SELBY
, a See also:market See also:town in the Barkston Ash See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 131 m
.
S. of See also:York on the See also:Great See also:Northern and See also:North-Eastern See also:railways
.
Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 7786
.
It stands,in a level See also:plain on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Ouse, by which communication is provided with the See also:Humber
.
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 St See also:Mary and St See also:German belonged to a See also:Benedictine See also:abbey founded under a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant from See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror in 1069 and raised to the dignity of a mitred abbey by See also:Pope See also:Alexander II
.
The monastic buildings have practically disappeared, but the church was a splendid See also:building of various See also:dates from See also:Norman to Decorated, the See also:choir
and See also:Lady See also:chapel representing the later See also:period
.
The See also:nave passes from Norman to See also:Early See also:English in the course of its eight bays from See also:east to west and also from the See also:arcade through the See also:triforium to the See also:clerestory
.
About midnight of the 1gth–2oth of See also:October 1906, a See also:fire See also:broke out in the Latham chapel adjoining the north choir See also:aisle, in which a new See also:organ had recently been erected, and soon involved the whole building
.
Specially serious damage was done in the immediate neighbourhood of the chapel, the See also:oak-groined roof and See also:rich fittings of the choir were wholly destroyed, but the finely moulded See also:arches and the magnificent See also:tracery of the east window survived in great See also:part
.
Much damage was done to the See also:tower, and the nave roof perished, for the fire reached practically every part of the building, though the stonework of the nave suffered comparatively little
.
Schemes for the collection of funds and the See also:complete restoration of the church were immediately set on See also:foot, the architect being Mr Oldrid See also:Scott
.
Selby is the centre of a rich agricultural district, and its See also:industries include rope and twine making, See also:flax-scutching, See also:boat-building, See also:iron-See also:founding, tanning and See also:brewing
.
Tradition indicates Selby as the See also:birth-See also:place of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I., and thus accounts for the high privileges conferred upon the abbey
.
The town had a considerable part in the operations of the See also:Civil See also:Wars, being held at the outset by the Parliamentarians, and captured by the Royalists in 1644, but soon retaken by See also:Sir 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:Fairfax
.
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