SALFORD
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is flattest at the See also:south where it joins the See also:Manchester boundary
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At the other extremity of Salford it joins the 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:Eccles
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The See also:chief railway station is See also:Exchange station, which is in Salford, but has its See also:main approach in Manchester
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The See also:Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire and the See also:London & See also:North-Western See also:railways serve the See also:town
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Until 1634 Salford was entirely dependent upon Manchester in its ecclesiastical arrangements
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In that See also:year Sacred Trinity 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 (' Salford See also:Chapel ") was built and endowed under the will of See also:Humphrey See also:Booth the See also:elder, who also founded charities which have grown greatly in value
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The yearly income of more than £17,000 is disposed of in See also:pensions and in See also:hospital grants
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His See also:grandson, Humphrey Booth the younger, See also:left See also:money for the repair of the church and the See also:residue is distributed amongst the poor
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The yearly See also:revenue is about £1400
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Salford is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishopric, and its See also:cathedral, St See also:John's, with its See also:spire of 240 ft., is the most noteworthy ecclesiastical See also:building in the borough
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Salford has been to a large extent overshadowed by Manchester, and the two boroughs, in spite of their See also:separate See also:government, are so closely connected as to be one See also:great See also:urban See also:area
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Many of the institutions in Manchester are intended for the service also of Salford, which, however, has resisted all attempts at municipal amalgamation
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The chief public buildings are the museum and See also:art See also:gallery at See also:Peel See also:Park, the technical school, the See also:education offices and the Salford Hospital
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The 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, built in 1825, is no longer adequate for municipal needs
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See also:Broughton and See also:Pendleton have each a separate town hall
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The large and flourishing technical school was See also:developed from a See also:mechanics' institution
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Peel Park, bought by public subscription in 1846, was the first public recreation ground in the borough
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In the grounds are Langworthy Gallery and a museum
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In the park are statues of See also:Queen See also:Victoria, the See also:Prince See also:Consort, See also:Sir See also:Robert Peel, See also:Joseph Brotherton and See also:Richard See also:Cobden
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The only other See also:monument—a South See also:African See also:War memorial—is outside and almost opposite Peel Park
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Other parks are at Seedley, See also:Albert and Buile 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; the last contains a museum, the contents of which have been transferred from Peel Park
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There is also Kersal See also:Moor, 21 acres of Moorland, crossed by a Roman road, which has been noticed for the variety of its See also:flora, and for the See also:capture of the Decophara Woodiella, of which there is no other recorded See also:habitat
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The See also:David See also:Lewis recreation ground at Pendleton may also be named
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Altogether Salford has See also:thirty parks andlopen spaces having a See also:total area of 217 acres
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The See also:corporation have also provided two cemeteries
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When the municipal museum was founded in 1849 a reference library formed See also:part of the institution, and from this has developed a See also:free library See also:system in which there are also nine lending See also:libraries
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The commercial and See also:industrial See also:history of Salford is closely See also:bound up with that of Manchester
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It is the seat of extensive See also:cotton, See also:iron, chemical and allied See also:industries
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It owes its development to the See also:steam-See also:engine and the factory system, and in See also:recent years has shared in the increase of See also:trade owing to the construction of the Manchester See also:Ship See also:Canal, which has added greatly to its prosperity
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This will be seen by an examination of the rateable value of the three townships now comprised in the borough
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This in 1692 was £1404; in 1841, £244,853; in 1884, £734,220; in 1901, £967,727; in 1908-1909, £1,022,172
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The municipal government is in the hands of a town See also:council consisting of 16 aldermen and 48 councillors elected in 16 wards
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The See also:water-See also:supply is from Manchester
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The corporation have an excellent See also:tramway service
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There are also municipal See also:baths
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Salford has a separate See also:commission of the See also:peace
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There are no certain figures as to the See also:population before 1773, when at the instance of Dr 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:Percival a See also:census was taken of Manchester and Salford
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The latter had then 4755 inhabitants
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Census returns show that its population in 18o1 was 14,497; in
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1851, 63,85o; and in 1901, 220,956
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The See also:death-See also:rate in 1906 was 18.5 per thousand
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Within the See also:present borough area there have been found See also:neolithic implements and See also:British urns, as well as Roman coins
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In 1851 traces of a Roman road were still visible
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Domesday See also:Book mentions Salford as held by See also:Edward the See also:Confessor and as having a See also:forest three leagues See also:long and the same broad
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At the See also:Conquest it was part of the domain granted to See also:Roger of See also:Poitou, but reverted to the See also:crown in 1102
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After successively belonging to the earls of See also:Chester and of See also:Derby it passed to Edward Crouch back, See also:earl of See also:Lancaster
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It was erected into a duchy and See also:county See also:palatine in 1353, and when the See also:house of Lancaster succeeded to the See also:throne their Lancashire possessions were kept separate
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Salford and Pendleton are still parts of the See also:ancient duchy of Lancaster, belonging to the See also:English crown
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In 1231 Ranulf de Blundeville, earl of Chester, granted a See also:charter constituting Salford a " free borough." But the government notwithstanding was essentially manorial and not municipal
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In the See also:Civil See also:Wars between See also:Charles I. and the See also:parliament, Salford was royalist,
and the unsuccessful See also:siege of Manchester was conducted from its See also:side of the Irwell
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Its later history is mainly identical with that of Manchester (q.v.)
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In 1844 it received a municipal charter and became a county borough in 1889
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