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BRIDPORT , a 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 Western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Dorsetshire, See also:England, 18 m. N.W. of See also:Dorchester, on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 5710. It is pleasantly situated in a hilly See also:district on the See also:river Brit, from which it takes its name. The See also:main See also:part of the town is about a mile from the See also:sea, with which it is connected by a winding See also:street, ending at a See also:quay surrounded by the fishing See also:village of See also:West See also:Bay, where the railway terminates. 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 is a handsome cruciform Perpendicular See also:building. The See also:harbour is accessible only to small vessels. There is some import See also:trade in See also:flax, See also:timber and See also:coal. The See also:principal articles of manufacture have See also:long been See also:sailcloth, cordage, See also:linen and fishing-nets. The municipal borough is under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 593 acres.
Bridport was evidently of some importance before the See also:Conquest, when it consisted of See also:Ito houses rated for all 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's services and paying geld for five hides. By to86 the. number of houses had decreased to too, and of these 20 were in such a wretched See also:condition that they could not pay geld. The town is first mentioned as a borough in the See also:Pipe See also:Roll of 1189, which states that 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 Bendenges owed f9: 1os. for the See also:ancient See also:farm of Bridport, and that the men of the town owed See also:tallage to the amount of 53s. ,od. 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. granted the first See also:charter in 1252-1253, making the town a See also:free borough and granting the burgesses the right to hold it at the ancient See also:fee farm with an increase of 4os., and to choose two bailiffs to See also:answer at the See also:exchequer for the farm. A See also:deed of 1381 shows that Henry III. also granted the burgesses freedom from See also:toll. Bridport was incorporated by 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 1619, but See also:Charles II. granted a new charter in 1667, and by this the town was governed until 1835. The first existing See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a market and fairs to Bridport is dated 1593, but it appears from the Quo Warranto Rolls that See also:Edward I. possessed a market there. The town was noted for the manufacture of See also:ropes and cables as See also:early as 1213, and an See also:act of See also:parliament (21 Henry VIII.) shows that the inhabitants had " from 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 out of mind
made the cables, ropes and hawsers for the royal See also:navy and for most of the other See also:ships. Bridport was represented in parliament by two members from 1395 to 1867. In the latter See also:year the number was reduced to one, and in 1885 the town was disfranchised.
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