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ROCHDALE , a municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary 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 of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, on the See also:river See also:Roch, ioa m. N.N.E. from See also:Manchester and 196 m. N.W. by N. from See also:London, on the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire railway. Pop. (1891) 76,161; (1901) 83,114. By means of the Rochdale See also:canal and connexions it has See also:water communications in every direction. The site rises sharply from the Roch, near its confluence with the Spodden, and from the high-lying public See also:park of Rochdale See also:fine views of the picturesque neighbourhood are obtained. Several interesting old houses remain in the vicinity of the See also:town. The See also:parish 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:Chad is built on the site of a church erected in the 12th See also:century, but itself retains no portion earlier than the Perpendicular See also:period. In the See also:churchyard is buried See also:John See also:Collier (1708-1786), a See also:local author, artist and caricaturist, who was among the first to recognize and utilize in See also:writing the See also:humour of the Lancashire See also:dialect, and attained considerable fame under the See also:pseudonym of Tim Bobbin. The town 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 is an extensive and elaborate structure in the Decorated See also:style, with a See also:tower. Of educational charities the See also:principal is the See also:Archbishop See also:Parker See also:free See also:grammar school, founded in 1565. There are also technical and See also:art See also:schools; and a large See also:Roman See also:Catholic orphanage. Among other public institutions are the public library, the infirmary, the See also:literary and scientific society and the art society. Rochdale was the birthplace of the co-operative See also:movement. The Equitable Pioneers Society (1844) See also:numbers over 1r,000 members, with a See also:capital of over £350,000. A handsome co-operative See also:store, belonging to the Rochdale Provident Co-operative Society, was opened in 1900. A statue of John See also:Bright (1891) recalls the connexion of the statesman and his See also:family with Rochdale. The See also:staple manufactures are those of woollens and cottons. There are, besides, foundries, See also:iron-See also:works and See also:machine-factories. See also:Coal and See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone are obtained extensively in the neighbourhood. Frequent See also:cattle and See also:horse fairs are held. Rochdale was incorporated in 1856, and includes several townships. The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, ro aldermen and 30 councillors. The county borough was created in 1888. The parliamentary borough, which has returned one member since 1832, falls between the See also:Middleton and See also:Heywood divisions of the county. See also:Area of municipal borough, 6446 acres.
Rochdale (Recedham, Rachedam, Rachedal) takes its name from the river on which it stands. A Roman road passed the site, and a Saxon See also:castle stood in See also:Castleton, one of the component parts of the town. In See also:Edward the See also:Confessor's reign most of the See also:land was held by See also:Camel the Thane, but after the See also:Conquest the See also:manor probably came into the hands of See also:Roger de Poictou, from whom it passed to the Lacys and like their other lands became merged in the duchy of Lan-caster. From 1462 to 1625 the See also:crown seems to have leased it to the See also:Byron family. In 1625 See also:Charles I. conveyed the manor in See also:trust for the See also:earl of See also:Holdernesse, and in 1638 it was sold to See also:Sir John Byron, afterwards See also:Baron Byron of Rochdale, whose descendants held it till 1823 when it was sold to the Deardens. Manor courts are still held periodically. 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 III. in 1240-41 granted by See also:charter to See also:Edmund de See also:Lacy the right to hold a weekly See also:market on Wednesday and an See also:annual See also:fair on the feast of SS See also:Simon and See also:Jude (28th See also:October). See also:Early in See also:George III.'s reign the market See also:day was changed to See also:Monday. Two of the early See also:industries, See also:cutlery and See also:hat-making, date from about the See also:middle of the 16th century. The woollenindustry is generally, but erroneously, said to have been introduced by Flemish immigrants in Edward III.'s reign; but, with the cognate trades of See also:dyeing and fulling, its importance only See also:dates from the early See also:part of the 17th century. It was not till 1795 that a See also:cotton See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill was built here, and in the latter See also:half of the 18th century the town was famed for its woollen, not its cotton manufactures.
See H. Fishwick, See also:History of the Parish of Rochdale (1889).
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