OSSETT
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V20,
Page 354
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
OSSETT
, 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 in the See also:Morley See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 3 M
.
W. of See also:Wakefield, on the See also:Great See also:Northern and (Horbury and Ossett station) the See also:Lancashire and Yorkshire See also:railways
.
Pop
.
(1901) 12,903
.
It includes the contiguous townships of Ossett, See also:South Ossett and Gawthorpe
.
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 the See also:Holy Trinity, a See also:fine cruciform structure in the See also:Early Decorated See also:style, was erected in 1865
.
Woollen See also:cloth See also:mills, and extensive collieries in the neighbourhood, employ the large See also:industrial See also:population
.
There are medicinal springs similar in their properties to those of See also:Cheltenham
.
The municipal borough, incorporated in 189o, is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors
.
See also:Area 3238 acres
.
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