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THETFORD ,. 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 of See also:England, mostly in the See also:south-western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Norfolk, but partly in the See also:Stowmarket division of See also:Suffolk, 9! M. N.N.E. from See also:London by the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 4613. The town lies in a level, fertile See also:country at the junction of the See also:river Thet with the Little See also:Ouse. In the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Edward III. the town had twenty churches and eight monasteries There are now three churches—St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's, St See also:Cuthbert's and St See also:Mary's—principally of Perpendicular See also:flint See also:work; of these St Mary's, on the Suffolk See also:side, is the largest. There are a few monastic. remains, the See also:chief being two See also:gate-houses. The most important relic of antiquity is the See also:Castle See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, a See also:mound moo ft. in circumference and moo ft. in height. The See also:grammar school was founded in i6ro. In 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:Street is the See also:mansion-See also:house occupied as a See also:hunting-See also:lodge by See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. The chief public buildings are a gild 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 and a See also:mechanics' See also:institute; there are several charities. See also:Brewing and tanning are carried on; and there are also manure and chemical See also:works, See also:brick- and See also:lime-kilns, See also:flour-See also:mills and agricultural See also:implement works, See also:engineering works and See also:iron foundries. The Little Ouse is navigable for See also:barges down to
the Great Ouse. Thetford is a See also:suffragan bishopric in the See also:diocese of See also:Norwich. The town is governed by. 'a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 7096 acres.
See also:Early antiquaries identified Thetford (Theodford, Tetford, Tefford) with Sitomagus, but See also:modern See also:research shows that there is no conclusive See also:evidence of a permanent See also:settlement before the coming of the Angles. Tradition tells that Uffa, who probably threw up the earthworks called the Castle Hill, established the See also:capital of See also:East Anglia here about 575. Thetford owned a royal See also:mint in the 9th See also:century and was a flourishing town when the Conqueror acquired it. See also:Richard I. granted it to See also:Hamelin, See also:Earl See also:Warenne, and when his heirs failed, it merged in the duchy of See also:Lancaster and so in the See also:crown. About 'no its See also:principal See also:officers were a mayor and See also:coroner, afterwards assisted by eight burgesses, whom 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 VIII. increased to ten. The town, never very prosperous since the See also:Conquest, had then fallen into great decay, but the petitions of the burgesses for a See also:charter were not heeded till 1573 when Elizabeth incorporated it under a mayor and See also:common See also:council. This charter, restored in 1692 after its surrender to See also:Charles II., remained in force till 1835 when the borough was re-constituted. Thetford returned two members to See also:parliament from 1529 till its disfranchisement in 1868. Its Saturday market, which certainly existed in the 13th century, was granted by the charter of 1573 and also a Magdalen See also:fair (the 22nd of See also:July). See also:Fisheries were important in the 13th century.
See A. L. See also:Hunt, Capital of East Anglia (187o) ; T. See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, See also:History of Thetford (1779).
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