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BRIDGWATER , a See also:market See also:town, See also:port 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 Bridgwater See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somerset, See also:England, on the See also:river Parret, .10 m. from its mouth, and 1513! M. by the See also:Great Western railway W. by S. of See also:London. Pop. (Igor) 15,209. It is pleasantly situated in a level and well-wooded See also:country, having on the See also:east the Mendip range and on the See also:west the Quantock hills. The town lies along both sides of the river, here crossed by a handsome See also:iron See also:bridge. Among several places of See also:worship the See also:chief is St See also:Mary Magdalene's 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; this has a See also:north See also:porch and windows dating from the 14th See also:century, besides a lofty and slender See also:spire; but it has been much altered by restoration. It possesses a See also:fine painted See also:reredos. A See also:house in See also:Blake See also:Street, largely restored, was the birthplace of See also:Admiral Blake in 1598. Near the town are the three fine old churches of See also:Weston Zoyland, Chedzoy and Middlezoy, containing some See also:good See also:brasses and carved woodwork. The battlefield of Sedge-See also:moor, where the See also:Monmouth See also:rebellion was finally crushed in 1685, is within 3 m.; while not far off is Charlinch, the See also:home of the See also:Agapemonites (q.v.). Bridgwater has a considerable See also:coasting See also:trade, importing See also:grain, See also:coal, See also:wine, See also:hemp, See also:tallow and See also:timber, and exporting See also:Bath See also:brick, See also:farm produce, earthenware, See also:cement and See also:plaster of See also:Paris. The river is navigable by vessels of 700 tons, though liable, when See also:spring-tides are flowing, to a See also:bore which rises, in rough See also:weather, to a height of 9 ft. Bath. brick, manufactured only here, and made of the mingled See also:sand and See also:clay deposited by every See also:tide, is the See also:staple See also:article of See also:commerce; iron-See also:founding is also carried on. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 1)26 acres.
A See also:settlement probably See also:grew up in Saxon times at Bridgwater (Briges, Briggewalteri, Brigewauter), owing its origin as a trade centre to its position at the mouth of the chief river in Somerset. It became a See also:mesne borough by the See also:charter granted by See also:John in 1201, which provided that the town should be a See also:free borough, the burgesses to be free and quit of all tolls, and made See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de Briwere overlord. Other charters were granted 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. in 1227 (confirmed in 1318, 1370, 1380), which gave Bridgwater a gild See also:merchant. It was incorporated by charter of See also:Edward IV. (1468), confirmed in 1554• 1586, 1629 and 1684. Parliamentary See also:representation began in 1295 and continued until the Reform See also:Act of 187o. A Saturday market and a See also:fair on the 24th of See also:June were granted by the charter of 1201. Another fair at the beginning of See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
Lent was added in 1468, and a second market on See also:Thursday, and fairs at Midsummer and on the 21st of See also:September were added in 1554. See also:Charles II. granted another fair on the 29th of See also:December. The See also:medieval importance of these markets and fairs for the See also:sale of See also:wool and wine and later of See also:cloth has gone. The See also:shipping trade of the port revived after the construction of the new See also:dock in 1841, and See also:corn and timber have been imported for centuries.
See S. G. Jarman, " See also:History of Bridgwater," See also:Historical See also:MSS. See also:Commission, See also:Report 9, Appendix; See also:Victoria See also:County History: Somerset, vol. ii.
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