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Bedworth

(Encyclopedia)Bedworth bĕdˈwərth [key], town, Warwickshire, central England. Located in a former coal-mi...

Bishop Auckland

(Encyclopedia)Bishop Auckland ôkˈlənd [key], town, Durham, NE England, on the Wear River. It is a busy market ...

Hatfield

(Encyclopedia)Hatfield, town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Hatfield was designated one of the new towns in 1948 to alleviate overpopulation in London. The plans for thi...

Harwich

(Encyclopedia)Harwich hărˈĭj [key], town, Essex, E central England, on the estuary of the Stour and the ...

Andros, Sir Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Andros, Sir Edmund ănˈdrŏs [key], 1637–1714, British colonial governor in America, b. Guernsey. As governor of New York (1674–81) he was bitterly criticized for his high-handed methods, and he ...

Lyme Regis

(Encyclopedia)Lyme Regis līm rēˈjĭs [key], town (1991 pop. 3,447), Dorset, SW England. The town is a tourist resort. Paleontological discoveries have been made in the blue Lias rocks quarried near Lyme Regis. ...

Corby

(Encyclopedia)Corby, town and district, Northamptonshire, central England. Situated over one of the world's largest ironstone fields, Corby has grown rapidly since th...

Pudsey

(Encyclopedia)Pudsey pŭdˈsē, –zē [key], town (1991 pop. 42,886), Leeds metropolitan district, N England. The town is a center of woolen and textile industries. A Moravian school and settlement were establishe...

West Bromwich

(Encyclopedia)West Bromwich brŭmˈĭj, –ĭch, brŏmˈwĭch [key], town, Sandwell borough, W central England. On the site of a 12th-century Benedictine priory, West Bromwich has foundries and engineering and chem...

Gray, John Chipman

(Encyclopedia)Gray, John Chipman, 1839–1915, American lawyer and teacher, b. Brighton, Mass. A graduate of Harvard Law School (1861), he served in the Civil War and then entered law practice in Boston; in 1869 he...