BELPER  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• MID

mid-See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• DERWENT (Celtic Dwr-gent, clear water)

Derwent, 7 M . N. of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby on the Midland railway . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (19o1), 10,934 . The See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John is said to have been founded by See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund Crouchback, second son of 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., about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . There is an See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of the Sisters of St See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence, with orphanage and school . For a considerable See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period one of the most flourishing towns in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, Belper owed its prosperity to the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• WORKS

works in 1776 by Messrs See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

Strutt, the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Belper (cr . 1856), in the Strutt See also:

• FAMILY

family, being taken from the town . Belper also manufactures See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery, See also:

• SILK

silk and earthenware; and after the decline of See also:

• NAIL (O. Eng. naegal, cf. Dutch, Ger., Swed. nagel; the word is also related to Lat. unguis, Gr. ovu, Sans. nakhas)

nail-making, once an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering works and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundries were opened . The Derwent provides See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power for the cotton-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . John of Gaunt is said to have been a See also:

• GREAT

great benefactor to Belper, and the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of a massive See also:

• BUILDING

building have been believed to See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark the site of his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence . A chapel which he founded is incorporated with a See also:

• MODERN

modern schoolhouse . The scenery in the neighbourhood of Belper, especially to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, is beautiful; but there are collieries, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead-mines and quarries in the vicinity of the town .

Belper (Beaurepaire) until 1846 formed See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Duffield, granted 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 I. to Henry de See also:

• FERRERS
• FERRERS, LAURENCE SHIRLEY, 4TH EARL (1720-1760)

Ferrers, See also:

• EARL

earl of Derby . There is no distinct mention of Belper till 1296, when the See also:

• MANOR

manor was held by Edmund Crouchback, earl of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster, who is said to have enclosed a See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park and built a See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting seat, to which, from its situation, he gave the name Beaurepaire . The manor thus became See also:

• PARCEL (Fr. parcelle, Ital. particella, Lat. particela, diminutive of pars, part)

parcel of the duchy of Lancaster and is said to have been the residence of John of Gaunt . It afterwards passed with Duffield to the Jodrell family . In a great See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm in 1545, 40 houses were destroyed, and the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was scourged by the See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague in 1609 . See C . Willott, See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Records of Belper .