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FRESHWATER , a watering See also:place in the Isle of See also:Wight, See also:England, 12 M. W. by S. of See also:Newport by See also:rail. Pop.(19or) 3306. It is a scattered township lying on the See also:peninsula See also:west of the See also:river See also:Var, which forms the western extremity of the See also:island. The portion known as Freshwater See also:Gate fronts the See also:English Channel from the See also:strip of See also:low-lying See also:coast interposed between the cliffs of the peninsula and those of the See also:main See also:part of the island. The peninsula rises to 397 ft. in Headon 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, and the cliffs are magnificent. The western promontory is flanked on the See also:north by the picturesque See also:Alum See also:Bay, and the lofty detached rocks known as the Needles See also:lie off it. Farringford See also:House in the See also:parish was for some 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 the See also:home of See also:Alfred, See also:Lord See also:Tennyson, who is commemorated by a tablet in All See also:Saints' 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 and by a See also:great See also:cross on the high See also:downs above the See also:town. There are See also:golf links on the downs.
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