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ASHBURTON , a See also: market-See also:town in the Ashburton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, 24 M. N.W. by W. of See also:Plymouth,
on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban
See also:district (1901) 2628. It lies in a valley surrounded by hills,
at a See also:short distance from the See also:river Dart ; the scenery, towards See also:Dartmoor and in the neighbourhood of See also:Buckland and Holne See also:Chase, being unsurpassed in the See also:county. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Andrew is cruciform with a lofty See also:tower. It was built See also:early in the 15th See also:century, and contains a See also:fine old See also:oak roof over the See also:north See also:aisle, and a tablet in memory of See also:John Dunning, See also:solicitor-See also:general and 1st See also:Baron Ashburton (1731-1783). The inscription is by Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson. See also:Lord Ashburton was educated at the See also:grammar school, which was founded as a See also:chantry in 1314. Serge is manufactured in Ashburton, and there are breweries, paint factories and saw-See also:mills. A large See also:deposit of See also:umber is worked in the neighbourhood. See also:Slate quarries and See also:copper and See also:tin mines were formerly valuable. A neighbouring centre of the serge See also:industry is the urban district of BTCKFASTLEIGH (pop. 2520), 3 m. S S.W. Between the two towns is Buckfast See also: Abbey, said to have been,' before the See also:Conquest, a See also:Benedictine See also:house, and refounded for See also:Cistercians in 1137. It was restored to use in 1882 by a See also:French Benedictine community, the fine Perpendicular See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot's tower remaining, while other parts have been rebuilt on the See also:original lines.
Ashburton (Essebretona, Asperton, Ashperton) is a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough by See also:prescription and an See also:ancient stannary town. It was governed by a portreeve and See also:bailiff, elected annually at the See also:court leet held by the lord of the See also:manor. According to Domesday, Ashburton was held in See also:chief by Osbern, See also:bishop of See also:Exeter, and rendered geld for six hides. In 1552, as the two manors of Ashburton Borough and Ashburton See also:Foreign, it was sold by the bishop, and subsequently became See also:crown See also:property. Finally, it was acquired in moieties by the See also:Clinton See also:family, and the See also:present Lord Clinton is See also:joint lord of the manor with See also:Sir See also:Robert Jardine. In 1298 and 1407 Ashburton returned two members, from 1407 until 164o one member only, and then again two members, until deprived of one by the Reform See also:Act of 1832 and of the other by the Reform Act of 1885. In the reign of See also:Edward II. Bishop See also:Stapledon obtained a Saturday market, and two See also:annual fairs lasting three days at the feasts of St Laurence (See also:August io) and St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin in See also:winter (See also:November I I). In 1672 John See also: Ford was granted a Tuesday market for the See also:sale of See also:wool and woollen goods made from See also:English See also:yarn, and in 1705 Andrew Quicke obtained two annual fairs, on the first Thursdays in See also:March and See also:June, for the sale of See also:cattle, See also:corn and merchandise.
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