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MINEHEAD , a See also:market See also:town and seaside resort in the Welling-ton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, 188 m. W. by S. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 2511. The town has three parts: the Upper, built on the sides of a lofty See also:foreland known as See also:North 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; the See also:Lower; and the See also:Quay Town, with many See also:ancient houses, stretching for about a mile beside the haroour. It is much visited for the See also:sake of its mild See also:climate, the See also:grand cliffs, See also:moors and hills of the neighbourhood, and the See also:beach, admirably suited for bathing. St See also:Michael's, 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, has a striking Perpendicular See also:tower, an See also:arch of carved See also:oak dividing its See also:nave and
See also:chancel, a magnificent See also:rood-See also:loft, and a 13th-See also:century See also:monument doubtfully described as the See also:tomb of See also:Bracton, the famous lawyer, whose birthplace, according to See also:local tradition, was Bratton See also:Court in the vicinity. Coaches for Porlock and See also:Lynton start from the town.
There is no See also:evidence of the existence of Minehead (Mannheve, Manehafd, Mynneheved) in See also:Roman or Saxon times. The town owed its origin and growth to its position on the shores of the See also:Bristol Channel, and its See also:good See also:harbour See also:developed an oversea See also:trade with Bristol, See also:South See also:Wales and the Irish ports. The De See also:Mohun See also:family were overlords of the town from 1086 to the 14th century, when they were followed by the Luttrells, who are the See also:present owners. It is possible that Minehead had a corporate existence during the 15th century, as certain documents executed by the portreeve and burgesses at that date are preserved, but no See also:record of the 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 See also:charter has been found. A charter of See also:incorporation given by See also:Elizabeth in 1558 vested the See also:government in a portreeve, a steward and twelve burgesses, the continuance of the See also:corporation being subject to the See also:port and harbour being kept in repair. This See also:condition being unfulfilled, the charter lapsed in the reign of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I., and an See also:attempt to obtain its renewal in the 18th century failed. The corporation was replaced by two constables chosen annually in the court leet of the See also:manor until 1894, when an urban district See also:council was appointed. The 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 returned two members to See also:parliament from 1558 until disfranchised by the Reform See also:Act of 1832. A weekly market on Tuesdays and a See also:fair (See also:Sept. 29 to Oct. 2) were held by the See also:lord of the manor from the 15th century, but the date of the grant has not been found. In 1465 a second See also:annual fair on the 1st of May was granted by See also:Edward IV., which is still held on the Wednesday in Whitsun See also:week. The other fair has been discontinued, and the market See also:day has been changed to Wednesday. During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries Minehead had a considerable coastwise trade in See also:wool, See also:grain and See also:wine, but began to decline owing to the See also:migration of the woollen See also:industry to the north of England, and to the decay of the See also:herring See also:fishery. A renewal of prosperity began when it acquired a reputation as a watering-See also:place.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History: See also:Somerset; F. Handcock, Parish and Borough of Minehead (1903).
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