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See also:NEWTON 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 , a See also:market See also:town and seaport in the See also:Ashburton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, 20 M. S. by W. of See also:Exeter by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 12,517. Beautifully situated at the See also:head of the Teign See also:estuary, the town See also:grew rapidly in the 19th See also:century. The two See also:parish churches, St See also:Mary's in Wolborough, and All See also:Saints' in Highweek, are Perpendicular in See also:style. St Mary's contains a See also:Norman See also:font, an See also:ancient See also:brass See also:lectern, buried during the See also:Civil See also:Wars, and some interesting heraldic ornaments which date from the 15th century. Of the 14th century See also:chapel of St Leonard, only a See also:tower survives. A large nunnery, called St See also:Augustine's Priory, was erected near the town in 1861; while eastward is the Jacobean See also:Forde See also:House, belonging to the See also:earl of See also:Devon, and visited by See also:Charles I. and 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 of See also:Orange,who first read his See also:declaration to the See also:people of England at Newton Abbot market-See also:cross. The See also:establishment of large See also:engine See also:works by the Great Western railway has aided the development of See also:local See also:industries, and there is a considerable See also:shipping See also:trade, See also:fine See also:china See also:clay and pipeclay being worked near the towns and exported to the See also:Potteries. Large fairs are held for the See also:sale of agricultural produce and livestock. The portion of Newton Abbot in the parish of Highweek was formerly a See also:separate town, known as Newton See also:Bushel.
Probably both Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel were originally included under the name of Newton. Newton Abbot was given to the abbot of Tor by William See also:Lord See also:Brewer, founder of the monastery (1196). Newton Bushel was so called from See also:Robert Bussell or Bushel, See also:foster-See also:child and kinsman of See also:Theobald de Englishville, who was made lord of the See also:manor by 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 III. in 1246.
NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, or .NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, an urban district in the Newton parliamentary division of See also:Lancashire, England, I5z m. W. of See also:Manchester by the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. (1891) 12,861; (1901) 16,699. At a See also:short distance from the town is a moated Elizabethan See also:half-timbered house, and also an ancient See also:barrow of great extent. The See also:Liverpool See also:farm reformatory school is in the neighbourhood. The See also:industrial establishments include foundries, See also:printing and See also:stationery works, See also:paper See also:mills, See also:glass works and See also:sugar refineries. See also:Coal abounds in the neighbourhood.
The township of Newton-in-Makerfield, gave its name in Saxon times and in the reign of William the Conqueror to one of the hundreds of Lancashire. The See also:barony was held by the Banastres from the See also:conquest to 1286 and passed successively to the Langtons, Fleetwoods and Leghs. It does not seem that the barons were ever summoned to See also:parliament, and the See also:title, like all parliamentary titles, has fallen into disuse since the abolition of feudal tenures. The courts-See also:baron and courts-leet are held twice annually. The township returned two members to parliament from 1559 to 1831, but was disfranchised by the Reform See also:Act of 1832. There was a market here at least as See also:early as 1558 which is now discontinued. Near the town a party of Highlanders were taken prisoners in 1648 by See also:Cromwell's troops, and hanged in an adjoining See also:wood, still called Gallow's Cross.
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