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MALMESBURY , a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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 in the See also:Chippenham See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Wiltshire, See also:England, 94a m. W. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901).
2854. It lies on a See also:ridge surrounded on all sides except the See also:north-See also:west by the See also:river See also:Avon and a small tributary. 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:Mary and St See also:Aldhelm, See also:standing high, is a majestic fragment consisting of the greater See also:part of the See also:nave (with aisles) of a See also:Benedictine See also:abbey church. The ruined See also:skeleton of the great See also:tower See also:arches now terminates the See also:building eastward. The nave is transitional See also:Norman, with a Decorated superstructure including the See also:clerestory. The See also:south See also:porch is one of the finest Norman examples extant, both the See also:outer and the inner doorways (especially the first) exhibiting the typical See also:ornament of the See also:period in remarkable exuberance. With the exception of a See also:crypt, the monastic buildings have disappeared. In the market square stands a See also:fine market See also:cross of the 16th See also:century, See also:borne upon an octagonal battlemented See also:basement. See also:Early See also:English fragments of a See also:hospital of St See also:John of See also:Jerusalem appear in the See also:corporation See also:almshouse. Malmesbury has an agricultural See also:trade, with breweries, tanneries and manufactures of See also:silk and See also:pillow See also:lace. It is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 178 acres.
Maildulphus, a Scottish or Irish See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk, who came into England about 635, built a hermitage near the site of the See also:modern Malmesbury (Maildulphi-urbs, Maldelmesburh, Malmesbiri) and gathered disciples See also:round him, thus forming the See also:nucleus of the later abbey of which Aldhelm his See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil became the first 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. /Ethelstan, who was buried here (though his See also:tomb in the church only See also:dates from the 16th century), rebuilt and endowed the monastery. Round the abbey the town of Malmesbury See also:grew up, and by 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 it had become one of the only two Wiltshire boroughs. The first See also:charter, said to be a See also:forgery, purports to have been given by 1Ethelstan. It granted to the burgesses all privileges and See also:free customs such as they held in the time of See also:Edward the See also:Elder, with many additional exemptions, in return for help rendered against the Danes. The See also:castle built at Malmesbury during the reign of 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 I. gave a further impetus to the growth of the town during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was not incorporated, however, until 1645, when it was made a free borough under the See also:title of " aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Malmesbury, See also:County Wilts." By this charter it was governed until 1885. The borough returned two members to See also:parliament from 1295 to 1832 when the number was reduced to one. Finally in 1885 its See also:representation was merged in that of the county. 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 of a yearly See also:fair on the 31st of See also:March, the feast of St Aldhelm, was obtained from 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 II., and another for three days from the 25th of See also:July from John. In 1792 fairs were held on the 28th of March, the 28th of See also:April and the 29th of See also:June, but in 1891 they had ceased entirely. John also granted a weekly market on See also:Thursday. In the 16th and 18th centuries it was held on Saturday, and in 1891 on the third Wednesday in each See also:month. In the See also:middle ages Malmesbury possessed a considerable See also:cloth manufacture, and at the See also:Dissolution the abbey was bought by a See also:rich See also:clothier and fitted with looms for See also:weaving. The trade in See also:wool still flourished in 1751.
See See also:Victoria County See also:History: Wiltshire; and Registrum malmesburiense (1879–188o).
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