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BIDEFORD , a seaport, See also:market See also:town and municipal 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 in the See also:Barnstaple See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, 84 m. S. W. of Barnstaple. Pop. (1901) 8754. It is served by the See also:London & See also:South-Western and the Bideford, Westward Ho & Appledore See also:railways. It is picturesquely situated on two hills rising from the See also:banks of the See also:river Torridge, 3 M. above its junction with the See also:estuary of the Taw. Many of the houses are built with See also:timber framework in Elizabethan See also:style, and the two parts of the town are See also:united by a See also:bridge of 24 See also:arches, originally erected in the 14th See also:century, when the See also:revenue of certain lands was set apart for its upkeep. 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:Mary, with the exception of the See also:tower, is a See also:modern reconstruction. A 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 See also:chancel See also:screen and a See also:Norman See also:font are also preserved. See also:Industries include the manufacture of earthenware, See also:leather goods, sails, See also:ropes and See also:linen, and ironfounding. The small See also:harbour has about 17 ft. of See also:water at high See also:tide, but is dry at See also:low tide. See also:Anthracite and a coarse See also:potter's See also:clay are found near the town. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 3398 acres.
Bideford (Bedeford, Bydyford, Budeford, Bytheford) is not mentioned in pre-See also:Conquest records, but according to Domesday it rendered geld for three hides to the 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. From 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 Conquest down to the 18th century, Bideford remained in the See also:possession of the See also:Grenville See also:family, and it first appears as a borough in an undated See also:charter (probably of the reign of See also:Edward I.) from See also:Richard de Grenville, confirming a charter from his grandfather, Richard de Grenville, fixing the See also:rent and services due from the burgesses and granting them liberties similar to those in use at See also:Breteuil and a market every See also:Monday. Another charter, dated 1271, confirms to Richard de Grenville and his heirs a market every Monday and five days' See also:fair yearly at the feast of St See also:Margaret (loth of See also:July). In 1573 See also:Elizabeth granted a charter creating Bideford a See also:free borough corporate, with a See also:common See also:council consisting of a mayor, 5 aldermen and 7 See also:chief burgesses, together with a See also:recorder, town-clerk and 2 serjeants-at-See also:mace. This charter also granted the Tuesday market, which is still held, and three See also:annual fairs in See also:February, July and See also:November, now discontinued. A later charter from 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 I. in 1610 added the right to have a town See also:seal, 7 aldermen instead of 5, and to chief burgesses instead of 7, and continued in force until the Municipal Corporations See also:Act of 1873, which established 4 See also:alder-men and 12 common councillors. In the 16th century See also:Sir Richard Grenville, the famous Virginian settler, did much to stimulate the commercial development of Bideford, which See also:long maintained a very considerable See also:trade with See also:America, See also:Spain and the Mediterranean ports, the import of See also:tobacco from See also:Maryland and See also:Virginia being especially noteworthy. From the beginning of the 18th century this gradually declined and gave See also:place to a See also:coasting trade in timber and See also:coal, chiefly with See also:Wales and See also:Ireland. The See also:silk See also:industry which flourished in the 17th century is See also:extinct.
See See also:John See also:Watkins, See also:History of Bideford (See also:Exeter, 1792).
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