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TRURO , an episcopal See also:city 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 in the Truro See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cornwall, See also:England, 11 m. N. of See also:Falmouth, on the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901), 11,562. It lies in a shallow valley at the junction of the small See also:rivers Kenwyn and See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen in Truro See also:river, a See also:branch See also:creek of the great See also:estuary of the Fal. It is built chiefly of See also:granite, with broad streets, through the See also:chief of which there flows a stream of See also:water. The episcopal see was founded in 1876, covering the former archdeaconry of Cornwall in the See also:diocese of See also:Exeter; the See also:area including the whole of the See also:county of Cornwall, with a small portion of See also:Devonshire. The See also:cathedral 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 was begun in 188o from the designs of See also:John See also:Loughborough See also:Pearson, and is among the most important See also:modern ecclesiastical buildings in England. The architect adopted the See also:Early See also:English See also:style, making great use of the See also:dog-tooth See also:ornament. The See also:form of the church is cruciform, but it is made irregular by the See also:incorporation, on the See also:south See also:side of the See also:choir, of the south See also:aisle of the See also:parish church, this portion retaining, by See also:Act of See also:Parliament of 1887, all its legal parochial rights. The See also:design of the cathedral includes a lofty central and two western towers with See also:spires, and a See also:rich See also:west front and south See also:porch; with a See also:cloister See also:court and octagonal See also:chapter-See also:house on the See also:north. Among other noteworthy modern institutions may be mentioned the theological library presented by See also:Bishop See also:Phillpotts in 1856, housed in a See also:Gothic See also:building (1871). The See also:grammar school possesses exhibitions to Exeter See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford. Truro has considerable See also:trade in connexion with the See also:tin mines of the neighbourhood. There are tin-smelting See also:works, See also:potteries, and manufactures of boots, biscuits, jgm and clothing. Small vessels can See also:lie at the quays, though the See also:harbour is dry at See also:low water; but large vessels can approach within three See also:miles of the city. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. Area, 1127 acres.
At 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 the Domesday Survey Truro (Trueret, Treurok, Treueru) was a comparatively small See also:manor held by Jovin of See also:Count See also:Robert of See also:Mortain. Its municipal See also:charter See also:dates from
See also:Richard See also:Lucy the chief See also:justiciar who held the See also:demesne lands and under whom the See also:free burgesses had apparently a 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 See also:sake and See also:soke, See also:toll and team and infangenethef. Reginald See also:earl of Cornwall, by an undated charter, added to these privileges exemption from the See also:jurisdiction of the See also:hundred and county courts and from toll throughout the county. 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. confirmed the grant of his See also:uncle the said Reginald. In 1304 Truro was constituted a coinage See also:town for tin. In 1378 the See also:sheriff reported that the town was so impoverished by pestilence, hostile invasions and intolerable payments made to the 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's progenitors that it was almost uninhabited and wholly wasted. A similar complaint was preferred in 1401 in consequence of which the fifteenth and tenth amounting to £12 was for the three years ensuing reduced to 50S. The charter of incorporation granted in 1589 provided for a mayor, See also:recorder and steward and a See also:council of twenty See also:capital burgesses and four aldermen. Under it the mayor and burgesses were to enjoy the liberties of infangenethef, utfangenethef, sake, soke, toil, team, thefbote, backberindthef and ordelf; also freedom from toll passage, pontage, murage, fletage, picage, anchorage, stallage, lastage and tollage of Horngeld throughout England except in See also:London; they were, moreover, to be entitled in respect of their markets to pontage, keyage, &c. The See also:assize of See also:bread and See also:ale and See also:wine and view of See also:frankpledge were also granted and a court of piepowder was to regulate certain specified fairs. In 1835 the number of aldermen was increased to six. From 1295 to 1885 Truro enjoyed See also:separate parliamentary See also:representation, returning two members. The charter of 1589 provided that the burgesses should have See also:power by means of the See also:common council to elect them. Such was the See also:procedure from 1589 to 1832 when the burgesses recovered the See also:privilege. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885 the representation of Truro was merged in the county. No fairs or markets are mentioned See also:prior to 1589 when two markets, on Saturdays and Wednesdays, were provided, also three fairs. Both markets and two of the three fairs are held.
See See also:Victoria County See also:History: Cornwall; See also:Canon. See also:Donaldson, Bishopric of Truro (1902).
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