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See also:NEATH (Welsh, Casten-Nedd) , a municipal and contributory See also:parliamentary 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, seaport and See also:market-See also:town of Glamorgan-See also:shire, See also:south See also:Wales, prettily situated near the mouth of the Neath or Nedd, on the See also:Great Western and the See also:Rhondda and See also:Swansea See also:Bay See also:railways, 71- M. E.N.E. of Swansea and 1834 m. by See also:rail from See also:London, via See also:Badminton. The Neath and See also:Brecon railway has a See also:terminus in the town. Pop. (1901) 13,720. The See also:principal buildings are 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:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas (restored 1874), the church of St See also:David (1866), a See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, and Baptist, Calvinistic, Methodist, Congregational and Wesleyan chapels; the intermediate and technical See also:schools (1895), See also:Davies's endowed (elementary) school (1789), the See also:Gwyn 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 (1888), the town hall, with See also:corn See also:exchange in the See also:basement See also:storey, and the market-See also:house. According to tradition Iestynap-Gwrgan, the last See also:prince of Glamorgan, had a See also:residence somewhere near the See also:present town, but Fitzhamon, on his See also:con-quest of Glamorgan, gave the See also:district between the Neath and the Tawe to See also:Richard de Granaville (ancestor of the Granvilles, marquesses of See also:Bath), who built on the See also:west See also:banks of the Neath first a See also:castle and then in 1129 a Cistercian See also:abbey, to whose monks he later gave all his possessions in the district. All traces of this castle have disappeared. Another castle, built in the same See also:century, on the See also:east See also:bank, was held See also:direct by the lords of Glamorgan, as the westernmost outpost of their lordship. It was frequently attacked by the Welsh, notably in 1231 when it was taken, and the town demolished by See also:Llewelyn ab Iorwerth. The See also:- PORTCULLIS (from the Fr. Porte-coulisse, porte, a gate, Lat. porta, and coulisse, a groove, used adjectivally for " sliding," from couler, to slide or glide, Lat. colare; the Fr. equivalents are herse, a harrow, and coulisse; Ger. Fallgatter; Ital. saraci
portcullis See also:gate and a See also:tower are all that remain of it; of the abbey which was at one 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 the finest in Wales, there still exist the See also:external walls, with parts of the See also:chapel, vaulted See also:chapter-house, See also:refectory and 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's house. This abbey was the spot where See also:Edward II. found shelter after his See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape from See also:Caerphilly. At the See also:dissolution the abbey and the See also:manor of Cadoxton (See also:part of its possessions) were sold to See also:Sir Richard See also:Williams or See also:Cromwell. Its See also:cart ulary has been lost. See also:Copper smelting has been carried on in or near the town since 1584 when the Mines Royal Society set up See also:works at Neath Abbey; the See also:industry attained huge proportions a century later under Sir See also:Humphrey Mackworth, who from 1695 carried on copper and See also:lead smelting at Melincrythan. Besides its copper works the town at present possesses extensive tinplate, See also:steel and galvanized See also:sheet works as well as See also:iron and See also:brass foundries, See also:steam-See also:engine factories, See also:brick and See also:tile works, See also:engineering works, See also:flannel factories and chemical works. In the neighbourhood there are numerous large collieries, and See also:coal is shipped from wharves on the See also:riverside, vessels of 300 or 400 tons being able to reach the quays at high See also:tide. The Neath See also:Canal, from the upper part of the Vale of Neath to Briton See also:Ferry (13 m.) passes through the town, which is also connected with Swansea by another canal. There is a large export See also:trade in coal,copper, iron and See also:tin, mostly shipped from nieghbouring ports, while the principal imports are See also:timber and See also:general merchandise. Neath is included in the Swansea parliamentary district of boroughs.
The town perhaps occupies the site of the See also:ancient Nidus or Nidum of the See also:Romans on the Julia Maritima from which a vicinal road branched off here for Brecon. No traces of Roman antiquities, however, have been found. Neath is a borough by See also:prescription and received its first See also:charter about the See also:middle of the 12th century 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, See also:earl of See also:Gloucester, who granted its burgesses the same customs as those of See also:Cardiff. Other charters were granted to it by successive lords of Glamorgan in 1290, 1340, 1359, 1397, 1421 and 1423. By the first of these (1290) the town was granted a See also:fair on St See also:Margaret's See also:Day (See also:July 20) and as the abbey had extensive See also:sheep walks the trade in See also:wool was consider-able. In 1685 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 II. granted a charter, which, however, was not acted upon except for a See also:short time.
End of Article: NEATH (Welsh, Casten-Nedd)
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