LAMBETH
, a See also:southern See also:metropolitan 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 of See also:London, See also:England, bounded N.W. by the See also:river See also:Thames, N.E. by See also:Southwark, E. by See also:Camberwell and W. by See also:Wandsworth and See also:Battersea, and extending S. to the boundary of the See also:county of London
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Pop
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(1901) 301,895
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The name is commonly confined to the See also:northern See also:part of the borough, bordering the river; but the See also:principal districts included are See also:Kennington and See also:Vauxhall (See also:north central), See also:Brixton (central) and part of See also:Norwood (See also:south)
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Four road-See also:bridges See also:cross the Thames within the limits of the borough, namely See also:Waterloo, See also:Westminster, Lambeth and Vauxhall, of which the first, a See also:fine 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)
stone structure, See also:dates from 1817, and is the See also:oldest Thames See also:bridge See also:standing within the county of London
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The See also:main thoroughfare runs S. from Westminster Bridge Road as Kennington Road, continuing as Brixton Road and Brixton See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, Clapham Road branching S
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W. from it at Kennington
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Several thoroughfares also converge upon Vauxhall Bridge, and from a point near this down to Westminster Bridge the river is bordered by the fine See also:Albert See also:Embankment
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See also:Early records See also:present the name See also:Lamb-See also:hythe in various forms
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The suffix is See also:common along the river in the meaning of a haven, but the prefix is less clear; a Saxon word signifying mud is suggested
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Brixton and Kennington are mentioned in Domesday; and in Vauxhall is concealed the name of Falkes de See also:Breaute, an unscrupulous adventurer of the 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 of See also:John and 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 III. exiled in 1225
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The See also:manor of North Lambeth was given to the bishopric of See also:Rochester in the time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor, and the bishops had a See also:house here till the 16th See also:century
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They did not, however, retain the manor beyond the See also:close of the 12th century, when it was acquired by the see of See also:Canterbury
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The See also:palace of the archbishops is still here, and forms, with the See also:parish 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, a picturesque See also:group of buildings, lying close to the river opposite the majestic Houses of See also:Parliament, and to some extent joining with them to make of this reach of the Thames one of the finest prospects in London
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The oldest part of the palace remaining is the Early See also:English See also:chapel
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The so-called Lollard's See also:Tower, which retains See also:evidence of its use as a See also:prison, dates C
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1440
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There is a fine Tudor See also:gatehouse of See also:brick, and the See also:- HALL
- 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 (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- 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)
hall is dated 1663
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The portion now inhabited by the archbishops was erected in 1834 and fronts a spacious quadrangle
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Among he portraits of the archbishops here are examples by See also:Holbein, Can Dyck, See also:Hogarth and See also:Reynolds
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There is a valuable library
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Fhe church of St See also:Mary was rebuilt c
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1850, though the See also:ancient monuments preserved give it an See also:appearance of antiquity
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Here are tombs of some of the archbishops, including See also:Bancroft (d
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1610), and of the two Tradescants, collectors, and a memorial to See also:Elias Ashmole, whose name is preserved in the Ashmolean Museum at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford University, to which he presented the collections of his friend the younger Tradescant (d
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1662)
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In the present Westminster Bridge Road was a See also:circus, well known in the later 18th and early 19th centuries as See also:Astley's, and near Vauxhall Bridge were the celebrated Vauxhall Gardens
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The principal See also:modern See also:pleasure grounds are Kennington See also:Park (20 acres), and Brockwell Park (127 acres) south of Brixton, and near thesouthern end of Kennington Road is Kennington See also:Oval, the ground of the See also:Surrey County See also:Cricket See also:Club, the See also:scene of its See also:home matches and of other important See also:fixtures
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Among institutions the principal is St See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas' See also:Hospital, the extensive buildings of which front the Albert Embankment
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The See also:original See also:foundation dated from 12.13, was situated in Southwark, and was connected with the priory of See also:Bermondsey
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The existing buildings, subsequently enlarged, were opened in 1871, are divided into a See also:series of blocks, and include a medical school
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Other hospitals are the Royal, for See also:children and See also:women, Waterloo Road, the Lying-in Hospital, See also:York Road, and the South-western See also:fever hospital in Stockwell
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There are technical institutes in Brixton and Norwood; and on Brixton Hill is Brixton Prison
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In the northern part of the borough are numerous factories, including the See also:great See also:Doulton pottery See also:works
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The See also:parliamentary borough of Lambeth has four divisions, North, Kennington, Brixton and Norwood, each returning one member
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The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, to aldermen and 6o councillors
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See also:Area, 4080.4 acres
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