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DUNSTER , a See also:market See also:town in the Western See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, 12 m. from the See also:shore of the See also:Bristol Channel, on the See also:Minehead See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 1182. Its streets, sloping sharply, contain many old houses. On an See also:eminence stands the See also:ancient See also:castle, entered by a gateway of the 13th See also:century. There are portions of later date, but still ancient, in the See also:main See also:building, but it has been considerably modernized as a See also:residence. 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:George has See also:Norman portions, but the building is in the main Perpendicular. The See also:fine See also:tower in this See also:style is characteristic of this See also:part of England. There are traces of monastic buildings near the church, for it belonged to a See also:Benedictine See also:house of See also:early Norman See also:foundation. The church is cruciform and the See also:altar stands beneath the eastern See also:lantern See also:arch, a fine See also:rood See also:screen separating off the See also:choir, which was devoted to monastic use, while the See also:nave was kept for the parishioners, in consequence of a dispute between the See also:vicar and the monastery in 1499. The See also:Yarn Market, a picturesque octagonal building with deep sloping roof, in the main See also:street, See also:dates from c. 1600, and is a memorial of Dunster's former important manufacture of See also:cloth.
There were See also:British, See also:Roman and Saxon settlements at Dunstel (Torre Dunestorre, Dunester), fortified against the piracies of the Irish Northmen. The Saxon fort of See also:Alaric was replaced by a Norman castle built 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 See also:Mohun, first See also:lord of Dunster, who founded the priory of St George. Before 1183, Dunster had become a See also:mesne 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, owned by the de Mohuns until the ,4th century when it passed to the Luttrells, the See also:present owners. Reginald de Mohun granted the first See also:charter between 1245 and 1247, which diminished fines and tolls, limited the lord's " See also:mercy," and provided that the burgesses should not against their will
1 The date of See also:Dunstan's See also:birth here given is that given in the Anglo-Saxon See also:chronicle and hitherto accepted. In an appendix to the See also:Bosworth Psalter, edited by Mr See also:Edmund See also:Bishop and 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 Gasquet (1908), Mr See also:Leslie A. St L. Toke gives See also:reason to believe that the date must be set back at least as early as 910.
be made bailiffs or farmers of the seaport. See also:John de Mohun granted other charters in 1301 and 1307. Dunster was only represented in See also:parliament in See also:conjunction with Minehead, one of its tithings being part of that borough. See also:Representation began in 1562, and was lost in 1832. Feudal in origin, Dunster's later importance was commercial, and the See also:port had a considerable See also:wool, See also:corn and See also:cattle See also:trade with See also:Ireland. During the See also:middle ages the See also:Friday market and See also:fair in Whit See also:week, granted by the first charter, were centres for the See also:sale of yarn and cloth called " Dunsters," made in the town. The market See also:day is still Friday. The manufacture of cloth had disappeared, the See also:harbour is silted up, and there is no See also:special See also:local See also:industry.
See See also:Sir H. C. See also:Maxwell See also:Lyte, Dunster and its Lords (1882) ; See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, See also:Somerset, vol. ii.
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