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See also:SOUTH MOLTON , 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 South Molton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England. on the See also:river See also:Mole, 197 M. W. by S. of See also:London, by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901), 2848. Besides 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
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of St See also:Mary Magdalene, a See also:fine and massive Perpendicular See also:building with an See also:ancient 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, there are a See also:guildhall and market See also:house. See also:Linen goods are manufactured; fairs are held twice yearly, and numerous See also:flour See also:mills are worked by the river. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 5910 acres.
South Molton (Sud Moutona) was probably the site of a very See also:early See also:settlement, the remains of a See also:British See also:camp being visible 2 M. south of the town, but its See also:authentic See also:history begins with the Domesday survey, which relates that the See also:manor had been royal See also:demesne of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor and now paid 10 a See also:year to the Conqueror. In the 13th See also:century it was held by See also:Nicholas Fitz See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin of the See also:earl of See also:Gloucester for the service of finding a See also:bow with three arrows to attend the earl when he should See also:hunt in See also:Gower. In 1246 Nicholas obtained a 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 Saturday market and a See also:fair at the feast of the See also:Assumption (both maintained up to the See also:present See also:day), and in 1275 South Molton appears for the first 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 as a See also:mesne borough under his overlordship. The borough subsequently passed to the Audleys, the Hollands, and in 1487 was granted for See also:life to See also:Margaret, duchess of See also:Richmond, who in 1490 obtained a grant of a fair (which is still held) at the nativity of St See also:John the Baptist. It returned two members to See also:parliament in 1302, but no See also:charter of See also:incorporation was issued until that of See also:Elizabeth in 159o, instituting a See also:common See also:council of a mayor and eighteen burgesses, three of whom were to be elected See also:capital burgesses, with a See also:recorder, steward of the borough See also:court, two sergeants-at-See also:mace, and a court of See also:record every three See also:weeks on See also:Monday. A fresh charter was issued by See also:Charles II. in 1684. This remained in force until the Municipal Corporations See also:Act of 1835. The town formerly had a considerable manufacture of serges and shalloons, or See also:light woollen linings, so called from Chalons-sur-See also:Marne, See also:France.
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