ORPINGTON
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V20,
Page 329
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
ORPINGTON
, a town in the Dartford parliamentary division of Kent, England, 134 M
.
S.E. of London, and 21 m
.
S. by E. of Chislehurst, on the South-Eastern & Chatham railway
.
Pop
.
(1901), 4259
.
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)
( Early English) contains some carved woodwork and ancient brasses
.
An old mansion called the Priory dates in part from 1393• The oak-panelled 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 the principal rooms are of the 15th century
.
In 1873 John Ruskin set up at Orpington a private publishing house for his works, in the hands of his friend George See also: - ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
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Fruit and hops are extensively grown in the, neighbourhood
.
From its pleasant situation in a hilly, wooded district near the headwaters of the Cray stream, Orpington has become in modern times a favourite residential locality for those whose business lies in London
.
A line of populous villages extends down the valley between Orpington and Bexley—St Mary Cray (pop
.
1894), St Paul's Cray (1207), Foots Cray (an urban district, 5817), and North Cray
.
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