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Westminster| Town in Orange County, southwest California; population (1990) 78,100. It is located to the northwest of Santa Ana and 40 km/25 mi southeast of Los Angeles. It has industrial parks producing various light manufactures, as well as large commercial malls. It is noted as home to a sizeable Vietnamese community, known locally as ‘Little Saigon’. Westminster was founded in 1870 as a Presbyterian temperance colony. |
Westminster| Town in Adams and Jefferson counties, north-central Colorado; population (1990) 74,600. It is a mainly residential suburb, 14 km/9 mi northwest of Denver city centre. This rapidly growing town also has a number of industries, including the manufacture of telephone equipment and electrical products. |
Westminster| Town and administrative headquarters of Carroll County, north Maryland; population (1990) 13,100. It is situated 48 km/30 mi northwest of Baltimore. It is an agricultural centre and also serves as a Baltimore commuter dormitory. Western Maryland College (1867) is in the town. Westminster was founded in 1764, and was a Union supply base during the Civil War. |
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| In the midst of them, the hangman, ever busy and ever worse than useless, was in constant requisition; now, stringing up long rows of miscellaneous criminals; now, hanging a housebreaker on Saturday who had been taken on Tuesday; now, burning people in the hand at Newgate by the dozen, and now burning pamphlets at the door of Westminster Hall; to-day, taking the life of an atrocious murderer, and to-morrow of a wretched pilferer who had robbed a farmer's boy of sixpence. When he reached the Abbey, he turned back and crossed Westminster Bridge and sat down to watch the trails of smoke behind the Houses of Parliament catch fire with the sunset. He went up to London towards mid-day and ate a slice of turkey and some Christmas pudding by himself at Gatti's, and since he had nothing to do afterwards went to Westminster Abbey for the afternoon service. |