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AXMINSTER , a See also:market-See also:town in the See also:Honiton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, on the See also:river See also:Axe, 27 M. E. by N. of See also:Exeter by the See also:London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 2906. The See also:minster, dedicated to. St See also:Mary the Virgin, illustrates every See also:style of See also:architecture from See also:Norman to Perpendicular. There are in the See also:chancel two freestone See also:effigies, perhaps of the 14th See also:century, besides three See also:sedilia, and a See also:piscina under See also:arches. Axminster was See also:long celebrated for the admirable quality of its carpets, which were See also:woven by See also:hand, like See also:tapestry. Their manufacture was established in 1755. Their name is preserved, but since the seat of this See also:industry was removed to See also:Wilton near See also:Salisbury, the inhabitants of Axminster have found employment in See also:brush factories, See also:corn See also:mills, See also:timber yards and an See also:iron foundry. See also:Cloth, drugget, See also:cotton, See also:leather, gloves and tapes are also made. Coaxdon See also:House, the birthplace in 1602 of See also:Sir See also:Symonds d'Ewes, the Puritan historian, is about 2 M. distant, and was formerly known as St Calyst.
Axminster (Axemystre) derives its name from the river Axe and from the old See also:abbey 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 or minster said to have been built by 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 EEthelstan. The situation of Axminster at the intersection of the two See also:great See also:ancient roads, Iknield See also:Street and the See also:Fosse Way, and also the numerous earthworks and 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-fortresses in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood indicate a very See also:early See also:settlement. There is a tradition that the See also:battle of Brunanburh was fought in the valley of the Axe, and that the bodies of the Danish princes who perished in See also:action were buried in Axminster church. According to Domesday, Axminster was held by the king. In 1246 Reginald de See also:Mohun, then See also:lord of the See also:manor, founded a Cistercian abbey at Newenham within the See also:parish of Axminster, granting it a Saturday market and a See also:fair on See also:Mid-summer See also:day, and the next See also:year made over to the monks from See also:Beaulieu the manor and See also:hundred of Axminster. The abbey was dissolved in 1539. The midsummer fair established by Reginald de Mohun is still held.
See See also:Victoria See also:County History—Devon; 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 See also:Davidson, See also:British and See also:Roman Remains in the Vicinity of Axminster (London, 1833).
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