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TOWCESTER , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Northamptonshire, See also:England, 8 m. S.S.W. of See also:Northampton, on the See also:East & See also:West Junction and the Northampton & See also:Banbury Junction See also:railways. Pop. (19or), 2371. It is pleasantly situated on the small See also:river Tove, a See also:left-See also:bank affluent of the See also:Ouse. 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:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence is a See also:good See also:Early See also:English, Decorated and Perpendicular See also:building, with a See also:fine western Perpendicular See also:tower. There are a considerable agricultural See also:trade and a manufacture of boots and shoes.
Here was a See also:Roman town or See also:village situated on Watling See also:Street. The site has yielded a considerable number of See also:relics. In the loth See also:century a fortress was maintained here against the invading Danes. The site of both this and the Roman station is marked by an artificial See also:mound known as See also:Burg 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, not far from the church, above the river. Towcester, with the whole of this See also:district, witnessed a large See also:part of the operations during the See also:Civil See also:War of the 17th century.
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