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 See also:

• EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• EVANS, SIR GEORGE DE LACY (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

EVANS See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• WILLIAM EVANS BURTON (1804-1860)

BURTON (1804-1860)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor and playwright, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1804, was the son of 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 See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton (1774-1825), a printer and author of See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

Research into the religions of the Eastern nations as illustrative of the scriptures (18o5) . He was educated for 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, but, having entered his See also:

• FATHER

father's business, his success as an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur actor led him to go upon the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . After several years in the provinces, he made his first London See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in 1831 . In 1834 he went to See also:

• AMERICA

America, where he appeared in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia as Dr 011apod in The Poor See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman . He took a prominent See also:

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

place, both as actor and manager, in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, Philadelphia and See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre which he leased in New York being renamed Burton's theatre . He had much popular success as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Cuttle in 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 See also:

• BROUGHAM
• BROUGHAM, JOHN (1814-188o)

Brougham's dramatization of Dombey and Son, and in other See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• COMEDY

comedy parts in plays from See also:

• DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-187o)

Dickens's novels . Burton was the author of a large number of plays, one of which, Ellen See also:

• WAREHAM

Wareham (1833), was produced simultaneously at five London theatres . In Philadelphia he established the Gentleman's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, of which See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

Allan See also:

• POE, EDGAR ALLAN (18og-1849)

Poe was for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the editor . He was himself the editor of the See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge Quarterly and the Souvenir, and the author of several books, including a Cyclopaedia of Wit and See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

Humour (1857) . He collected a library of over 100,000 volumes, especially See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in Shakespeariana, which was dispersed after his See also:

• DEATH

death at New York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City on the 9th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 186o . BURTON-UPON-See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

TRENT, a See also:

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

market See also:

• TOWN

town and municipal and 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 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 Burton See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division of See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire and the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern parliamentary division of See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England; lying mainly upon the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Trent, in I, Staffordshire . Pop .

(1891) 46,047; (1901) 50,386 . It is 127 m See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

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

west from London by the London & North-Western and the Midland See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and is also served by the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern and North Staffordshire railways . The Trent is navigable from a point near the town downward . The neighbouring See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is pleasant enough, particularly along the See also:

• RIVER

river, but the town itself is purely See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial, and contains no pre-eminent buildings . The church of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary and St Modwen is dassic in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, of the 18th See also:

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

century, but embodies some remains of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building . Of a See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey dedicated to the same See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints there remain a See also:

• GATEHOUSE

gatehouse and See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

lodge, and a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway . The former See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Seyney 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 is a See also:

• HALF

half-timbered building of the 15th century . The See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school was founded in 1525 . A fine See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge over the Trent, and the municipal buildings, were provided by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Burton . There are pleasant recreation grounds on the Derbyshire See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the river . Burton is the seat of an enormous See also:

• BREWING

brewing See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, representing nearly one-tenth of the See also:

• TOTAL

total amount of this trade in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom . It is divided between some twenty firms .

The premises of See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

Bass's brewery extend over 500 acres, while Allsopp's stand next; upwards of 5000 hands are employed in all, and many See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of railways owned by the firms See also:

• CROSS

cross the streets in all directions on the level, and connect with the lines of the railway companies . The superiority which is claimed for Burton See also:

• ALES (ALEsIus), ALEXANDER (1500-1565)

ales is attributed to the use of well-See also:

• WATER

water impregnated with sulphate of See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime derived from the gypseous deposits of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Burton is governed by a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 4202 acres . Burton-upon-Trent (Burhton) is first mentioned towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 9th century, when St Modwen, an Irish virgin, is said to have established a See also:

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

convent on the Isle of Andressey opposite Burton . In 1o02 Wulfric, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia, founded here a Benedictine abbey, and by See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of 1004 granted to it the town with other large endowments . Burton was evidently a See also:

• MESNE (an Anglo-French legal form of the O. Fr. meien, mod. moyen, mean, Med. Lat. medianus, in the middle, cf. " mean ")

mesne borough under the abbot, who held the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• MANOR

manor and received the profits of the borough according to the charter 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 I. granting See also:

• SAC

sac and See also:

• SOC

soc and other privileges and right in the town . Later charters were given by Henry II., by John in 1204 (who also granted an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• FAIR

fair of three days' duration, 29th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October, at the feast of St Modwen, and a weekly market on See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday), by Henry III. in 1227, by Henry VII. in 1488 (Henry VII. granted a fair at the feast of St See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke, 18th of October), and by Henry VIII. in 15o9 . At the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution Henry VIII. founded on the site of the abbey a collegiate church dissolved before 1545, when its lands, with all the privileges formerly vested in the abbot, were conferred on See also:

• SIR

Sir William See also:

• PAGET, SIR JAMES, BART

Paget, ancestor of the See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• ANGLESEY, ARTHUR ANNESLEY
• ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET
• ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA

Anglesey, now holder of the manor . In 1878 it was incorporated under a mayor, 8 aldermen, 24 councillors . Burton was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of several engagements in the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, when its large trade in clothing and See also:

• ALABASTER
• ALABASTER, or ARBLASTIER, WILLIAM (1567-1640)

alabaster was practically ruined . Although the abbey See also:

• ALE

ale was mentioned as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1295, the brewing 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 is comparatively of See also:

• RECENT

recent development, having begun about 1708 .

See also:

• FORTY

Forty years later it had a market at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg and the Baltic ports, and in 1796 there were nine brewing firms in the town. of Burton-on-Trent (1869) ; See William See also:

• MOLYNEUX

Molyneux, See also:

• HISTORY

History See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria County History, Staffordshire .