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CHEPSTOW , a See also:market See also:town and See also:river-See also:port in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Monmouthshire, See also:England, on the Wye, 2 M. above its junction with the See also:Severn, and on the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3067. It occupies the slope of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on the western (See also:left) See also:bank of the river, and is environed by beautiful scenery. 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, origin-ally the See also:con .entual See also:chapel of a See also:Benedictine priory of See also:Norman See also:foundation, has remains of that See also:period in the See also:west front and the See also:nave, but a rebuilding of the See also:chancel and transepts was effected in the beginning of the 19th See also:century. The church contains many interesting monuments. The See also:castle, still a magnificent See also:pile, was founded in the rth century by 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 Fitz-Osbern, See also:earl of See also:Hereford, but was almost wholly rebuilt in the 13th. There are, however, parts of the See also:original See also:building in the keep. The castle occupies a splendid site on the See also:summit of a cliff above the Wye, and covers about 3 acres. The river is crossed by a See also:fine See also:iron See also:bridge of five See also:arches, erected in 1816, and by a tubular railway bridge designed by See also:Sir Isambard See also:Brunel. There is a See also:free passage on the Wye for large vessels as far as the bridge. From the narrowness and See also:depth of the channel the See also:tide rises suddenly and to a great height, forming a dangerous See also:bore. The exports are See also:timber, bark, iron, See also:coal, See also:cider and millstones.
Some See also:shipbuilding is carried on.
As the See also:key to the passage of the Wye, Chepstow (Estrighorel,
Striguil) was the site successively of See also:British, See also:Roman and Saxon fortifications. Domesday See also:Book records that the Norman castle was built by William Fitz-Osbern to defend the Roman road into See also:South See also:Wales. On the See also:confiscation of his son's estates, the castle was granted to the earls of See also:Pembroke, and after its reversion to the See also:crown in 1306, See also:Edward II. in 1310 granted it to his See also:half-See also:brother See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas de Brotherton. On the latter's See also:death it passed, through his daughter See also:Margaret, See also:Lady See also:Segrave, to the See also:dukes of See also:Norfolk, from whom, after again reverting to the crown, it passed to the earls of See also:Worcester. It was confiscated by See also:parliament and settled on See also:Oliver See also:Cromwell, but was restored to the earls in 166o. The 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 must have grown up between 1310, when the castle and See also:vill were granted to Thomas de Brotherton, and 1432, when See also:John See also:duke of Norfolk died seised
• of the castle, See also:manor and borough of Struguil. In 1524 See also:Charles, first earl of Worcester and then See also:lord of the See also:Marches, granted a new See also:charter of See also:incorporation to the bailiffs and burgesses of the town, which had fallen into decay. This was sustained until the reign of Charles II., when, some dispute arising between the earl of See also:Bridgwater and the burgesses, no See also:bailiff was appointed and the charter lapsed. Chepstow was afterwards governed by a See also:board of twelve members. A port since See also:early times, when the lord took dues of See also:ships going up to the See also:forest of See also:Dean, Chepstow had no See also:ancient market and no manufactures but that of See also:glass, which was carried on for a See also:short 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 within the ruins of the
castle.
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