WELLINGBOROUGH , a See also:market See also:town in the eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Northamptonshire, See also:England, 631 m. N.N.W. from See also:London by the Midland railway; served also by the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 18,412. It lies on the declivity of a 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 near the junction of the Ise with the Nene, in a pleasant 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:Luke is a beautiful See also:building with See also:Norman and See also:Early See also:English portions, but is mainly Decorated, with a western See also:tower and See also:spire. The See also:grammar-See also:schools, founded in 1594 and endowed with the revenues of a suppressed gild, include a- school of the second and a school of the third grade, the former a building of red See also:brick in the See also:Renaissance See also:style erected in 188o, and the latter an old Elizabethan structure. Another educational endowment is See also:Freeman's school, founded by See also:John Freeman in 1711. There are also several charities. The See also:principal public building is the See also:corn See also:exchange. The town is of some importance as a centre of agricultural See also:trade; but the See also:staple See also:industry is in See also:leather. A See also:great impulse to the prosperity of the town was given by the introduction of the See also:boot and See also:shoe trade, especially the manufacture of uppers. Smelting, See also:brewing and See also:iron-See also:founding are also carried on, as well as the manufacture of portable See also:steam-engines, and iron ore is raised in the vicinity.
In 948 See also:Edred gave the church at Wellingborough to See also:Crowland See also:Abbey, and the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant was confirmed by 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 See also:Edgar in 966. In the reign of See also:Edward II. 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 was See also:lord in full. The town received the grant of a market in 1201. It was formerly famed for the chalybeate springs to which it owes its name, and in 1621 was visited by See also:Charles I. and his See also:queen, who resided in tents during a whole See also:season while taking the See also:waters. It was after its almost See also:total destruction by See also:fire in 1738 that the town was built on its See also:present site on the hill.
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