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STOKE NEWINGTON , a See also:north-eastern See also:metropolitan 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 of See also:London, See also:England, bounded E. by See also:Hackney and W. by See also:Islington, and extending N. to the boundary of the See also:county of London. Pop. (tgol), 51,247. It is mainly occupied by small villas. On its western boundary, adjoining See also:Green Lanes, lies Clissold See also:Park (J4 acres) and outside the north-western boundary is See also:Finsbury Park (115 acres). In 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 See also:Street is the See also:ancient See also:parish church of St See also:Mary, largely restored, but still bearing the See also:stamp of antiquity; opposite to it stands a new church in Decorated See also:style by See also:Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Scott. In the north of the borough are the See also:main waterworks and reservoirs of the New See also:River See also:Company, though the waterway continues to a See also:head in Finsbury. Stoke Newington is partly in the north See also:division of the See also:parliamentary borough of Hackney, but the See also:district of See also:South See also:Hornsey, included in the municipal borough, is in the Hornsey division of See also:Middlesex. The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, 5 aldermen and 30 councillors. See also:Area, 863.5 acres.
STOKE-ON-See also:TRENT, a See also:market See also:town and municipal and parliamentary borough of See also:Staffordshire, England, on the upper Trent, in the See also:heart of the See also:Potteries district. .Pop. (1901), 30,458. This was the See also:population of the See also:separate borough of Stoke-upon-Trent (area, 1882 acres) which existed until 1910. In 1908 arrangements were made whereby Stoke-upon-Trent, See also:Burslem, See also:Fenton, See also:Hanley, See also:Longton and See also:Tunstall should be amalgamated as one borough, under the name of Stoke-on-Trent, from the 31st of See also:March 1gbo. The new See also:corporation consists of a mayor, 26 aldermen and 78 councillors. Stoke is on the North Staffordshire railway, 146 m. north-See also:west from London by the London & North-Western railway; and on the See also:Grand See also:Trunk (Trent and See also:Mersey) See also:Canal. The See also:principal public buildings in the old town of Stoke are the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, with See also:assembly rooms, See also:law library and See also:art See also:gallery, the market hall, the Minton memorial See also:building, containing a school of art and See also:science; the See also:free library and museum, and the North Staffordshire infirmary, founded in 1815 at See also:Etruria, and removed to its See also:present site in 1868. The head offices of the North Staffordshire Railway Company are here. Four large firms manufacturing every variety of art See also:china and earthenware alone employ over 5000 hands. See also:Coal-See also:mining and See also:iron and See also:machine manufactures are also carried on. A statue commemorates See also:Josiah See also:Wedgwood, See also:born at Burslem in 1730; but other famous names in the pottery See also:trade are more intimately connected with Stoke. Thus Josiah Spode the second was born here in 1754, and had a See also:great See also:house at Penkhull, on the western outskirts of Stoke.
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