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KINGSBRIDGE , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Totnes See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, 48 in. S.S.W. of See also:Exeter, on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 3025. It lies 6 m. from the See also:English Channel, at the See also:head of an inlet or See also:estuary which receives only small streams, on a sharply sloping site. 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:Edmund is mainly Perpendicular, but there are Transitional See also:Norman and See also:Early English portions. The town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall contains a natural See also:history museum. A See also:house called See also:Pindar See also:Lodge stands on the site of the birthplace of See also:John See also:Wolcot (" See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Pindar," 1738-1819). 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 See also:Cookworthy (1705-1780), a See also:porcelain manufacturer, the first to exploit the deposits of See also:kaolin in the See also:south-See also:west of England, was also See also:born at Kingsbridge. The township of Dodbrooke, included within the See also:civil See also:parish, adjoins Kingsbridge on the See also:north-See also:east. Some See also:iron-See also:founding and See also:ship-See also:building, with a See also:coasting See also:trade, are carried on.
Kingsbridge (Kyngysbrygge) was formerly included in the See also:manor of Churchstow, the first trace of its See also:separate existence being found in the See also:Hundred See also:Roll of 1276, which records that in the manor of Churchstow there is a new 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, which has a . See also:Friday market and a separate See also:assize of See also:bread and See also:ale. The name Kingsbridge however does not appear till See also:half a See also:century later. When Kingsbridge became a separate parish is not certainly known, but it was before 1414 when the church was rebuilt and consecrated to St Edmund. In 1461 the 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 of Buckfastleigh obtained a Saturday market at Kingsbridge and a three-days' See also:fair at the feast of St See also:Margaret, both of which are still held. The manor remained in See also:possession of the abbot until the See also:Dissolution, when it was granted to See also:Sir William See also:Petre. Kingsbridge was never represented in See also:parliament or incorporated by See also:charter, the See also:government being by a portreeve, and down to the See also:present See also:day the steward of the manor holds a See also:court leet and court See also:baron and appoints a portreeve and constables. In 1798 the town See also:mills were converted into a woollen manufactory, which up to See also:recent times produced large quantities of See also:cloth, and the serge mama-facture was introduced early in the 19th century. The town has been famous from remote times for a beverage called " See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white ale." Included in Kingsbridge is the little town of Dodbrooke, which at the 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 of the Domesday Survey had a See also:population of 42, and a See also:flock of 1o8 See also:sheep and 27 goats; and in 1257 was granted a Wednesday market and a fair at the Feast of St See also:Mary Magdalene.
See " See also:Victoria See also:County History ": Devonshire; Kingsbridge and Sulcombe, with the intermediate Estuary, historically and topographically depicted (Kingsbridge, 1819) ; S. F. See also:Fox, Kingsbridge Estuary (See also:Kings-See also:bridge, 1864).
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'S COUNTY, a county of See also:Ireland in the See also:province of See also:Leinster, bounded N. byMeath and See also:Westmeath, W.by See also:Roscommon, See also:Galway and See also:Tipperary (the boundary with the first two counties being the See also:river See also:Shannon); S. by Tipperary and See also:Queen's County, and E. by See also:Kildare. The See also:area is 493,999 acres or about 772 sq. m. The greater See also:part of the county is included in the central See also:plain of Ireland. In the south-east the Slieve See also:Bloom Mountains See also:form the
boundary between King's County and Queen's County, and run into the former county from south-west to north-east for a distance of about 20 M. consisting of a See also:mass of lofty and precipitous crags through which there are two narrow passes, the See also:Black See also:Gap and the Gap of Glandine. In the north-east Croghan 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 beautiful See also:green See also:eminence, rises to a height over 700 ft. The See also:remainder of the county is See also:flat, but a range of See also:low hills crosses its north-eastern division to the north of the See also:Barrow. In the centre of the county from east to west a large portion is occupied by the See also:Bog of See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen. The county shares in the See also:advantage of the See also:navigation of the Shannon, which skirts its western See also:side. The Brosna, which issues from See also:Loch Ennell in Westmeath, enters the county near the town of See also:Clara, and flowing south-westwards across its north-west corner, discharges itself into the Shannon after receiving the Clodagh and the Broughill. A small portion of the north-eastern extremity is skirted by the upper See also:Boyne. The Barrow forms the south-eastern boundary with Queen's County. The Little Brosna, which rises in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, forms the boundary of King's County with Tipperary, and falls into the Shannon.
This county lies in the great Carboniferous See also:Limestone plain, with See also:clay-soils and bogs upon its See also:surface, and many drier deposits of See also:esker-gravels rising as green hills above the See also:general level. The Slieve Bloom Mountains, consisting of Old Red See also:Sandstone with See also:Silurian inliers, form a bold feature in the south.
North of Philipstown, the prominent mass of Croghan Hill is formed of basic volcanic rocks contemporaneous with the Carboniferous Limestone, and comparable with those in Co. See also:Limerick.
Notwithstanding the large area occupied by bogs, the See also:climate is generally healthy, and less moist than that of several neighbouring districts. The whole of the county would appear to have been covered formerly by a vast See also:forest, and the district bordering on Tipperary is still richly wooded. The See also:soil naturally is not of great fertility except in See also:special cases, but is capable of being rendered so by the judicious application of bog and See also:lime See also:manures according to its special defects. It is generally either a deep bog or a shallow gravelly See also:loam. On the See also:borders of the Slieve Bloom Mountains there are some very See also:rich and fertile pastures, and there are also extensive grazing districts on the borders of Westmeath, which are chiefly occupied by sheep. Along the See also:banks of the Shannon there are some See also:fine tracts of meadow See also:land. With the exception of the See also:tract occupied by the Bog of Allen, the remainder of the county is nearly all under tillage, the most productive portion being that to the north-west of the Hill of Croghan. The percentage of tillage to pasture is roughly as 1 to 24. Oats, See also:barley and See also:rye, potatoes and turnips, are all considerably grown; See also:wheat is almost neglected, and the acreage of all crops has a decreasing tendency. See also:Cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry are bred increasingly; dairies are numerous in the north of the county, and the sheep are pastured chiefly in the hilly districts.
The county is traversed from S.E. to N.W. by the See also:Portarlington, See also:Tullamore, Clara and See also:Athlone See also:line of the Great See also:Southern and Western railway, with a branch from Clara to Banagher; from See also:Roscrea (Co. Tipperary) a branch of this See also:company runs to Parsonstown (See also:Birr); while the Midland Great Western has branches from its See also:main line from See also:Enfield (Co. Kildare) to Edenderry, and from Streamstown (Co. Westmeath) to Clara. The See also:Grand See also:Canal runs through the length of the county from east to west, entering the Shannon at Shannon See also:harbour.
The population (65,563 in 1891; 60,187 in 1901), decreasing through See also:emigration, includes about 89% of See also:Roman Catholics. The decrease is rather below the See also:average. The See also:chief towns are Tullamore (the county town, pop. 4639) and Birr or See also:Parsons-town (4438), with Edenderry and Clara. Philipstown near Tullamore was formerly the See also:capital of the county and was the centre of the See also:kingdom of Offaly. The county comprises 12 baronies and 46 civil parishes. It returns two members to parliament, for the Birr and Tullamore divisions respectively. Previous to the See also:Union, King's County returned six members to parliament, two for the county, and two for each of the boroughs of See also:Philips-town and Banagher. Assizes are held at Tullamore and quartersessions at Parsonstown, Philipstown and Tullamore. The county is divided into the See also:Protestant dioceses of See also:Killaloe, See also:Meath and See also:Ossory; and the Roman See also:Catholic dioceses of Ardagh, Kildare and Leighlin, Ossory and Clonfert.
King's County, with portions of Tipperary, Queen's County and Kildare, at an early See also:period formed one kingdom under the name of Offaly, a See also:title which it retained after the landing of the English. Subsequently it was known as Glenmallery, Western Glenmallery See also:pretty nearly corresponding to the present King's County, and Eastern Glenmallery to Queen's County. By a See also:statute of 1556 the western district was constituted a See also:shire under the name of King's County in See also:honour of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, See also:consort of Queen Mary—the See also:principal town, formerly the seat of the O'Connors, being called Philipstown; and the eastern district at the same time received the name of Queen's County in honour of Mary. Perhaps the See also:oldest antiquarian relic is the large See also:pyramid of white stones in the Slieve Bloom Mountains called the See also:Temple of the See also:Sun or the White See also:Obelisk. There are a considerable number of Danish raths, and a See also:chain of moats commanding the passes of the bogs extended throughout the county. On the borders of Tipperary is an See also:ancient See also:causeway leading presumably to a See also:crannog or See also:lake-dwelling. The most important ecclesiastical ruins are those of the seven churches of See also:Clonmacnoise (q.v.) on the Shannon in the north-west of the county, where an See also:abbey was founded by St Kieran in 648, and where the remains include those of churches, two See also:round towers, crosses, inscribed stones and a See also:castle. Among the more famous religious houses in addition to Clonmacnoise were Durrow Abbey, founded by St See also:Columba in 55o; Monasteroris founded in the 14th century by John Bermingham, See also:earl of See also:Louth; and Seirkyran Abbey, founded in the beginning of the 5th century. The principal old castles are Rathmore, probably the most ancient in the county; Banagher, commanding an important pass on the Shannon; Leap Castle, in the Slieve Bloom Mountains; and Birr or Parsonstown, now the seat of the earl of See also:Rosse.
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