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See also:WYMONDHAM (pronounced See also:Windham) , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:mid-See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Norfolk, See also:England, ro m. S.W. of See also:Norwich by the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. (19o1) 4764. 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 the Virgin rises on an See also:eminence on the outskirts of the town. It was attached to a See also:Benedictine priory, founded about the beginning of the 12th See also:century as a See also:cell of St Albans See also:abbey by 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 de Albini. In 1448 this See also:foundation became an abbey. The See also:nave is of ornate See also:Norman See also:work, with a massive See also:triforium, surmounted by a Perpendicular See also:clerestory and a beautiful wooden roof. The broad N. See also:aisle is Perpendicular, and has also a very See also:fine See also:rood See also:screen. At the W. end there is a lofty and graceful Perpendicular See also:tower. The See also:choir, which was used as the conventual church, has See also:left only slight traces, and one See also:arch is See also:standing of a large See also:chapel which adjoined it on the S. In the centre of the town is a picturesque See also:half-timbered market See also:cross (1616), with an octagonal upper chamber raised on massive pillars of See also:wood. A chapel, dedicated to St 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 of See also:Canterbury, is used as a See also:grammar school. At Wymondham on the 7th of See also:July a festival was formerly held in See also:honour of the See also:saint. It was at this festival in 1549 that the See also:rebellion of See also:Robert See also:Ket or Kett came to a See also:head.
End of Article: WYMONDHAM (pronounced Windham)
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