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ROTHERHAM , 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 Rotherham See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 5 M. N.E. of See also:Sheffield, on the Midland, See also:North-Eastern and See also:Great Central See also:railways. Pop. (1891) 42,061; (1901) 54,349. It lies in the valley of the See also:Don, where that See also:river is joined by the Rother, and has communication by See also:water with the See also:Humber. The Don is crossed by a See also:bridge on which is a small See also:ancient See also:building, formerly a See also:chapel. 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 All See also:Saints, occupying the site of a building dating from Anglo-Saxon times, was erected in the reign of See also:Edward IV., and is among the best specimens of Perpendicular in the north of England. The town possesses See also:iron, See also:steel and See also:brass See also:works, railway See also:wagon works, See also:potteries, See also:glass-works, breweries, saw-See also:mills and rope-yards. At the township of Masborough, opposite Rotherham across the Don, works were established in 1746 by See also:Samuel See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker, a successful ironmaster. The municipal borough, incorporated in 1871, is under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 6or2 acres.
The town was of some importance in Anglo-Saxon times, and at Templeborough, on the S.E. See also:side of Rotherham, there was a See also:Roman fort, but its traces are effaced. 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 Edward the See also:Confessor, Rotherham possessed a market and a church. During the See also:Civil See also:War it sided with the See also:Parliament. It was taken by the Royalists in 1643, but after the victory of See also:Marston See also:Moor was yielded to a detachment of the Parliamentary forces.
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