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See also:WYCOMBE (officially CHEPPING WYCOMBE, also CHIPPING or HIGH WYCOMBE) , a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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 in the Wycombe See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, 34 M. W. by N. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 15,542. 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, originally of See also:Norman See also:foundation, was rebuilt in 1273 by the See also:abbess and nuns of Godstow near See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and was largely reconstructed See also:early in the 15th See also:century. For the See also:grammar school, founded c. 1550 by the See also:mayor and burgesses, a new See also:building was erected in 1883. There are remains of a Norman See also:hospital of St See also:John the Baptist, consisting of See also:arches of the See also:chapel. The market-See also:house and See also:guildhall was erected in 1757. The See also:family of See also:Petty, with whom the town has See also:long been connected, occupied the See also:mansion called Wycombe See also:Abbey. See also:Lord See also:Beaconsfield's mansion of Hughenden is I.'_ m. N. of the town. Among a number of almshouses are some bearing the name of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth, endowed in 1562 out of the revenues of a dissolved fraternity of St See also:Mary. The See also:principal See also:industry is See also:chair-making, and there are also See also:flour and See also:paper See also:mills. The borough is under a mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors. See also:Area, 1734 acres. The burgesses of Wycombe have See also:ancient rights of See also:common pasturage on the neighbouring See also:Rye See also:Mead.
There are various See also:British remains in the neighbourhood of Chipping Wycombe (Wicumbe, Wycumbee, Cheping Wycombe, Cheping Wichham), but the traces of a See also:Roman See also:settlement are more important. In Domesday See also:Book the See also:manor only is mentioned, but in 1199 the men of Wycombe paid See also:tallage 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. In 1225-1226 Alan See also:Basset granted to the burgesses the whole town as a See also:free borough. This 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:- 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., See also:Edward I., Henry IV. and Mary. In 1558, however, a new See also:charter of See also:incorporation was granted in See also:reward for the See also:loyalty shown to Queen Mary. It was confirmed by Elizabeth in 1598 and 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 I. in 1609 with certain additions. See also:Cromwell granted another charter, but it was burnt after the Restoration, and the last charter was granted by See also:Charles II. in 1663. The See also:corporation was remodelled under the Municipal Corporations See also:Act of 1835, and now consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. Wycombe returned two burgesses to See also:parliament in 1300 and continued to send members until 1885. The See also:franchise was enlarged after 1832, and in 1867 the borough was deprived of one of its members. A market was granted by Basset to the burgesses in 1226, and at the See also:present See also:day it is held every See also:Friday, the day fixed by the charter of Queen Mary. Two statutory fairs were held under thecharter of 1558, but in 1792 only one See also:fair was nerd on the See also:Monday before Michaelmas for See also:hiring, but there is now a See also:pleasure fair on the same day.
See John See also:Parker, See also:History and Antiquities of Wycombe (1878). WYE, a See also:river of England, famous for its beautiful scenery. It rises in See also:Montgomeryshire on the E. slope of See also:Plinlimmon, See also:close to the source of the See also:Severn, the See also:estuary of which it joins after a widely divergent course. Its length is 130 m.; its drainage area (which is included in the See also:basin of the Severn), 1609 sq. m. See also:Running at first S.E. it crosses the W. of See also:Radnor-See also:shire, passing See also:Rhayader, and receiving the Elan, in the basin of which are the See also:Birmingham reservoirs. It then divides Radnor-shire from Brecknockshire, receives the Ithon on the See also:left, passes See also:Builth, and presently turns N.E. to See also:Hay, separating See also:Radnorshire from See also:Herefordshire, and thus forming a See also:short stretch of the Welsh boundary. The river, which See also:rose at an See also:elevation exceeding 2000 ft., has now reached a level of 250 ft., 55 M. from its source. As it enters Herefordshire it bends E. by S. to reach the See also:city of See also:Hereford. It soon receives the Lugg, which, augmented by the Arrow and the See also:Frome, joins from the N. The course of the Wye now becomes extremely sinuous; and the valley narrows nearly to See also:Chepstow. For a short distance the Wye divides Herefordshire from See also:Gloucestershire, and for the See also:rest of its course Gloucestershire and See also:Monmouthshire. It passes Mon-mouth, where it receives the Monnow on the right, and finally Chepstow, 2 M. above its junction with the Severn estuary. The river is navigable for small vessels for 15 M. Up from the mouth on high tides, but there is not much See also:traffic above Chepstow. The See also:average See also:spring rise of the See also:tide is 38 ft. at Chepstow, while 5o ft. is sometimes exceeded; the average See also:neap rise is 282 ft. The scenery is finest between Rhayader and Hay in the upper See also:part, and from See also:Goodrich, below See also:Ross, to Chepstow in the See also:lower, the second being the portion which gives the Wye its fame.
The name of Wye belongs also to two smaller See also:English See also:rivers—(1) a right-See also:bank tributary of the See also:Derbyshire Dement, rising in the uplands near See also:Buxton, and having part of its early course through one of the caverns characteristic of the See also:district; (2) a left-bank tributary of the See also:Thames, watering the valley of the Chilterns in which lies Wycombe and joining the See also:main river near See also:Bourne End.
End of Article: WYCOMBE (officially CHEPPING WYCOMBE, also CHIPPING or HIGH WYCOMBE)
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