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SOUTHWELL , a See also:cathedral See also:city in the See also:Newark See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Nottinghamshire, See also:England, 16 m. N.E. of See also:Nottingham by a See also:branch of the Midland railway. Pop. (1901), 3161. The n:inster 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 became a cathedral on the See also:foundation of the episcopal see in 1884. The see covers the greater See also:part of Nottinghamshire and See also:Derbyshire, with small portions of See also:Leicestershire, See also:Lincolnshire and See also:Staffordshire. The foundation of the earliest church here is attributed to the missionary See also:Paulinus in the first See also:half of the 7th See also:century. Another followed, after the devastations of the Northmen, in 960, on the foundation of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edgar. The See also:building of the See also:present church began in 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 I. Henry VIII., after the See also:dissolution of the monasteries, contemplated the erection of the church into a cathedral. The cathedral is a magnificent cruciform building, 306 ft. in length, with massive See also:Norman See also:nave (61 ft. wide), transepts, central and two western towers; and See also:Early See also:English See also:choir with transepts. There is an octagonal See also:chapter See also:house, resembling that at See also:York, exhibiting the Decorated See also:style in highest development. It is connected with the church by a See also:cloister. The archbishops of York had a See also:palace here dating from the 15th century. The "See also:great chamber " was restored in 1882, and since 1904 the building has been converted into a See also:residence for the bishops of Southwell.
The erection of the church at Southwell (Sudwelle, Suwell, Suthwell), probably the cause of the origin of the See also:town, is attributed to the See also:archbishop of York in the 7th century. In 958 See also:land at Southwell was granted to the archbishop by See also:Edwy. A detailed description of the great See also:manor is given in Domesday. Southwell remained under the lordship of the see of York until it was taken over by the ecclesiastical commissioners. It was called a 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 13th century and down to the 17th, but no See also:charter of See also:incorporation is known. The town never returned representatives to See also:parliament. In the reign of See also:Edward I. the archbishop claimed by prescriptive right a five-days' See also:fair at See also:Pentecost, a three-days' fair at the See also:translation of St 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 and a Saturday See also:market. Fairs are now held in See also:April and See also:December. The market was still held on Saturdays in 1894, but was then very small.
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