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TROWBRIDGE , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Westbury See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Wiltshire, See also:England, 974 M. W. by S. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 11,526. It is unevenly built on a slope at the See also:foot of which flows the Biss or See also:Mere, a tributary of the See also:Avon. The See also:parish 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:- 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 is a See also:fine Perpendicular See also:building, with a lofty See also:spire, and a beautiful open-See also:work roof over the See also:nave. It was rebuilt on the See also:original See also:plan in 1848. See also:George See also:Crabbe, the poet, was See also:rector from 1813 to 1831.
Trowbridge (Trubrig, Trobrigg, Trowbrigge) was probably mentioned in Domesday under the name of Straburg, a See also:manor held by one Brictric together with Staverton and Trowle, now both included within its limits. The first reference to the " town " of Trowbridge occurs See also:early in the 16th See also:century; previous to that date mention is made of the manor and See also:castle only. The latter, See also:round which the town probably See also:grew up, is said to have been built by the de Bohuns, who obtained See also:possession of the manor by See also:marriage with the daughter of See also:Edward de Sarisbury. Later it passed to See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de Longespee, son 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 II., to the Lancasters, to the See also:protector See also:Somerset (by See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of Henry VIII.) and then to the Rutlands, and Trowbridge is now a non-corporate town. In 1200 See also:John granted a weekly market on Tuesday, See also:Thursday and Saturday; also a yearly See also:fair on the 24th, 25th and 26th of See also:July, on which days it continued to be held until at the end of the 18th century it was changed to the 5th, 6th and 7th of See also:August. The manufacture of woollen cloths has See also:long been the See also:staple See also:trade of Trowbridge. It was introduced before the 16th century, for See also:Leland, See also:writing in the reign of Henry VIII., says: " The town flourisheth by drapery." In 1731 the trade was of some See also:note, and by 1813 had attained such proportions that the whole See also:area of the castle site was sold for the erection of dyeworks, See also:cloth manufactories and other See also:industrial buildings.
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