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WARRINGTON , a See also: market See also:town and municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary 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 of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, on the See also:river See also:Mersey, midway between See also:Manchester and See also:Liverpool, and 182 m. N.W. by N. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. (1891) 52,288; (1901) 64,242. It has extensive See also:local connexions by way of the See also:Cheshire lines. 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 Elphin is a See also:fine cruciform See also:building with lofty central See also:tower and See also:spire. The See also:style is Decorated, but restoration has been heavy. A much earlier church formerly occupied the site, and of this the See also:crypt remains beneath the existing See also:chancel. The town 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. a classical building of the 18th See also:century, was formerly a See also:residence, and was See also:purchased by the See also:corporation in 1872, while the See also:park in which it stands was devoted to public use. The other See also:chief buildings are the museum and See also:free library, with technical See also:institute and the market hall. The educational institutions include a free See also:grammar school, founded by one of the Boteler See also:family in 1526, and a See also:blue-coat school (1665). A few See also:half-timbered houses of the 17th century remain in the streets. A wide See also: system of electric tramways and See also:district See also:light See also:railways is maintained by the borough. Warrington and the neighbourhood are an important centre of the tanning See also:industry. There are also See also:iron See also:bar, hoop and See also:wire See also:works, See also:tool, See also:soap, See also:glass and chemical works, foundries and See also:cotton See also:mills. Considerable agricultural markets and fairs are held. The parliamentary borough (1832), returning one member, extends into Cheshire. The town was incorporated in 1847, and the corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 9 aldermen and 27 councillors. See also:Area 3058 acres.
Warrington (otherwise Walintune, Werinton, Werington) is supposed to be of See also:British origin, and the See also:great See also:Roman road from See also:Chester to the north passed through it. There was a Romano-British See also:village—perhaps also a military See also:post—at \Vilderspool. It is mentioned in Domesday See also:Book as the See also:head of a See also:hundred. After the See also:Conquest it became one of the possessions of See also:Roger de Poictou. In 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.'s reign a See also:barony was formed for See also:Pain de Vilars, of which Warrington was the head and to which it gave the name, and from that family both See also:manor and barony passed to the Botelers or Butlers, who first established their residence on the mote 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 and before 128o built Bewsey in See also:Burton See also:wood. The Butlers held both barony and manor till 1 86, when the barony lapsed and the manor passed after some vicissitudes to the Irelands of Bewsey, then to the Booths and in 1769 to the Blackburns. In 1255 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 le Boteler obtained a See also:charter from Henry III. for an See also:annual See also:fair to last three days from the See also:eve of St 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 the See also:Martyr With See also:July). In 1277 See also:Edward I. granted a charter for a weekly market on See also:Friday and an annual fair of eight days beginning on the eve of St See also:Andrew (3oth Nov.), and in 1285 another charter changing the market See also:day from Friday to Wednesday and extending the summer fair to eight days. The market and fairs had, however, existed before the granting of these charters. Blome in 1673 speaks of Warrington market as an important one " for See also:linen See also:cloth, See also:corn, See also:cattle, provisions and See also:fish, being much resorted to by the Welshmen," and in 1730 See also:Defoe says the market was especially famous for " a sort of table linen called Huk-a-back or Huk-abuk." The fairs are still held, as well as the Wednesday chartered market, besides a Saturday market which is probably customary. In the 18th and See also:early 19th centuries the chief See also:industries were huckabacks and coarse cloths, See also:canvas, fustians, pins, glass, See also:sugar-refining and See also:copper. During the See also:Civil See also:War the inhabitants embraced the royalist cause and the See also:earl of See also:Derby occupied the town and made it for some 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 his headquarters in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to secure the passage of the Mersey. In See also:April 1643 the parliamentary forces attacked it, but had to raise the See also:siege, as See also:Lord Derbybegan to set the town on See also:fire. Lord Derby See also:left See also:Colonel Edward See also:Norris in command and in May the parliamentarians again attacked the town, which was forced to surrender after a six days' siege owing to lack of provisions. In 1648, after the royalist defeat at Winwick by See also:Cromwell, See also:part of the royal forces under See also:General See also:Baillie rallied at Warrington, hoping to effect the passage of the See also:bridge, but failed, and the general with 4000 men capitulated. In See also:August 1659 See also:Sir See also:George See also:Booth, lord of the manor, was defeated at Winnington, and part of his forces surrendered at Warrington to the parliamentary See also:garrison. During the See also:Rebellion of 1745, on the approach of See also:Prince See also:Charles Edward from Manchester, the bridge was cut down and the few stragglers who ventured that way seized. A borough was created by William le Boteler about 1230 by a charter which has not been preserved; but its growing strength alarmed the lord who contrived to repress it before 1300, and for over 500 years Warrington was governed by the lord's manor See also: court. A charter of See also:incorporation was granted in 1847. By the Reform See also:Act of 1832 the town returns one member to See also:parliament. The church dedicated to St Elphin is mentioned in Domesday Book, and was in early times head of the See also:ancient deanery of Warrington. There was a friary of See also:Augustine or See also:Hermit Friars here founded apparently about 1280.
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