BLANTYRE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 43
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BLANTYRE
, the See also:chief See also:town of the Nyasaland See also:protectorate, See also:British Central See also:Africa
.
It is situated about 3000 ft. above the See also:sea in the See also:Shire See also:Highlands 300 M. by See also:river and See also:rail N.N.W. of the See also:Chinde mouth of the See also:Zambezi
.
Pop. about 6000 natives and See also:loo whites
.
It is the headquarters of the See also:principal trading firms and missionary See also:societies in the protectorate
.
It is also a station on the See also:African trans-See also:continental See also:telegraph See also:line
.
The chief See also:building is 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 See also:Scotland church, a See also:fine red See also:brick building, a mixture of See also:Norman and See also:Byzantine styles, with lofty turrets and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white domes
.
It stands in a large open space and is approached by an See also:avenue of cypresses and See also:eucalyptus
.
The church was built entirely by native labour
.
Blantyre was founded in 1876 by Scottish missionaries, and is named after the birthplace of See also:David See also:Livingstone
.
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