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See also:SHIFNAL, or SHIFENAL , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Newport (N.). See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Shropshire, See also:England, 154 M. N.W. from See also:London on the See also:Wolverhampton-See also:Shrewsbury See also:line of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 3321. 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:Andrew is cruciform and full of See also:fine details of See also:late See also:Norman, See also:Early See also:English and Decorated See also:work. See also:Trade is mainly agricultural, and See also:cattle-fairs are held. There are large See also:iron-See also:works. The name of the town was Idsall when in 1591 a fund was raised by royal favour in Shropshire and neighbouring counties in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to rebuild it after a serious See also:fire.
Within 6 m. E. of Shifnal are Tong, Boscobel and the nunnery of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Ladies. Tong See also:Castle shares with the castle of the same name in See also:Kent the See also:legend of the dealings of the Saxon See also:Hengest with the See also:British chieftain See also:Vortigern. The See also:medieval See also:building was demolished late in the 18th See also:century, and the See also:present castle erected in mingled See also:Gothic and Moorish styles. Tong church, of fine early Perpendicular work, contains a remarkable See also:series of ornate tombs, mainly of the 15th and 16th centuries, to members of the See also:Vernon and See also:Stanley families, former owners of the castle.
The See also:Golden See also:Chapel on the See also:south See also:side is See also:rich late Perpendicular, with a roof of See also:fan-See also:tracery, showing signs of the See also:original decoration in See also:colours. The See also:mansion of Boscobel is famous as the See also:house in which See also:Charles II. was concealed in 1651 after an adventurous See also:journey from See also:Worcester, where his arms had failed before those of See also:Cromwell. The See also:secret chamber which hid him is preserved, but he also found See also:refuge in a See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree of the See also:forest which then surrounded Boscobel. A tree See also:close to the house still bears the name of Charles's See also:oak, but tradition goes no further than to assert that it See also:grew from an See also:acorn of the original tree. White Ladies was a Cistercian nunnery; and the slight remains are Norman. The pleasant wooded See also:district was formerly See also:part of Brewood Forest, which extended into See also:Staffordshire.
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