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WORKSOP , a See also:market See also:town in the Bassetlaw See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Nottinghamshire, See also:England, on the See also:Great Central and the Midland See also:railways, and on the See also:Chesterfield See also:Canal, 152 M. E.S.E. of See also:Sheffield. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 16,112. To the S. lies that portion of See also:Sherwood See also:Forest popularly known as the See also:dukeries. 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 and St See also:Cuthbert is an old priory church, once divided internally into two parts, the E. dedicated to St Mary being for the use of the canons, and the W. dedicated to St Cuthbert for the parishioners. At the See also:Reformation only the W. portion of the church was spared, and for many years it was in a dilapidated See also:condition until it was restored with Perpendicular additions. Behind it are the ruins of the See also:lady See also:chapel, containing some See also:fine See also:Early See also:English See also:work. The priory See also:gatehouse, chiefly in the Decorated See also:style, now forms the entrance to the precincts of the church. It is supposed to have been built early in the 14th See also:century by the 3rd See also:Lord Furnival, when the market was established. Of the priory itself the only remains are a See also:wall at the N.W. corner of the church which includes the See also:cloister gateway. There was formerly a See also:Norman keep on the See also:castle 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. The See also:manor-See also:house, built by See also:John See also:Talbot, 1st See also:earl of See also:Shrewsbury, and occasionally occupied by Mary, See also:queen of Scots, during her captivity under the 6th earl, was in great See also:part destroyed by See also:fire in 1761, and when the See also:estate came into the See also:possession of the See also:duke of See also:Newcastle in 184o the ruined portion was removed and a smaller See also:mansion built.
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 and See also:free library are the See also:principal public buildings of Worksop. Malting is the principal See also:industry. A large See also:corn market and a See also:cattle and See also:horse See also:fair are held. The town also possesses See also:brass and See also:iron foundries, agricultural See also:implement See also:works, saw-See also:mills and chemical works; and there is a consider-able See also:trade in See also:Windsor chairs and See also:wood for packing-cases for Sheffield See also:cutlery. There are collieries at Shireoaks, 3 M. W.
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