DUNSTABLE  , 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)

borough and See also:

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

market See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division of See also:

• BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

Bedfordshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 37 m . N.W. of See also:

• LONDON

London, on branches of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern and London & See also:

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

North-Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Pop . (Igor) 5157 . It lies at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of about 500 ft. on the See also:

• BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

bleak northward slope of the Chiltern Hills . 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 St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter and St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul is a See also:

• FINE

fine fragment of the church of the Augustinian priory founded by 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. in 1131 . The See also:

• BUILDING

building was cruciform, but only the See also:

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

west front and See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• NAVE

nave remain . The front has a large See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman portal of four orders, with 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 See also:

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

Early See also:

• ENGLISH

English arcading above; the nave See also:

• ARCADE

arcade is ornate Norman . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• TRIFORIUM

triforium is transformed into a See also:

• CLERESTORY, or CLEARSTORY (Ital. chiaro piano, Fr. clairevoie, claire etage, Ger. Lichtgaden)

clerestory, the original clerestory being lost . The north-west See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower has a Perpendicular upper portion, but the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west tower is destroyed . The church contains various monuments of the 18th See also:

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

century . See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

Foundations of a See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Henry I. are traceable near the church .

The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main part of the town extends for a mile along the broad straight See also:

• ROMAN

Roman road, Watling See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street; the high road from See also:

• LUTON

Luton to See also:

• TRING

Tring, which crosses it in the centre of the town, representing the See also:

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

ancient Icknield Way . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief 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 See also:

• STRAW

straw See also:

• HAT

hat manufacture; there are also See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing, See also:

• STATIONERY

stationery and See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORKS

works . The borough is under a See also:

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

mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 453 acres . There may have been a Romano-See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• VILLAGE

village on this site on the Watling Street . Dunstable (Donestaple, Donestaple) first appears as a royal borough in the reign of Henry I., who, according to tradition, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the depredations of robbers, cleared the See also:

• FOREST

forest where Watling Street and the Icknield Way met, and encouraged his subjects to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle there by various grants of privileges . He endowed the priory 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 with the lordship of the See also:

• MANOR

manor and borough, which it retained till its See also:

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

dissolution in 1536-1537 . The Dunstable See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals See also:

• DEAL

deal exhaustively with the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the monastery and town in the 13th century . In 1219 the See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior secured the right of holding a 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 there for all See also:

• CROWN

crown pleas and of sitting beside the justices itinerant, and this led to serious collision between the monks and burgesses . The See also:

• BODY

body of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Eleanor rested here for a See also:

• NIGHT

night on its See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, and a See also:

• CROSS

cross, of which there is now no trace, was subsequently erected in the market-See also:

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

place . At Dunstable See also:

• CRANMER, THOMAS (1489-1556)

Cranmer held the court which, in 1533, declared See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon's See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage invalid . At the dissolution a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was set on See also:

• FOOT

foot for the creation of a new bishopric from the spoils of the religious houses, which was to include Bedfordshire and See also:

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF

Buckinghamshire with Dunstable as See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral See also:

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

city .

The See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme was never realized, though plans for the cathedral were actually See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up . From the earliest 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 Dunstable has been an agricultural town . The Annals abound with references to the prices and See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative abundance or scarcity of the two See also:

• STAPLE

staple products, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn . The straw hat manufacture has flourished since the 18th century . Henry I. granted a market held twice a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week, and a three days' See also:

• FAIR

fair on the feast of St Peter ad Vincula . 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 made a further See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of a three days' fair from the loth of May . A market is still held weekly, also fairs in May and See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August correspond to these grants . Dunstable had also a gild See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant and was affiliated to London . In 1864 the town was made a municipal borough by royal charter .