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CHARD , 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 See also:Southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, 1422 m. W. by S. of See also:London by the London & See also:South Western railway. Pop. (1901) 4437• It stands on high ground within 1 m. of the See also:Devonshire border. Its cruciform See also:parish 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 the Virgin is Perpendicular of the 15th See also:century. A See also:fine See also:east window is preserved. The manufactures include See also:linen, See also:lace, woollens, brassware and ironware. Chard is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 444 acres.
Chard (Cerdre, Cherdre, Cherde) was commercial in origin, being a See also:trade centre near the See also:Roman road to the See also:west. There are two Roman villas in the parish. There was a See also:British See also:camp at Neroche in the neighbourhood. The See also:bishop of See also:Bath held Chard in 1086, and his successor granted in 1234 the first See also:charter which made Chard a See also:free borough, each See also:burgage paying a See also:rent of 12d. Trade in hides was forbidden to non-burgesses. This charter was confirmed in 1253, 1280 and 1285. Chard is said to have been incorporated by See also:Elizabeth, as the See also:corporation See also:seal See also:dates from 1570, but no Elizabethan charter can be found. It was incorporated by 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 See also:Charles I. in 1642, and Charles II. gave a charter in 1683. Chard was a See also:mesne borough, the first overlord being Bishop Joceline, whose successors held it (with a brief See also:interval from 1545 to 1552) until 18o1, when it was sold to See also:Earl Poulett. Parliamentary See also:representation began in 1312, and was lost in 1328. A market on See also:Monday and See also:fair on the 25th of See also:July were granted in 12J3, and confirmed in 1642 and 1683, when two more fair days were added (See also:November 2 and May 3), the market being changed to Tuesday. The market See also:day is now Monday, fairs being held on the first Wednesday in May, See also:August and November, for See also:corn and See also:cattle only, their See also:medieval importance as centres of the See also:cloth trade having departed.
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