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CLIFTON , a suburb and residential See also:district of See also:Bristol, See also:England, adjoining it on the See also:west; 122 M. W. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. The See also:river See also:Avon (q.v.) here runs in a See also:gorge, followed closely by a railway on either See also:side, and having several quarries, which have in a measure spoiled the beauty of its See also:hanging See also:woods. At a height of 245 ft. above high See also:water Isambard See also:Brunei's famous suspension See also:bridge bestrides this gorge. It was begun in 1832 and completed in 1864. It has a span of 702 ft., and its See also:total See also:weight is 1500 tons, and it is calculated to See also:bear a See also:burden of 9 tons per sq. in. The See also:long famous hot springs of Clifton, to which, in fact, the See also:town was indebted for its rise, issue from an See also:aperture at the See also:foot of St See also:Vincent's See also:Rock, in theportion of Clifton known as Hotwells. The water has a temperature of about 76° F. A hydropathic See also:establishment is attached to them. Immediately above the suspension bridge the Clifton - Rocks railway ascends from the quays by the river-side to the heights above. The Clifton and Durdham See also:Downs (both on the See also:Gloucestershire side of the river), See also:form the See also:principal See also:pleasure-grounds of Bristol. They See also:lie high above the river, extend for some 5000 acres, and command a beautiful prospect over the See also:city, with its picturesque irregular site and many towers, and over the surrounding well-wooded See also:country.
Three See also:ancient See also:British earthworks bear See also:witness to an See also:early See also:settlement on the spot, and a 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 was in existence as far back as 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:- 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 II., when it was bestowed 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 de Clyfton on the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of the See also:Austin canons in Bristol; but there are no longer any architectural vestiges of an earlier date than the 18th See also:century. Clifton gives name to a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishopric. Of the churches the most important are St See also:Andrew's See also:parish church; All See also:Saints, erected in 1863 after the designs of G. E. See also:Street, and remarkable for the width of its See also:nave and the narrowness of its aisles; and the Roman Catholic See also:pro-See also:cathedral church of the See also:Holy Apostles, with a See also:convent and See also:schools attached. Clifton See also:College, a cluster of buildings in See also:Gothic See also:style, was founded in 1862 by a limited liability See also:company, and takes See also:rank among the principal See also:modern See also:English public schools. Down the river from Clifton is Shirehampton, a favourite resort from Bristol.
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