Baltimore Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Etymology=== The city is named after [[Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]],<ref>{{citation|title=Baltimore City, Maryland: Historical Chronology|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/chron/html/bcitychron17.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=April 11, 2016}}; {{citation|title=Calvert Family Tree|url=http://www.lib.umd.edu/binaries/content/assets/public/special/projects/riversdale/calvertfamilytree.pdf|publisher=University Libraries, University of Maryland|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref> an English peer, member of the [[Irish House of Lords]] and founding proprietor of the [[Province of Maryland]].<ref>{{citation|title=Maryland History Timeline|url=http://www.visitmaryland.org/info/maryland-history-timeline|publisher=Maryland Office of Tourism|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name=egan>{{citation|first=Casey|last=Egan|date=November 23, 2015|title=The surprising Irish origins of Baltimore, Maryland|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/The-surprising-Irish-origins-of-Baltimore-Maryland.html|website=IrishCentral|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref> The Calverts took the title [[Baron Baltimore|Barons Baltimore]] from [[Drumlish#Baltimore|Baltimore Manor]], an English [[Plantations of Ireland#Longford|Plantation estate]] they were granted in [[County Longford]], [[Ireland]].<ref name=egan /><ref>{{cite book|author=Brugger, Robert J.|title=Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 1634–1980|publisher=Johns Hopkins Press|location=Baltimore|year=1988|page=4|isbn=978-0-8018-3399-1}}</ref> Baltimore is an [[anglicization]] of the [[Irish language|Irish]] name ''Baile an Tí Mhóir'', meaning "town of the big house".<ref name=egan /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page