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ILFRACOMBE , a seaport and watering-See also:place in the See also:Barnstaple See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, on the See also:Bristol Channel, 225 M. W. by S. of See also:London by the London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 8557. The picturesque old See also:town, built on the cliffs above its See also:harbour, consists of one See also:street stretching for about a mile through a See also:net-See also:work of lanes. Behind it rise the terraces of a more See also:modern town, commanding a See also:fine view across the Channel. With its beautiful scenery and temperate See also:climate, Ilfracombe is frequented by visitors both in summer and See also:winter. See also:Grand rugged cliffs See also:line the See also:coast; while, inland, the See also:country is celebrated for the See also:rich colouring of its See also:woods and glens. Wooded heights See also:form a semicircle See also:round the town, which is protected from See also:sea winds by Capstone 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. Along the inner See also:face of this See also:rock has been cut the See also:Victoria See also:Promenade, a See also:long walk roofed with See also:glass and used for concerts. The restored 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 See also:Holy Trinity See also:dates originally from the 12th See also:century. Sea-bathing is insecure, and is confined to a few small coves, approached by tunnels hewn through the rock. The harbour, a natural See also:recess among the cliffs, is sheltered on the See also:east by Hilsborough See also:Head, where there are some alleged See also:Celtic remains; on the See also:west by See also:Lantern Hill, where the See also:ancient See also:chapel of St See also:Nicholas has been transformed into a lighthouse. In summer„ passenger steamers run to and from Ilfracombe See also:pier; but the See also:shipping See also:trade generally has declined, though See also:herring See also:fisheries are carried on with success. In the latter See also:part of the 13th century Ilfracombe obtained a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant for holding a See also:fair and See also:market, and in the reign of See also:Edward III. it was a place of such importance as to See also:supply him with six See also:ships and ninety-six men for his armament against See also:Calais.
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