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  • 111Kilwinning —    KILWINNING, a manufacturing town and parish, in the district of Cunninghame, county of Ayr; containing, with the villages of Dalgarvan, Doura, and Fergushill, 5251 inhabitants, of whom 2971 are in the town, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Irvine, and… …

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  • 112Siege of Pilsen — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Pilsen partof=Thirty Years War Bohemian Revolt caption= date=September 19 November 21, 1618 place=Pilsen, Bohemia result=Protestant victory combatant1=flagicon|Bohemia Protestant Bohemia… …

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  • 113William Caxton — The Prologue, at top of page, begins: Here begynneth the boke Intituled Eracles, and also Godefrey of Boloyne,the whiche speketh of the Conquest of the holy lande of Jherusalem. The blank space on this page was for the insertion by hand of an… …

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  • 114Edward Baines — (1774 ndash; August 3 1848), English newspaper proprietor and politician, was born in 1774 at Walton le Dale, near Preston, Lancashire. He was educated at the grammar schools of Hawkshead and Preston, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to… …

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  • 115Personal name — A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example …

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  • 116History of Nottinghamshire — This article describes the history of Nottinghamshire.Historical settingEnglish controlThe earliest Teutonic settlers in the district which is now Nottinghamshire were an Anglian tribe who, not later than the 5th century, advanced from… …

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  • 117Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn — (c. 1362 ndash; September 30, 1440), succeeded to the title on his father Reginald s death in July 1388. Lineage Reginald was the eldest son of Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Alianore Le Strange of Blackmere. His paternal… …

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  • 118Stockbridge, Edinburgh — Stockbridge is an area of Edinburgh, located towards the north of the city, bounded by the New Town and by Comely Bank. The name is Scots stock brig from Anglic stocc brycg , meaning a timber bridge, in particular, a footbridge. Originally a… …

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  • 119Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham — Diocese of Nottingham Dioecesis Nottinghamensis Location Country …

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  • 120Westminster Hospital — Edward Stanford s map of London, 1862] Westminster Hospital was founded in 1719, following a meeting in a coffee house, where four men met to discuss a charitable proposal for relieving the sick and needy and other distressed… …

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