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ILCHESTER , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, in the valley of the See also:river Ivel or Yeo, 5 M. N.W. of See also:Yeovil. It is connected by a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge with the See also:village of Northover on the other See also:side of the river. Ilchester has lost the importance it once possessed, and had in 1901 a See also:population of only 564, but its See also:historical See also:interest is considerable. The See also:parish 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:Mary is See also:Early See also:English and Perpendicular, with a small octagonal See also:tower, but has been largely restored in See also:modern times. The town possesses almshouses founded in 1426, a picturesque See also:cross, and a curious See also:ancient See also:mace of the former See also:corporation.
Ilchester (Cair Pensavelcoit, Ischalis, Ivelcestre, Yevelchester) was a fortified See also:British See also:settlement, and subsequently a military station of the See also:Romans, whose See also:Fosse Way passed through it. Its importance continued in Saxon times, and in io86 it was a royal 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 with 107 burgesses. In 118o a gild See also:merchant was established, and the See also:county See also:gaol was completed in 1188. 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. granted a See also:charter, confirmed by See also:John in '1203, which gave Ilchester the same liberties as See also:Winchester, with freedom from tolls and from being impleaded without the walls, the See also:fee See also:farm being fixed at £26, 1os. od. The bailiffs of Ilchester are mentioned before 1230. The borough was incorporated in 1556, the fee farm being reduced to £8. Ilchester was the centre of the county See also:administration from the reign of See also:Edward III. until the 19th See also:century, when the See also:change from road to See also:rail travelling completed the decay of the town. Its See also:place has been taken by See also:Taunton. The corporation was abolished in 1886. Parliamentary See also:representation began in 1298, and the town continued to return two members until 1832. A See also:fair on the 29th of See also:August was granted by the charter of 1203. Other fairs on the 27th of See also:December, the 22nd of See also:July, and the See also:Monday before See also:Palm See also:Sunday, were held under a charter of 1289. The latter, fixed as the 25th of See also:March, was still held at the end of the 18th century, but there is now no fair. The Wednesday market See also:dates from before the See also:Conquest. The manufacture of See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread See also:lace was replaced by See also:silk See also:weaving about 17 0, but this has decayed.
LE-DE-See also:FRANCE, an old See also:district of France, forming a See also:kind of See also:island, bounded by the See also:Seine, the See also:Marne, the Beuvronne, the Theve and the See also:Oise. In this sense the name is not found in written documents before 1429; but in the second See also:half of the 15th century it designated a wide military See also:province 'of See also:government, bounded N. by See also:Picardy, W. by See also:Normandy, S. by See also:Orleanais and See also:Nivernais, and E. by See also:Champagne. Its See also:capital was See also:Paris. From the territory of Ile-de-France were formed under the Revolution the See also:department of the Seine, together with the greater See also:part of Seine-et-Oise, Seine-et-Marne, Oise and See also:Aisne, and a small part of Loiret and See also:Nievre. (The See also:term Ile-de-France is also used for See also:Mauritius, q.v.).
See A. Longnon, " L'Ile-de-France, son origine, ses limites, ses gouverneurs," in the Memoires de la Societe de l'histoire de Paris et de l'ple-de-France, vol. i. (1875).
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