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RAMSGATE , a 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, watering-See also:place, seaport and member of the Cinque See also:Port of See also:Sandwich, in the Isle of See also:Thanet See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 79 M. E. by
S. of See also:London by the See also:South Eastern & See also:Chatham railway.
Pop. (1901) 27,733. This is one of the most popular resorts
on the Kent See also:coast, well situated on the See also:east coast of Thanet, practically contiguous with See also:Broadstairs to the See also:north, with which and See also:Margate to the north-See also:west it is See also:united by an electric See also:tramway. During the See also:season steamers connect it with London and the intermediate watering-places on the north coast, and with See also:Calais and See also:Boulogne. The See also:harbour has an See also:area of 42 acres, and a considerable See also:coasting and fishing See also:trade is carried on. There is a fin See also:sea front, and the See also:beach is of See also:firm See also:sand. The See also:promenade See also:pier was erected in 1881. Near it an See also:obelisk commemorates the departure of See also:George IV. to See also:Hanover from here, and his return, in 1821. 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 George was built in 1826, its See also:tower forming a conspicuous landmark, and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:Augustine was built from the designs and at the expense of A. W. See also:Pugin, who was See also:long a See also:resident here. The neighbouring Pegwell See also:Bay, famed for its shrimps, is supposed to have been the See also:scene of the landing of Hengist and Horsa, and at Cliff's End (Ebbs See also:Fleet) a monolithic See also:cross marks the landing-place of St Augustine in 596. On the See also:summit of Osengal 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, about a mile to the west of the See also:town, a graveyard of See also:early Saxon settlers was discovered during the cutting of the railway. The remains proved it to belong to the 5th and 6th centuries. Ramsgate was incorporated in 1884, and is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. Area, 2304 acres.
Ramsgate (Ramesgate) was originally a small but comparatively prosperous place united until 1827 to the See also:parish of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence. The See also:charter of See also:Charles II. mentions it as having been " 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 out of mind " a member of Sandwich. In 1884 it was incorporated by royal charter, under the See also:title of mayor, aldermen and councillors. A See also:commission of the See also:peace was granted in 1893. Since then the See also:jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports' justices has ceased within its limits, which include the parishes of Ramsgate and St Lawrence See also:Intra. A daily See also:market was obtained in 1784 by 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 from George III. No See also:fair was then held, but from 1792 onwards there has been one yearly on the loth of See also:August. Under See also:Elizabeth, Ramsgate was still unimportant though possessed of a fair before 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 VIII. After 1668 the growth of trade increased its prosperity, and at the beginning of the reign of George I. the pier was enlarged and pier-wardens appointed to collect the droits. In 1749, having been selected as a Harbour of See also:Refuge for the See also:Downs, it underwent See also:great improvements, and henceforward paid £200 yearly to Sandwich out of the droits for clearing the Channel and repairing the See also:banks of the See also:river See also:Stour within the See also:Liberty; but by 1990 the harbour was of small See also:account.
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