See also:

• WYCOMBE (officially CHEPPING WYCOMBE, also CHIPPING or HIGH WYCOMBE)

WYCOMBE (officially CHEPPING WYCOMBE, also CHIPPING or HIGH WYCOMBE)  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town and 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:

• WYCOMBE (officially CHEPPING WYCOMBE, also CHIPPING or HIGH WYCOMBE)

Wycombe See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF

Buckinghamshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 34 M . W. by N. of See also:

• LONDON

London by the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway . Pop . (1901) 15,542 . 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 All See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints, originally of See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, was rebuilt in 1273 by the See also:

• ABBESS (Lat. abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot)

abbess and nuns of Godstow near See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and was largely reconstructed See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . For the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school, founded c . 1550 by the See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor and burgesses, a new See also:

• BUILDING

building was erected in 1883 . There are remains of a Norman See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John the Baptist, consisting of See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches of the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel . The market-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 and See also:

• GUILDHALL

guildhall was erected in 1757 . The See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

Petty, with whom the town has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been connected, occupied the See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion called Wycombe See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• BEACONSFIELD
• BEACONSFIELD, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF

Beaconsfield's mansion of Hughenden is I.'_ m . N. of the town .

Among a number of almshouses are some bearing the name of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, endowed in 1562 out of the revenues of a dissolved fraternity of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair-making, and there are also See also:

• FLOUR

flour and See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . The borough is under a mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 1734 acres . The burgesses of Wycombe have See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient rights of See also:

• COMMON

common pasturage on the neighbouring See also:

• RYE

Rye See also:

• MEAD
• MEAD, LARKIN GOLDSMITH (1835— )
• MEAD, RICHARD (1673—1754)

Mead . There are various See also:

• BRITISH

British remains in the neighbourhood of Chipping Wycombe (Wicumbe, Wycumbee, Cheping Wycombe, Cheping Wichham), but the traces of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement are more important . In Domesday See also:

• BOOK

Book the See also:

• MANOR

manor only is mentioned, but in 1199 the men of Wycombe paid See also:

• TALLAGE (med. Lat. tallagium, Fr. lailage, from late Lat. talare, taleare, Fr. tallier, to cut, classical Lat. talea, a cutting, slip; cf. " tally " and the French taille, q.v.)

tallage to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . In 1225-1226 Alan See also:

• BASSET, or BASSETTE

Basset granted to the burgesses the whole town as a See also:

• FREE

free borough . This 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 was confirmed by 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 III., See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I., Henry IV. and Mary . In 1558, however, a new See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation was granted in See also:

• REWARD

reward for the See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty shown to Queen Mary . It was confirmed by Elizabeth in 1598 and by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I. in 1609 with certain additions . See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell granted another charter, but it was burnt after the Restoration, and the last charter was granted by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. in 1663 .

The See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation was remodelled under the Municipal Corporations See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1835, and now consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors . Wycombe returned two burgesses to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1300 and continued to send members until 1885 . The See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise was enlarged after 1832, and in 1867 the borough was deprived of one of its members . A market was granted by Basset to the burgesses in 1226, and at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day it is held every See also:

• FRIDAY (A.S. frige-dreg, fr. frige, gen. of frigu, love, or the goddess of love—the Norse Frigg,—the dreg, day; cf. Icelandic frjddagr, O.H. Ger. friatag, frigatag, mod. Ger. Freitag)

Friday, the day fixed by the charter of Queen Mary . Two statutory fairs were held under thecharter of 1558, but in 1792 only one See also:

• FAIR

fair was nerd on the See also:

• MONDAY (in O.E. Monandaeg, the moon's day, a translation of the Late Lat. Lunae dies, from which the French lundi is taken)

Monday before Michaelmas for See also:

• HIRING (from O. Eng. hyrian, a word common to many Teutonic languages cf. Ger. heuern, Dutch huren, &c.)

hiring, but there is now a See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure fair on the same day . See John See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker, See also:

• HISTORY

History and Antiquities of Wycombe (1878) . WYE, a See also:

• RIVER

river of England, famous for its beautiful scenery . It rises in See also:

• MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Welsh Swydd Tre' Faldwyn, Baldwyn's town shire)

Montgomeryshire on the E. slope of See also:

• PLINLIMMON (Plynlimmon, Pumplumon, Pumlumon, Penlumon: Pumlumon is the name used locally: pump means five: lumon, chimney, flag or beacon; pen, head)

Plinlimmon, See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the source of the See also:

• SEVERN
• SEVERN, JOSEPH (1793-1879)

Severn, the See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of which it joins after a widely divergent course . Its length is 130 m.; its drainage area (which is included in the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the Severn), 1609 sq. m . See also:

• RUNNING

Running at first S.E. it crosses the W. of See also:

• RADNOR, EARLS OF

Radnor-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, passing See also:

• RHAYADER (Rhaiadr-Gwy)

Rhayader, and receiving the Elan, in the basin of which are the See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham reservoirs . It then divides Radnor-shire from Brecknockshire, receives the Ithon on the See also:

• LEFT

left, passes See also:

• BUILTH, or BUILTH WELLS

Builth, and presently turns N.E. to See also:

• HAY
• HAY (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Heu, Dutch hooi; the root from which it is derived, meaning " to cut," is also seen in " to hew "; cf. " hoe ")
• HAY, GEORGE (1729—1811)
• HAY, GILBERT
• HAY, JOHN (1838–1905)

Hay, separating See also:

• RADNORSHIRE (Sir Faesyfed)

Radnorshire from See also:

• HEREFORDSHIRE

Herefordshire, and thus forming a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stretch of the Welsh boundary . The river, which See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation exceeding 2000 ft., has now reached a level of 250 ft., 55 M. from its source .

As it enters Herefordshire it bends E. by S. to reach the See also:

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

city of See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford . It soon receives the Lugg, which, augmented by the Arrow and the See also:

• FROME

Frome, joins from the N . The course of the Wye now becomes extremely sinuous; and the valley narrows nearly to See also:

• CHEPSTOW

Chepstow . For a short distance the Wye divides Herefordshire from See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire, and for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of its course Gloucestershire and See also:

• MONMOUTHSHIRE

Monmouthshire . It passes Mon-mouth, where it receives the Monnow on the right, and finally Chepstow, 2 M. above its junction with the Severn estuary . The river is navigable for small vessels for 15 M . Up from the mouth on high tides, but there is not much See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic above Chepstow . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring rise of the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide is 38 ft. at Chepstow, while 5o ft. is sometimes exceeded; the average See also:

• NEAP

neap rise is 282 ft . The scenery is finest between Rhayader and Hay in the upper See also:

• PART

part, and from See also:

• GOODRICH, or GOODRICKE, THOMAS (d. 1554)
• GOODRICH, SAMUEL GRISWOLD (1793-1860)

Goodrich, below See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross, to Chepstow in the See also:

• LOWER

lower, the second being the portion which gives the Wye its fame . The name of Wye belongs also to two smaller See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers—(1) a right-See also:

• BANK

bank tributary of the See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire Dement, rising in the uplands near See also:

• BUXTON
• BUXTON, JEDEDIAH (1707–1772)
• BUXTON, SIR THOMAS POWELL (1786-1845)

Buxton, and having part of its early course through one of the caverns characteristic of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district; (2) a left-bank tributary of the See also:

• THAMES

Thames, watering the valley of the Chilterns in which lies Wycombe and joining the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main river near See also:

• BOURNE (southern form of burn, Teutonic born, bran, burna)
• BOURNE, or BOURN
• BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747)

Bourne End .