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AVEBURY , a See also:village in the See also:Devizes See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Wiltshire, See also:England, on the See also:river Kennet, 8 m. by road from See also:Marlborough. The See also:fine 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:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James contains an See also:early See also:font with See also:Norman See also:carving, a See also:rich Norman See also:doorway, a painted See also:reredos, and a beautiful old roodstone in See also:good preservation. Avebury See also:House is Elizabethan, with a curious See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone dovecot. The village has encroached upon the remains of a huge stone circle (not quite circular), surrounded by a ditch and rampart of See also:earth, and once approached by two avenues of monoliths. Within the larger circle were two smaller ones, placed not in the See also:axis of the See also:great one but on its See also:north-eastern See also:side, each of which consisted of a See also:double concentric See also:ring of stones; the centre being in one See also:case a menhir or See also:pillar, in the other a dolmen or tablestone resting on two uprights. Few traces remain, as the monoliths have been largely broken up for See also:building purposes. The circle is the largest specimen of See also:primitive stone monuments in See also:Britain, measuring on the See also:average 1200 ft. in See also:diameter. The stones are all the native Sarsens which occur everywhere in the See also:district, and show no See also:evidence of having been hewn. Those still remaining vary in See also:size from 5 to 20 ft. in height above ground, and from 3 to 12 ft. in breadth. As in the case of See also:Stonehenge,the purpose for which the Avebury See also:monument was erected has been the source of much difference of See also:opinion among antiquaries, Dr Stukely (Stonehenge a See also:Temple restored to the See also:British See also:Druids, 1740) regarding it as a Druidical temple, while See also:Fergusson (See also:Rude Stone Monuments, 1872) believed that it, as well as Silbury See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, marks the site of the See also:graves of those who See also:fell in the last Arthurian See also:battle at Badon Hill (A.D. 520). The See also:majority of antiquaries, however, see no See also:reason for dissociating its See also:chronological See also:horizon from that of the numerous other analogous monuments found in Great Britain, many of which have been shown to be See also:burial places of the See also:Bronze See also:Age. Excavations were carried out here in 1908, but without throwing any important new See also:light on the monument.
There are many barrows on the neighbouring See also:downs, besides traces of a double See also:oval of monoliths on Hackpen hill, and the huge See also:mound of Silbury Hill. Waden Hill, to the See also:south, has been, like Badbury, identified with Badon Hill, which was the traditional See also:scene of the twelfth and last great battle of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Arthur in 520. The See also:Roman road from See also:Winchester to See also:Bath skirts the south side of Silbury Hill.
At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Domesday Survey, the church of Avebury (Avreberie, Abury), with two hides attached, was held in See also:chief by Rainbold, a See also:priest, and was bestowed by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. on the 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 and monks of See also:Cirencester, who continued to hold it until the reign of Henry VIII. The See also:manor of Avebury was granted in the reign of Henry I. to the See also:Benedictine monks of St See also:George of Boucherville in See also:Normandy, and a See also:cell from that See also:abbey was subsequently established here. In consequence of the See also:war with See also:France in the reign of See also:Edward III., this manor was annexed by the See also:crown, and was conferred on the newly founded See also:college of New College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, together with all the possessions, spiritual and temporal, of the priory.
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