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ROMSEY , 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 New See also:Forest See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hampshire, See also:England, 7 M. N.W. of See also:Southampton by the See also:London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 4365. It is pleasantly situated in the See also:rich valley of the Test. The See also:abbey 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 SS. See also:Mary and Elfleda is one of the finest examples in England of a See also:great See also:Norman church little altered by later builders. Its See also:history is not clear, but a See also:house was founded here by See also:Edward the See also:elder (c. 91o), and became a See also:Benedictine nunnery. The church, which is the only important relic of the See also:foundation, is cruciform, with a See also:low central See also:tower. See also:Building evidently began in the first See also:half of the 12th See also:century, and continued through it, as the western See also:part of the See also:nave shows the transition to the See also:Early See also:English See also:style, which appears very finely in the See also:west front. Decorated windows occur in the See also:east cnd, beyond which a See also:chapel in this style formerly extended. Perpendicular insertions are insignificant. The nave and See also:choir have aisles, See also:triforium and See also:clerestory. The transepts have eastern apsidal chapels, as have the choir aisles, though the walls of these last are square without. See also:Foundations of the See also:apse of a large pre-Norman church have been discovered below the See also:present building. In Romsey there are tanyards, ironworks and See also:works of the See also:Berthon See also:Boat See also:Company. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 533 acres.
Romsey (Romesyg, Romeseie) probably owed its origin, as it did its early importance, to the abbey. At 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 was owned by the abbey, which continued to be the overlord until the See also:dissolution. There is no See also:evidence to show that Romsey was a borough before the See also:charter of See also:incorporation granted by 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. in 16o8. This was See also:con-firmed by 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 III. in 1692, and the See also:corporation was reformed in 1835. Romsey has never been represented in See also:parliament, The right to hold a See also:fair was granted to the abbey 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 1271, and fairs were held on See also:Easter See also:Monday, on See also:August 26 and See also:November 8. The market now held on See also:Thursday, formerly on Saturday, See also:dates from 1272. Every alternate Thursday is a great market. In See also:medieval times Romsey had a considerable See also:share of the woollen See also:trade of Hampshire, but by the end of the 17th century this manufacture began to decline, and the introduction of machinery and the See also:adoption of See also:steam led to its subsequent transference to the See also:northern See also:coal centres. The clothing trade was replaced by the manufacture of See also:paper, an See also:industry which still exists.
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