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See also:SAFFRON See also:WALDEN , 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 Saffron Walden See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, beautifully situated near the See also:Cam in a valley surrounded by hills, on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Eastern railway, 431 M. N.N.E. from See also:London. Pop. (1901) 5896. It has a somewhat See also:ancient See also:appearance and possesses a spacious market-See also:place. Of the old See also:castle, dating probably from the 12th See also:century, but in See also:part protected by much earlier earthworks, the keep and a few other portions still remain. Near it are a See also:series of curious circular excavations in the See also:chalk, called the See also:Maze, of unknown date or purpose. The earthworks See also:west and See also:south of the town are of great extent; there was a large Saxon See also:burial-ground here. 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:Mary the Virgin, a beautiful specimen of the Perpendicular See also:style, dating from 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 VII., but frequently repaired and restored, contains the See also:tomb of See also:Lord See also:Audley, See also:chancellor to Henry VIII. There is an See also:Edward VI. See also:grammar school, occupying See also:modern buildings. The town possesses a museum with See also:good archaeological and natural See also:history collections, a See also:literary See also:institute and a horticultural society. The benevolent institutions include the See also:hospital and the Edward VI. almshouses. There is a See also:British and See also:Foreign School Society's training See also:college for mistresses. In the neighbourhood is the See also:fine See also:mansion of Audley End, built by 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, 1st See also:earl of See also:Suffolk, in 1603 on the ruins of the See also:abbey, converted in 1190 from a See also:Benedictine priory founded by See also:Geoffrey de See also:Mandeville in 1136. See also:Brewing, malting and See also:iron-See also:founding are carried on. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 7502 acres.
Saffron Walden (Waledana) was almost certainly fortified by the Britons, and probably by some earlier See also:race. The town See also:corporation See also:grew out of the Gild of the See also:Holy Trinity, which was incorporated under Henry VIII., the lord of the town, in 1514. It was dissolved under Edward VI., and a See also:charter was obtained for Walden, appointing a treasurer and See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain and twenty-four assistants, all elective, who, with the commonalty, formed the corporation. In 1694 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 and Mary made Walden a See also:free borough, with a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 town councillors. The corporation became a See also:local See also:board of See also:health under the See also:act of 1858, and a municipal borough in 1875. The culture of saffron was the most characteristic See also:industry at Walden from the reign of Edward III. until its See also:gradual extinction about 1768.
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