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WAREHAM , a See also:market See also:town 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 eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Dorsetshire, See also:England, 1212 M. S.W. by W. from See also:London by the London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 2003. It lies between the See also:rivers See also:Frome and Piddle, 12 m. above their outflow into See also:Poole See also:harbour. The town is of high antiquity, and is partially surrounded by See also:earth-See also:works probably of See also:British construction. 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 contains a See also:chapel dedicated to St See also:Edward, commemorating that Edward who was murdered at Corfe See also:Castle in this neighbourhood, whose See also:body See also:lay here before its removal to See also:Shaftesbury. It also possesses a remarkable See also:Norman See also:font of See also:lead. Two other See also:ancient churches remain, but are not used for See also:worship. There are ruins of a priory dedicated to SS. Mary, See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and Ethelwold, and the site of the old castle may be traced. The town and neighbourhood have been See also:long noted for their See also:lime and See also:cement, and large quantities of potters', See also:pipe, See also:fire and other kinds of See also:clay are sent to See also:Staffordshire and to See also:foreign countries. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors. See also:Area 251 acres.
Owing to its situation as a See also:key of Purbeck, the site of See also:Ware-See also:ham (Werham, See also:Warham) has been occupied from See also:early times. The earthworks, of British origin, were modified in almost every successive See also:age. That Wareham was a pre-Saxon town is evident from See also:Asser's statement that its British name was Durngueir. The early chroniclers declare that St See also:Aldhelm founded a church near Wareham about 701, and perhaps the pricry, which is mentioned as existing in 876, when the Danes retired from See also:Cambridge to a strong position in this fort. Their occupation was not lengthy. Having made terms with See also:Alfred, they See also:broke the conditions and returned to Cambridge. In the following See also:year they were again at Wareham, which they made their headquarters. Beorhtric, the immediate predecessor of See also:Ecgbert, was buried here. Further incursions made by the Danes in 998 and in 1015 under Canute probably resulted in the destruction of the priory, on the site of which a later See also:house was founded in the 12th See also:century as a See also:cell of the Norman See also:abbey of Lysa, and in the decayed See also:condition of Wareham in 1o86, when 203 houses
were ruined or See also:waste, the result of misfortune, poverty and fire. The early castle, which existed before 1o86, was important during the See also:civil See also:wars of See also:Stephen's reign; in 1142 See also:Robert, See also:earl of See also:Gloucester, on his departure for See also:France, committed it to his son's See also:charge. Stephen, however, surprised and took it, but it surrendered to the earl in the same year on 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 refusal to send it aid. See also:John fortified it against See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis of France in 1216, and during the civil wars it was the See also:scene of much fighting, being stormed by the parliamentary forces in 1644. Wareham was accounted a borough in Domesday See also:Book, and the burgesses in 1176 paid 20 marks for a See also:default. In 118o-1181 they rendered See also:account of 5 marks for erecting a gild without See also:licence. The See also:fee-See also:farm of the borough was obtained in 1211, on a See also:fine of See also:roc marks. The constitution of Wareham underwent a See also:change during the years 1326-1338, when the governing body of the bailiffs and commonalty were replaced by the mayor and bailiffs. In 158.7 See also:Elizabeth granted certain privileges to Wareham, but it was not incorporated until 1703, when the existing fairs for See also:April 6 and See also:August 23 were granted. The See also:port was important throughout the See also:middle ages, and was required to furnish four See also:ships for the See also:French See also:war in 1334. Considerable See also:trade was carried on with France and See also:Spain, See also:cloth, Purbeck 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, later, clay being largely exported.
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