble, the actor, was See also:born at Prescot in 1757. To the north of the town is Knowsley See also:Park, the See also:demesne of the earls of See also:Derby, with a See also:mansion of various See also:dates from the 15th century onward, containing a See also:fine collection of pictures. Prescot was formerly of greater importance in relation to the now populous district of See also:south-See also:west Lancashire; it was also a postal centre, and it is curious to See also:notice that such addresses as " Liverpool, near Prescot " were necessary.
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