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SELBY , a See also:market See also:town in the Barkston Ash See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 131 m. S. of See also:York on the See also:Great See also:Northern and See also:North-Eastern See also:railways. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 7786. It stands,in a level See also:plain on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Ouse, by which communication is provided with the See also:Humber. 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 and St See also:German belonged to a See also:Benedictine See also:abbey founded under 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 from 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 the Conqueror in 1069 and raised to the dignity of a mitred abbey by See also:Pope See also:Alexander II. The monastic buildings have practically disappeared, but the church was a splendid See also:building of various See also:dates from See also:Norman to Decorated, the See also:choir
and See also:Lady See also:chapel representing the later See also:period. The See also:nave passes from Norman to See also:Early See also:English in the course of its eight bays from See also:east to west and also from the See also:arcade through the See also:triforium to the See also:clerestory. About midnight of the 1gth–2oth of See also:October 1906, a See also:fire See also:broke out in the Latham chapel adjoining the north choir See also:aisle, in which a new See also:organ had recently been erected, and soon involved the whole building. Specially serious damage was done in the immediate neighbourhood of the chapel, the See also:oak-groined roof and See also:rich fittings of the choir were wholly destroyed, but the finely moulded See also:arches and the magnificent See also:tracery of the east window survived in great See also:part. Much damage was done to the See also:tower, and the nave roof perished, for the fire reached practically every part of the building, though the stonework of the nave suffered comparatively little. Schemes for the collection of funds and the See also:complete restoration of the church were immediately set on See also:foot, the architect being Mr Oldrid See also:Scott.
Selby is the centre of a rich agricultural district, and its See also:industries include rope and twine making, See also:flax-scutching, See also:boat-building, See also:iron-See also:founding, tanning and See also:brewing. Tradition indicates Selby as the See also:birth-See also:place 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 I., and thus accounts for the high privileges conferred upon the abbey. The town had a considerable part in the operations of the See also:Civil See also:Wars, being held at the outset by the Parliamentarians, and captured by the Royalists in 1644, but soon retaken by See also:Sir 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 See also:Fairfax.
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