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See also:WALTHAM See also:ABBEY, or WALTHAM See also:HoLY See also:CROSS, a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Epping See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, on the See also:Lea, and on the See also:Cambridge See also:branch of the See also:Great Eastern railway, 13 M. N. by E. from See also:London. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district of Waltham Holy Cross (1901) 6549. The neighbouring See also:county of the Lea valley is See also:flat and unlovely, but to the E. and N.E. See also:low hills rise in the direction of Hainault and Epping Forests. Of the former magnificent cruciform abbey 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 the only portion of importance now remaining is the See also:nave, forming the See also:present See also:parish church, the two easternmost bays being converted into the See also:chancel. It is a very See also:fine specimen of ornate See also:Norman. Only the western suuoorts of the See also:ancient See also:tower now remain.
See also:Newton. It is situated on a See also:series of rugged hills rising from the f A tower corresponding with the present See also:size of the church was
erected in 1556 and, restored in 1798. On the See also:south See also:side of the church is a See also:lady See also:chapel dating from the end of the reign of See also:Edward II. or the beginning of that of Edward III., containing some See also:good Decorated See also:work, with a See also:crypt below. Of the monastic buildings there remain only a See also:bridge and gateway and See also:ether slight fragments. See also:Bishop 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 became See also:curate of Waltham in 1612, and See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Fuller was curate from 1648 to 1658. At Waltham Cross, about 1 m. W. of Waltham in See also:Hertfordshire, is the beautiful cross erected (1291—1294) by Edward I. at one of the resting-places of the See also:corpse of See also:Queen Eleanor on its way to See also:burial in See also:Westminster Abbey. It is of See also:Caen See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and is supposed to have been designed by Pietro See also:Cavallini, a See also:Roman sculptor. It is hexagonal in See also:plan and consists of three stages, decreasing towards the See also:top, which is finished by a crocketed spirelet and cross. The See also:lower See also:stage is divided into compartments enclosing the arms of England, See also:Castile and See also:Leon, and Ponthieu. Its restoration has not been wholly satisfactory. The royal See also:gun-See also:powder factory is in the immediate vicinity; See also:government See also:works were built in 1890 at Quinton 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, 1 m. W. of the town, for the manufacture of See also:cordite; and the town possesses gun-See also:cotton and percussion-cap factories, See also:flour-See also:mills, See also:malt kilns and breweries. Watercresses are largely grown in the neighbourhood, and there are extensive market gardens and nurseries.
The town probably See also:grew up See also:round the church, which was built See also:early in the rlth See also:century to contain a portion of the true cross. The See also:manor was held by 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 and See also:convent of the Holy Cross from the reign 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 I. to that of Henry VIII. The town was never more than a market town until 1894. In 1845 a See also:local See also:board of twelve members was formed to govern it; in 1894, under the Local Government See also:Act, it was brought under an urban district See also:council. The market of Waltham was granted to the abbey by See also:Richard I. and confirmed in 1227 by Henry III., who also conceded two fairs in 125r: one for ten days following the Invention of the Holy Cross, the other on the See also:vigil of the Exaltation of the Cross and for seven days after. The See also:charter from which the present market appears to be derived was granted by Queen See also:Elizabeth in 156o, and gave a Tuesday market for See also:miscellaneous stock. The fairs have died out, although as See also:late as 1792 they were held on the 14th of May and the 25th and 26th of See also:September. The See also:fisheries in the See also:river Lea appear in records from 1o86 onwards. At the end of the 17th century a fulling See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill is mentioned, and by the See also:year 1721 three powder mills were in existence.
End of Article: WALTHAM ABBEY, or WALTHAM
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