MIDDLETON
, a market town and 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 Middleton parliamentary division of Lancashire, England,. on the Irk, near the Rochdale Canal, and on the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway, 6 m
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N.N.E. from Manchester
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Pop
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(Igor), 25,178
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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)
of St Leonards is of mixed architecture, with a low square tower
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The oldest portion of the building (the tower arch) dates from the 12th century, but the main portion from 1412, and the south aisle from 1524
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Two chapels in it contain memorials of, and are named after, two ancient Lancashire families, the Asshetons and the Hopwoods
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The Queen Elizabeth grammar-school, a building in the Tudor style, was founded 111 1572 by Nowell, dean of St Paul's, London
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There are a handsome town- 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)
and municipal technical schools
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An extensive system of tramways and electric light railways connects the town with its suburbs and adjacent industrial centres
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The prosperity of the town dates from the introduction of manufactures at the close of the 18th century
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The staple trade is the spinning and weaving of cotton, and the other industries include silk weaving, calico- printing, bleaching, dyeing, iron- founding and the manufacture of soap and chemicals
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There are collieries in the neighbourhood
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The town was incorporated in 1886, and the corporation consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors
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Area, 4775 acres
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