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WATFORD , a See also:market See also:town in the Watford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England, 171 M. N.W. of See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1891) 17,063; (1901) 29,327. It lies on the small See also:river See also:Colne in a pleasant undulating and well wooded district. 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, with embattled See also:tower and See also:spire, is of various See also:dates, and contains See also:good examples of monumental See also:work of the See also:early 17th See also:century; and in the See also:churchyard is buried See also:Robert Clutterbuck (d. 1831), author of the•See also:History and Antiquities of the See also:County of See also:Hertford. There are several See also:modern churches and chapels. The See also:chief See also:building within the town is the Watford Public Library and School of See also:Art. There are large breweries, also See also:corn-See also:mills, See also:malt-kilns and an See also:iron foundry. Bushey, on the See also:south See also:side of the Colne, lying for the most See also:part high above it, is a suburb, chiefly residential, with a station on the North-Western See also:line. The church of St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, extensively restored by See also:Sir 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 See also:Scott, is Early See also:English in its See also:oldest part, the See also:chancel. Here a school of art was founded by Sir See also:Hubert von Herkomer, R.A., but it was closed in 1904, and subsequently revived in other hands. Other institutions are the Royal Caledonian See also:Asylum and the London See also:Orphan Asylum. At Aldenham, 2 M. N.E., the See also:grammar school founded in 1599 now ranks as one of the See also:minor English public See also:schools.
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