TOWN  , in its most See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general sense, a collection or See also:

• AGGREGATION (from the Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)

aggregation of inhabited houses larger than a See also:

• VILLAGE

village . The O . Eng. See also:

• TUN

tun (M . Eng. toun) meant originally a fence or enclosure, cf . Ger. zaun, hedge, hence an enclosed See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . The Scottish and See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• ENGLISH

English use of the word for a farmhouse and its buildings, a farmstead, preserves this See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning, and is paralleled by the Icel. tun, See also:

• HOMESTEAD

homestead, dwelling-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . A cognate See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form meaning a fastness, a strong place, appears in Gael. and Irish dun, Welsh, din, fortress, 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-fort (cf . Welsh dinas, town) . This is See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar from the many Latinized names of places, e.g . Lugdunum, A ugustod unum, &c . In English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law "town" is not a word defined by See also:

• STATUTE

statute . For purposes of See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government there are boroughs, See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban districts and rural districts, but many urban districts are rural in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and the distinction is purely an administrative one (see 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; See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

CITY; See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

COMMUNE (See also:

• MEDIEVAL

MEDIEVAL); See also:

• MUNICIPIUM (Lat. munus, a duty or privilege, capere, to take)

MUNICIPIUM; See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

ENGLAND: Local Government, and the sections on local See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration under various See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country headings) .

The meaning attached to the See also:

• TERM

term " township " in the local administration of the See also:

• UNITED

United States is treated under UNITED STATES: Local Government .