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DEVONPORT , a municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary 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 of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, contiguous to See also:East Stonehouse and See also:Plymouth, the seat of one of the royal See also:dockyards, and an important See also:naval and military station. Pop. (Igor) 70,437. It is situated immediately above the N.W. See also:angle of Plymouth See also:Sound, occupying a triangular See also:peninsula formed by Stonehouse See also:Pool on the E. and the Hamoaze on the W. It is served by the See also:Great Western and the See also:London & See also:South Western See also:railways. The See also:town proper was formerly enclosed by a See also:line of ramparts and a ditch excavated out of the See also:limestone, but these are in great See also:part demolished. Adjoining Devonport are East Stonehouse (an See also:urban See also:district, pop. 15,11 r), Stoke and Morice Town, the two last being suburbs of Devonport. The town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, erected in 1821-1822 partly after the See also:design of the See also:Parthenon, is distinguished by a Doric See also:portico; while near it are the public library, in See also:Egyptian See also:style, and a conspicuous Doric See also:column built of Devonshire See also:granite. This See also:monument, which is zoo ft. high, was raised in See also:commemoration of the naming of the town in 1824. Other institutions are the Naval See also:Engineering See also:College, Keyham (188o); the municipal technical See also:schools, opened in 1899, the See also:majority of the students being connected with the dockyard; the naval See also:barracks, Keyham (1885); the See also:Raglan barracks and the naval and military hospitals. On See also:Mount See also:Wise, which was formerly defended by a See also:battery (now a naval signalling station), stands the military See also:residence, or See also:Government See also:House, occupied by the See also:commander of the Plymouth See also:Coast Defences; and near at See also:hand is the See also:principal naval residence, the naval commander-inchief's house. The prospect from Mount Wise over the Hamoaze to Mount See also:Edgecumbe on the opposite See also:shore is one of the finest in the south of England. The n'iost noteworthy feature of See also:Devon-See also:port, however, is the royal dockyard, originally established 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 III. in 1689 and until 1824 known as Plymouth See also:Dock. It is situated within the old town boundary and contains four docks. To this in 1853 was added Keyham steamyard, situated higher up the Hamoaze beyond the old boundary and connected with the Devonport yard by a See also:tunnel. In 1896 further extensions were begun at the Keyham yard, which became known as Devonport See also:North yard. Before these were begun the yard comprised two basins, the See also:northern one being 9 acres and the See also:southern 7 acres in See also:area, and three docks, having See also:floor-lengths of 295, 347 and 413 ft., together with See also:iron and See also:brass foundries, machinery shops, engineer students' See also:shop, &c. The new ex-tensions, opened by the See also:Prince of See also:Wales on the 21st of See also:February 1907, See also:cover a See also:total area of 118 acres lying to the northward in front of the Naval Barracks, and involved the reclamation of 77 acres of mudflats lying below high-See also:water See also:mark. The See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme presented three leading features-ra tidal See also:basin, a See also:group of three graving docks with entrance See also:lock, and a large enclosed basin with a coaling See also:depot at the north end. The tidal basin, See also:close to the old Keyham north basin, is 740 ft. See also:long with a mean width of 590 ft., and has an area of lc) acres, the See also:depth being 32 ft. at See also:low water of See also:spring tides. It affords See also:access to two graving docks, one with a floor-length of 745 ft. and 202 ft. of water over the, See also:- SILL
- SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
- SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND (1841-1887)
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the other with a length of 741 ft. and 32 ft. of water over the sill. Each of these can be subdivided by means of an intermediate See also:caisson, and (when unoccupied) may serve as an entrance to the closed basin. The lock which leads from the tidal to the dosed basin is 730 ft. long, and if necessary can be used as a dock. The closed basin, out of which opens a third graving dock, 66o ft. long, See also:measures 1550 ft. by l000 ft. and has an area of 351 acres, with a depth of 32 ft. at low-water springs; it has a See also:direct entrance from the Hamoaze, closed by a caisson. The See also:foundations of the walls are carried down to the See also:rock, which in some places lies covered with mud too ft. or more below See also:coping level. Compressed See also:air is used to See also:work the sliding caissons which close the entrances of the docks and closed basin. A ropery at Devonport produces See also:half the hempen See also:ropes used in the See also:navy.
By the Reform See also:Act of 1832 Devonport was erected into a parliamentary borough including East Stonehouse and returning two members. The ground on which it stands is for the most part the See also:property of the St Aubyn See also:family (Barons St Levan), whose steward holds a See also:court leet and a court See also:baron annually. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, sixteen aldermen and See also:forty-eight councillors. Area, 3044 acres.
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