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SHEPTON See also:MALLET , a See also:market See also:town in the eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, 22 M. S.W. of See also:Bath, on the See also:Somerset & See also:Dorset and the See also:Great Western See also:railways. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 5238. The old town extends in a narrow See also:line along the See also:river See also:Sheppey, while the newer town has for its See also:main See also:street a viaduct across the river valley. 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 See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul is especially noteworthy. Consisting of a See also:chancel, clerestoried See also:nave, and aisles, it is See also:Early See also:English and Perpendicular in See also:style, and contains a beautiful 13th-See also:century See also:oak roof of 350 panels, each with a different See also:design; a 15th-century See also:pulpit of carved See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone; and some interesting old monuments of the See also:Strode, Mallet and Gournay families. The market See also:cross, over 5o ft. high, and one of the finest in Somerset, was erected by See also:Walter and See also:Agnes See also:Buckland in 1500. Shepton possesses a See also:grammar school of the 17th century, and a See also:science and See also:art school. The once flourishing See also:cloth and woollen trades have declined, but there are large breweries, roperies, See also:potteries, and, in the neighbourhood, See also:marble, See also:granite, See also:asphalt and See also:lime See also:works.
Shepton, before the See also:conquest called Sepeton, was in the See also:possession of the abbots of See also:Glastonbury for four See also:hundred years, and then passed to a See also:Norman, See also:Roger de See also:Courcelle. Afterwards it came into the possession of the Norman barons See also:Malet or Mallet, one of whom was fined for See also:rebellion in the reign of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:John. From the Mallets it went to the Gournays, but in 1536 it reverted to the See also:crown, and it is now included in the duchy of See also:Cornwall. The town received 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 market from See also:Edward II. See also:Monmouth and the See also:rebel See also:army passed through Shepton twice in 1685, and twelve of the rebels were hanged here by See also:Judge See also:Jeffreys.
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