DARWEN
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V07,
Page 840
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
DARWEN
, a 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)
in the Darwen parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, 20 M
.
N.W. from Manchester by the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway
.
Pop
.
(1891) 34,1.92; (1901) 38,212
.
It lies on the river Darwen, which traverses a densely populated manufacturing district, and is surrounded by high-lying moors
.
Darwen is a centre of the cotton trade and has also blast furnaces, and paper-making, paper-staining and fire- clay works
.
In the neighbourhood are collieries and See also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
quarries
.
The market See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
is the chief public building; there are technical schools, a free library, and two public parks
.
Darwen was incorporated in 1788
.
The corporation consists of a mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors
.
End of Article: DARWEN
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