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WEDNESBURY , a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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:Staffordshire, See also:England, in the See also:Black See also:Country, 121 M. N.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway, and on the See also:northern See also:line of the See also:Great Western. Pop. (1901) 26,554. An overhead electric See also:tramway connects with See also:Walsall, 31 M. N. The town is See also:ancient, but of See also:modern growth and See also:appearance as an See also:industrial centre. 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:Bartholomew, however, is a See also:fine Perpendicular See also:building, See also:standing high. It is traditionally supposed to occupy the site of a See also:place of the See also:worship of See also:Woden or See also:Odin, and the name of the town to be derived from this See also:god through the See also:form Wodensborough. A church was built, probably in the 1th See also:century, and from 1301 to 1535 the See also:advowson, See also:tithes, &c., belonged to 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 of See also:Halesowen. The See also:present church was several times restored in the 18th and 19th centuries. The See also:chief public buildings are 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 (1872), See also:art See also:gallery (1891), and See also:free library (1878). See also:Coal, See also:limestone and ironstone are See also:mined. A See also:special See also:kind of coal, giving an intense See also:heat, is largely used in forges. There are great See also:iron and See also:steel See also:works, producing every kind of heavy goods used by railway and See also:engineering works, such as See also:boiler plates, rails, axles, tubes, bolts and nuts. Stoneware See also:potteries are also important. Similar See also:industries, with See also:brick-making, are practised at DARLASTON, an See also:urban See also:district (pop. 15,395), within the parliamentary borough. «'ednesbury returns one member to See also:parliament. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 2287 acres.
Here Ethelfleda,widow of 'See also:Ethelred of See also:Mercia, in g16 constructed a See also:castle. The place is not mentioned in Domesday, but appears to have belonged to the See also:barony of See also:Dudley. After the See also:Conquest it became a See also:demesne of the See also:crown, and it was bestowed by 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 II. on the Heronvilles. It received parliamentary See also:representation in 1867, and became a municipal borough in 1886.
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