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TYNEMOUTH , a municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary I 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 of See also:Northumberland, See also:England, including the townships of Chirton, Cullercoats, See also:North See also:Shields, See also:Preston and Tynemouth. Pop. (r891), 46,588; (Igor), 5r,366. North Shields, Tynemouth and Cullercoats are successive stations on a See also:branch of the North-Eastern railway. Tynemouth lies on the north See also:bank of the See also:Tyne, on a picturesque promontory, 81 m. E. of See also:Newcastle. North Shields (q.v.) adjoins it on the W.; Chirton is to the W. again, and Preston to the N. of North Shields, while Cullercoats is on the See also:coast ri m. N.N.W. of Tynemouth. Tynemouth is the See also:principal watering-See also:place on this See also:part of the coast, and here and at Cullercoats are numerous private residences. On the point of the promontory there is a small See also:battery called the See also:Spanish battery, and near it is a See also:monument to See also:Lord See also:Collingwood. Within the grounds, to which the gateway of the old See also:castle gives entrance, are the ruins of the See also:ancient priory of St See also:Mary and St Oswinthe principal remains being those of 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, which was a magnificent example of See also:Early See also:English See also:work engrafted upon See also:Norman. The priory and castle serve as the headquarters of the Tyne Submarine See also:Engineers. The municipal buildings are in North Shields, which is also an important seaport. The coast is rocky and dangerous, but a See also:fine See also:pier protects the
See also:harbour (see NORTH SHIELDS). The municipal borough is
under a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 4372 acres.
Tynemouth is supposed to have been a See also:Roman station, from the See also:discovery of Roman remains there, but its early See also:history centres See also:round the priory, supposed to have been founded by See also:Edwin, 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 of See also:Northumbria, between 617 and 633, and rebuilt by king See also:Oswald in 634. In 651 it became famous as the See also:burial-place of Oswin, king of See also:Deira, afterwards See also:patron See also:saint of the priory. After the See also:conquest See also:Malcolm, king of See also:Scotland, and See also:Edward his son, who had been defeated and killed at See also:Alnwick, were buried there. See also:Earl See also:Waltheof gave Tynemouth to the monks of See also:Jarrow, and it became a See also:cell to the church of See also:Durham, but later, owing to a See also:quarrel with the See also:bishop, See also:Robert de See also:Mowbray granted it to the See also:abbey of St Albans in See also:Hertfordshire. The priory was probably fortified in Saxon times, and was strengthened by Robert de Mowbray so that it was able to sustain a See also:siege of two months 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 See also:Rufus. After the See also:Dissolution the fortifications were repaired 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 VIII. In 1642 it was garrisoned for the king by the earl of Newcastle, but surrendered to See also:parliament in 1644. It was converted into See also:barracks at the end of the 18th See also:century. Owing to their See also:close proximity to New-castle and to the ascendancy which the burgesses of that See also:town had gained over the See also:river Tyne, Tynemouth and North Shields did not become important until the loth century; the privileges which they held before that 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 are contained in charters to the See also:prior and See also:convent, and include freedom from See also:toll, &c., granted by King See also:John in 1203-1204. In 1292 there were disputes between the citizens of Newcastle and the prior, who had built a See also:quay at North Shields, but was obliged by See also:act of parliament to destroy It. Edward IV. in 1463 confirmed the previous charters of the monks, and at the same time gave them and their tenants See also:licence to buy necessaries from See also:ships in the " See also:port and river of Tyne," and to load ships with See also:coal and See also:salt " without hindrance from the men of Newcastle." After the See also:Napoleonic See also:wars the See also:trade of North Shields rapidly increased. The borough was incorporated in 1849, and has returned one member to parliament since 1832, In 1299 the prior claimed a See also:market at Tynemouth, but was not allowed to hold it; and in 1304 a See also:fair, which had been granted to him in the preceding See also:year, was withdrawn on the See also:petition of the burgesses of Newcastle. A market and two fairs on the last See also:Friday in See also:April and the first Friday in See also:November were established in 1802 by the See also:duke of Northumberland. In the 17th century the See also:chief See also:industries were the salt and coal trades. The former, which has entirely disappeared, was the more important, and in 1635 the salt-makers of North and See also:South Shields received an See also:incorporation See also:charter.
See See also:Victoria County History, Northumberland; W. S. See also:Gibson, The History of the Monastery founded at Tynemouth in the See also:Diocese .?f Durham (1846-1847).
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