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CAERPHILLY , a See also:market See also:town of See also:Glamorganshire, See also:Wales, 1524 M. from See also:London by See also:rail via See also:Cardiff, 7 M. from Cardiff, 12 m. from See also:Newport and 6 m. from See also:Pontypridd. The origin of the name is unknown. It was formerly in the See also:ancient See also:parish of Eglwysilan, but from that and Bedwas (Mon.) an ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1850, while the whole of the parishes of Eglwysilan and Llanfabon, with a See also:total acreage of 14,426, were in 1893 constituted into an See also:urban See also:district; its See also:population in 1901 was 15,385, of which 4343 were in the "town" See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward. In 1858 was opened the See also:Rhymney railway from Rhymney to Caerphilly and on to Taff's Well, whence it had See also:running See also:powers over the Taff Vale railway to Cardiff, but in 1871, by means of a See also:tunnel about 2000 yds. See also:long, under Cefn Onn, a See also:direct See also:line was provided from Caerphilly to Cardiff. A See also:branch line, 4 M. long, was opened in 1894 to Senghenydd. The Pontypridd and New-See also:port railway was constructed in 1887, and there is a See also:joint station at Caerphilly for both See also:railways. Some 2 M. eastwards there is a station on the See also:Brecon and Merthyr railway at Bedwas.
The ancient commote of Senghenydd (corresponding to the See also:modern See also:hundred of Caerphilly) comprised the mountainous district extending from the See also:ridge of Cefn Onn on the See also:south to See also:Breconshire on the See also:north, being bounded by the See also:rivers Taff and Rumney on the See also:west and See also:east. Its inhabitants, though nominally subject to the lords of Glamorgan since Fitzhamon's See also:con-quest, enjoyed a large measure of See also:independence and often raided the lowlands. To keep these in check, See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert de See also:Clare, during the closing years of the reign of 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., built the See also:castle of Caerphilly on the See also:southern edge of this district, in a wide See also:plain between the two rivers. It had probably not been completed, though it was already defensible, when See also:Prince See also:Llewelyn ab See also:Griffith, incensed by its construction and claiming its site as his own, laid See also:siege to it in 1271 and refused to retire except on conditions. Subsequently completed and strengthened it became and still remains (in the words of G. T. See also:Clark) " both the earliest and the most See also:complete example in See also:Britain of a concentric castle of the type known as ` Edwardian,' the circle of walls and towers of the See also:outer, inner and See also:middle wards exhibiting the most complete See also:illustration of the most scientific military See also:architecture." The knoll on which it stood was converted almost into an See also:island by the damming up of an adjacent See also:brook, and the whole enclosed See also:area amounted to 30 acres. The See also:great See also:hail (which is 73 ft. by 35 ft. and about 30 ft. high) is a See also:fine example of Decorated architecture. This and other additions are attributed to See also:Hugh le See also:Despenser (1318–1326). See also:Edward II. visited the castle shortly before his See also:capture in 1326. The See also:defence of the castle was committed by Henry IV. to See also:Constance, See also:Lady Despenser, in See also:September 1403, but it was shortly afterwards taken by See also:Owen Glyndwr, to whose See also:mining operations tradition ascribes the leaning position of a large
circular See also:tower, about 50 ft. high, the See also:summit of which overhangs its See also:base about 9 ft. Before the middle of the 15th See also:century it had ceased to be a fortified See also:residence and was used as a See also:prison, which was also the See also:case in 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 See also:Leland (1535), who describes it as in a ruinous See also:state. It is still, however, one of the most extensive and imposing ruins of the See also:kind in the See also:kingdom.
The town See also:grew up around the castle but never received a See also:charter or had a governing See also:body. In 1661 the See also:corporation of Cardiff complained of Cardiff's impoverishment by See also:reason of a See also:fair held every three See also:weeks for the previous four years at Caerphilly, though " no 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." Its markets during the 19th century had been chiefly noted for the Caerphilly See also:cheese sold there. The district was one of the See also:chief centres of the Methodist revival of the 18th century, the first See also:synod of the Calvinistic Methodists being held in 1743 at See also:Watford See also:farm See also:close to the town, from which See also:place See also:George See also:Whitefield was married at Eglwysilan 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 two years previously. The church of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin was built in 1879, and there are See also:Nonconformist chapels. Mining is now the chief See also:industry of the district. (D. LL.
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