LEAMINGTON  , 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:

• HEALTH

health resort of See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the See also:

• RIVER

river Learn near its junction with the See also:

• AVON

Avon, 98 m . N.W. from See also:

• LONDON

London, served by the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western 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 . (19o1) 26,888 . The See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary boroughs of Leamington and See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick were joined into one See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency in 1885, re-turning one member . The centres of the towns are 2 M. apart, Warwick lying to the See also:

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

west, but they are See also:

• UNITED

united by the intermediate See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of New Milverton . There are three saline springs, and the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• PUMP

pump-rooms, See also:

• BATHS

baths and pleasant gardens See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the river . The See also:

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

chief public buildings are the See also:

• TOWN

town 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 (1884), containing a See also:

• FREE

free library and school of See also:

• ART

art; and the See also:

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

Theatre Royal and See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly See also:

• ROOM

room . The 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 of All See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints is modernized, and the other churches are entirely See also:

• MODERN

modern . The S . Warwickshire See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and Midland Counties See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home for incurables are here . Leamington High School is an important school for girls .

There is a municipal technical school . See also:

• INDUSTRIES

Industries include See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundries and See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick-See also:

• WORKS

works . The town lies in a well-wooded and picturesque 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, within a few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of such interesting towns as Warwick, See also:

• KENILWORTH

Kenilworth, See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry and See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford-on-Avon . It is a favourite See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting centre, and, as a health resort, attracts not only visitors but residents . The town 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, 2817 acres . Leamington was a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of no importance until about 1786, when baths were first erected, though the springs were noticed by See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing about 1586 . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1811 was only 543, The town was incorporated in 1875 . The name in former use was Leamington Priors, in distinction from Leamington See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings, a village on the upper Learn . By royal See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence granted in 1838 it was called Royal Leamington See also:

• SPA

Spa .