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WIGAN , 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, 194 M. N.W. by N. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway, served also by the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire and the See also:Great Central See also:rail-ways. Pop. (1891) 55,013, (1901) 60,764. It lies on the small See also:river See also:Douglas, which flows into the See also:estuary of the Ribble. There is connexion by See also:canal with See also:Liverpool, See also:Manchester, &c. The older portions of the town occupy the north See also:bank of the river, the See also:modern additions being chiefly on the See also:south bank. 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 All See also:Saints, See also:late Perpendicular, consisting of See also:chancel with aisles and two chapels, was restored in 163o and in modern times. There are numerous modern churches and chapels. The See also:principal public buildings are the Royal See also:Albert See also:Edward Infirmary and Dispensary, the public 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, the borough courts and offices, the See also:arcade, the market hall, the See also:free public library and the county courts and offices (1888). The educational institutions include the free See also:grammar school (founded by 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 See also:Leigh in 1619 and rebuilt in 1876), the Wigan and See also:District See also:Mining and Technical See also:College (built by public subscription and opened in 1903) and the See also:mechanics' institution, also the See also:convent of Notre See also:Dame (18J4), with a college for See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil teachers and a high school for girls, and several See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:schools. A public See also:park of 27 acres was opened in 1878. The town owes much of its prosperity to its See also:coal mines, which employ a large proportion of the inhabitants and See also:supply the factory furnaces. The See also:chief manufacture is that of See also:cotton fabrics; the town also possesses See also:iron forges, iron and See also:brass foundries, oil and grease See also:works, railway waggon factories, and See also:bolt, See also:- SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl
screw and See also:nail works. The parliamentary borough, returning one member since 1885, is coextensive with the municipal borough, and falls mainly within the See also:Ince See also:division of the county. The county borough was created in 1888. The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, ro aldermen and 30 councillors. See also:Area 5082 acres, including the former See also:urban district of Pemberton (pop. 21,6'64 in 1901), which was included with Wigan in 1904.
acted almost all his See also:young characters, as See also:Hamlet, Horatio, See also:Pierre, &c. in a full-See also:dress suit and large See also:peruke. But Mr See also:Garrick's See also:genius
first attacked the mode of dress, and no See also:part more than that of the See also:head of See also:hair. The consequence of this was, that a See also:capital player's See also:wardrobe " [came to include " what they See also:call natural heads of hair; there is the See also:comedy head of hair, and the tragedy See also:ditto; the See also:silver locks, and the See also:common See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
gray; the carotty See also:poll, and the yellow caxon ; the See also:savage See also:black, and the See also:Italian See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, and Shylock's and Falstaff's very different heads of hair; . , with the See also:Spanish See also:fly, the foxes tail, &c. &c." He adds that the tendency is to replace those by " the hair, without See also:powder, simply curled."
Roman remains have been found, and it is probable that the town covers the site of a Roman See also:post or fort, Coccium. Wigan, otherwise Wygan and Wigham, is not mentioned in Domesday See also:Book, but three of the townships, Upholland, See also:Dalton and Orrel are named. After the See also:Conquest Wigan was part of the See also:barony of See also:Newton, and the church was endowed with a See also:carucate of See also:land, the origin of the See also:manor. 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 before 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 III.'s reign the See also:baron of Newton granted to the See also:rector of Wigan the manorial privileges. In 1246 Henry III. granted a See also:charter to the famous See also:John See also:Mansel, See also:parson of the church, by which Wigan was constituted a free borough and the burgesses permitted to have a Gild See also:Merchant. In x249 John Mansel granted by charter to the burgesses that each should have five roods of land to his See also:burgage as See also:freehold on See also:payment of 12d. each. Confirmations and extensions of Henry III.'s charter were granted by Edward II. (1314), Edward III. (1349), See also:Richard II. (1378), Henry IV. (1400), Henry V. (1413), See also:Charles II. (1663), James II. (1685) and 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 IV. (1832 and 1836). In 1258 Henry III. granted by charter to John Mansel a weekly market on See also:Monday and two fairs, each of three days, beginning on the See also:eve of See also:Ascension See also:Day and on the eve of All Saints' Day, See also:October 28th. Edward II. granted a three days' See also:fair from the eve of St See also:Wilfrid instead of the All Saints' fair, but in 1329 Edward III. by charter altered the fair again to its See also:original date. Charles II.'s charter granted, and James II.'s confirmed, a three days' fair beginning on the 16th of See also:July. Pottery and See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-See also:founding were formerly import-See also:- ANT
- ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u
ant trades here, and the manufacture of woollens, especially of blankets, was carried on in the 18th See also:century. The cotton See also:trade See also:developed rapidly after the introduction of the cylindrical See also:carding See also:machine, which was set up here two years before See also:Peel used it at See also:Bolton. During the See also:Civil See also:War the town, from its vicinity to Lathom See also:House and the See also:influence of See also:Lord See also:Derby, adhered staunchly to 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. On the 1st of See also:April 1643 the Parliamentarians under See also:Sir John See also:Seaton captured Wigan after severe fighting. In the following See also:month Lord Derby regained it for the Royalists, but See also:Colonel See also:Ashton soon retook it and demolished the works. In 1651 Lord Derby landed from the Isle of Mari and marched through See also:Preston to Wigan on the way to join Charles II. At Wigan See also:Lane on the 25th of See also:August a fierce See also:battle took See also:place between the Royalist forces under Lord Derby and Sir 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 See also:Tyldesley and the Parliamentarians under Colonel See also:Lilburne, in which the Royalists were defeated, Tyldesley was killed and Lord Derby wounded. During the See also:rebellion of 1745 See also:Prince Charles Edward spent one See also:night (See also:December loth) here on his return See also:march. In 1295 Wigan returned two members to See also:parliament and again in 1307; the right then remained in See also:abeyance till 1547, but from that time till 1885, except during the See also:Commonwealth, the borough returned two members, and since 1885 one member. The church of All Saints is of Saxon origin, and was existing in Edward the See also:Confessor's time. The See also:list of rectors is See also:complete from 1199.
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