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WOLVERHAMPTON , 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:Staffordshire, See also:England, 125 M. N.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway, served also by the See also:northern See also:line of the See also:Great Western and by a See also:branch of the Midland railway. Pop. (1891) 82,622; (1901) 94,187, It lies at the north-western edge of the See also:group of great manufacturing towns extending S.E. to See also:Birmingham, but there are pleasant residential suburbs to the See also:west, where the See also:country is See also:rich and well wooded. The situation is elevated and healthy. 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:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter is a See also:fine cruciform See also:building, with S. See also:porch and central See also:tower. The See also:lower See also:part of the tower and the S. See also:transept date from the 13th See also:century; the See also:nave, See also:clerestory, upper part of the tower and N. transept from the 15th; the See also:chancel was rebuilt in the restoration, completed in 1865, with an apsidal termination. 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 (1871), See also:exchange, agricultural hall, See also:free library and theatres. A large free See also:grammar school, founded in 1515 by See also:Sir See also:Stephen Jermyns, a native of the town and See also:alderman of London, occupies See also:modern buildings (1876). There are a See also:Blue Coat school (1710) and a school of See also:art. The benevolent institutions include a See also:general See also:hospital, the See also:eye infirmary, See also:orphan See also:asylum, See also:nursing institution and See also:institute of the society for outdoor See also:blind. In See also:Queen Square is an equestrian statue of See also:Albert, See also:Prince See also:Consort, unveiled by Queen See also:Victoria in 1866, and on See also:Snow 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 a statue (1879) of See also:Charles See also:Pelham See also:Villiers. There are parks on the See also:east and west of the town, and a new racecourse (1887) replaces that formerly on the site of the west See also:park. In the See also:district S. and E. of Wolverhampton (the See also:Black Country) See also:coal and ironstone are See also:mined. Ironmongery and See also:steel goods of all kinds, especially locks, machinery, tools and cycles, are produced; there are also See also:tin and See also:zinc See also:works. Large agricultural markets are supplied from the districts W. and N. of the town. An See also:annual See also:fair is held at Whitsuntide. In 1902 an See also:industrial and art See also:exhibition was held. The parliamentary borough of Wolverhampton has three divisions, each returning one member. The town is governedby a See also:mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. See also:Area, 3525 acres. WEDNESFIELD (pop. 4883), See also:HEATH TOWN Or Wednesfield Heath (9441) and WILLENHALL (18,515) are neighbouring See also:urban districts, with populations employed in the manufacture of locks, keys and small See also:iron goods, in iron and See also:brass foundries, See also:varnish works, &c.
The town of Wolverhampton (Handone, Wolvernehamptone, Wollernehampton) seems to have grown up See also:round the church of St See also:Mary, afterwards the royal free See also:chapel of Wolverhampton, probably founded in 996 by Wulfruna, widow of the See also:earl of See also:Northampton, who in that See also:year endowed it with extensive lands. The estates of the clerks of Handone are enumerated in Domes-See also:day. In 1204 See also:John granted the See also:manor of Wolverhampton to the church, and at the See also:Reformation it was held by the See also:dean of the collegiate See also:body; in 1553 See also:Edward VI. granted the See also:college and manor to See also:Dudley, See also:duke of See also:Northumberland, but Mary, at the beginning of her reign, refounded the college and restored to it its See also:property, and this arrangement was confirmed by See also:Elizabeth. 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. (1258) granted the Wednesday market, which is still held, and a fair for eight days, beginning on the See also:eve of the feast of SS. Peter and See also:Paul (See also:June 29). During the Great See also:Rebellion the sympathies of Wolverhampton were royalist. In 1645 it was for a 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 the headquarters of Prince See also:Rupert, while Charles I. See also:lay at Bushbury to the north. At the end of the 17th century the market was esteemed the second market in the county. An See also:account of Wolverhampton published in 1751 stated that the chief manufacture was locks, " here being the most ingenious locksmiths in England," and attributed the slow growth of the town to the fact that most of the See also:land was church property. Wolverhampton was incorporated in 1848 as a municipal borough. It was not represented in See also:parliament until after the passing of the Reform See also:Bill (1832), under which it returned two members until in 1885 the See also:representation was increased to three. The county borough See also:dates from 1888.
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