DUKINFIELD
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V08,
Page 652
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
DUKINFIELD
, 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)
of Cheshire, England, within the parliamentary borough of Stalybridge, 6 m
.
E. of
Manchester
.
Pop
.
(19o1) 18,g29
.
It lies in the densely populated district in the north- east of the county, between Stalybridge and Ashton-under-Lyne, and is served by the London & North Western and Great Central railways
.
There are extensive collieries, and the other industries include cotton manufactures, calico- printing, hat-making, iron- founding, engineering and the manufacture of firebricks and tiles
.
A portion remains of the old timbered Dukinfield 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)
, in the chapel of which Samuel Eaton (d
.
1665) taught the first congregational 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)
in the north of England
.
The chapel, much enlarged, is still used by this denomination
.
The borough, incorporated in 1899, is under a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors
.
Area, 1405 acres
.
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