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Chertsey

(Encyclopedia)Chertsey chûrtˈsē [key], town, Surrey, SE England. Its market gardens serve London. Varied ...

Farnworth

(Encyclopedia)Farnworth, town, Bolton metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. It has cotton and rayon mills and produces finis...

Swampscott

(Encyclopedia)Swampscott swŏmpˈskət [key], town (1990 pop. 13,650), Essex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston, formerly an exclusive summer resort, on Massachusetts Bay; settled 1629, set off from Lynn ...

Sully, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Sully, Thomas, 1783–1872, American painter, b. England. Having come to the United States as a child, he first studied with his brother Lawrence, a miniaturist, and later for a brief time with Gilber...

Arlington, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Arlington. 1 Town, Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential suburb of Boston; settled c.1630 as Menotomy, inc. as West Cambridge 1807, renamed Arlington 1867. The area was the scene of ...

Montrose

(Encyclopedia)Montrose, town (1991 pop. 12,127), Angus, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the South Esk River. Open to water on three sides, it is a spacious resort town, with flax and jute mills, boat ...

Battle

(Encyclopedia)Battle, town, East Sussex, SE England. The town grew up on the site (then a moorland) of the battle of Hastings (1066). The victorious William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey to commemorate the event...

Ashton-under-Lyne

(Encyclopedia)Ashton-under-Lyne, town, Tameside metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area on the Tame River. Its industries include engineering, leather, plastics, t...

Gosforth

(Encyclopedia)Gosforth gŏzˈfərth [key], town, Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan district, NE England. For...

Harpenden

(Encyclopedia)Harpenden härˈpəndən [key], town, Hertfordshire, E central England. Mainly residential, H...