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ULVERSTON , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:North See also:Lonsdale See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, in the See also:Furness See also:district, gz m. N.E. from See also:Barrow-in-Furness and 256 M. N.W. by N. from See also:London, on the Furness railway. Pop. of See also:urban district (1901), 10,064. 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:Mary, founded in 1111, retains the See also:south See also:door of the See also:original See also:building in the Transition See also:style, but the greater portion of the structure is Perpendicular, of 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:- 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. It contains an See also:altar-See also:tomb with recumbent figure of See also:Walter See also:Sandys of Conishead, dated 1588. After the destruction of Furness See also:Abbey, Ulverston succeeded See also:Dalton as the most important town in Furness, but the rapid rise of Barrow surpassed it in See also:modern times. A See also:monument on Hoad 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 commemorates See also:Sir See also:John Barrow, secretary of the See also:admiralty and a native of the town. Conishead Priory, 2 M. south-See also:east, a See also:mansion on the site of a priory founded in the reign of Henry II., is used as a hydropathic See also:establishment. Formerly Ulverston had a considerable See also:trade in linens, checks and ginghams, but it is now dependent on large See also:iron and See also:steel See also:works, chemical works, breweries, tan-yards, and hardware, See also:paper, and wooden hoop manufactories. Through its connexion with See also:Morecambe See also:Bay by a See also:ship See also:canal of r m. in length, owned by the Furness railway, it has a See also:shipping trade in iron and slates.
Ulverston, otherwise Vlureston, Olvestonum, occurs in Domes-See also:day See also:Book, where Vlurestun is named as a See also:manor in See also:possession of Turulf, who was probably the original Saxon owner. See also:Early in the 1 zth See also:century the manor passed to See also:Stephen, See also:count of See also:Boulogne, and was given by him to Furness Abbey. In 1196 the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot granted the See also:vill of Ulverstone with the inhabitants to 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 Fitz-Reinfred, who granted it a See also:charter by which he raised it to the See also:rank of a See also:free 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. The lordship became divided, and one-See also:half passed to the Harringtons and finally to Henry See also:Grey, See also:duke of See also:Suffolk, on whose See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder in 1553 it was forfeited to the See also:Crown. The other moiety returned to tha abbey about theend of the 14th century, and at the See also:dissolution was surrendered to the Crown. Early in the 17th century the Crown alienated the manor, which is now in the See also:family of See also:Buccleuch. The' yearly See also:court-leet and court-See also:baron are still held in See also:October. In i 280 See also:Roger de See also:Lancaster obtained a charter from See also:Edward I. for a weekly market on See also:Thursday and an See also:annual See also:fair of three days beginning on'the See also:eve of the nativity (See also:Sept. 7).
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