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EXMOUTH , a See also:market-See also:town, seaport and watering-See also:place in the See also:Honiton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, at the mouth of the See also:river Exe, 1o2 m. S.E. by S. of See also:Exeter by the See also:London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 10,485. In the 18th See also:century it consisted of a See also:primitive fishing See also:village at the See also:base of See also:Beacon 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, a height commanding See also:fine views over the See also:estuary and the See also:English Channel. After its more See also:modern terraces were built up the hillside, Exmouth became the first seaside resort in See also:Devon. Its excellent bathing and the beauty of its See also:coast and moorland scenery attract many visitors in summer, while it is frequented in See also:winter by sufferers from pulmonary disease. The See also:climate is unusually mild, as a range of hills shelters the town on the See also:east. A See also:promenade runs along the See also:sea See also:wall; there are See also:golf links and public gardens, and the See also:port is a favourite See also:yachting centre, a regatta being held annually. Near the town is a natural See also:harbour called the See also:Bight. The See also:local See also:industries include fishing, See also:brick-making and the manufacture of Honiton See also:lace. Exmouth was See also:early a place of importance, and in 1347 contributed to vessels to the See also:fleet sent to attack See also:Calais. It once possessed a fort or " castelet," designed to command the estuary of the Exe. This fort, which was garrisoned for the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king during the See also:Civil See also:War, was blockaded and captured by See also:Colonel Shapcoate in 1646.
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