|
WARMINSTER , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Westbury See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Wiltshire, See also:England, See also:rook' m. W. by S. of Lon-See also:don by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (190') 5547. Its See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white 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 houses See also:form a See also:long See also:curve between the uplands of See also:Salisbury See also:Plain,which sweep away towards the See also:north and See also:east, and the See also:tract of See also:park and meadow See also:land lying See also:south and See also:west. The cruciform 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 Denys has a 14th-See also:century south See also:porch and See also:tower. 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's See also:chapel, a See also:chantry built under See also:Edward I., was bought by the townsfolk at the See also:Reformation. Warminster has also a See also:free school established in 1707, a missionary See also:college, a training See also:home for See also:lady missionaries and a reformatory for boys. Besides a See also:silk See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill, malthouses and See also:engineering and agricultural See also:implement See also:works, there is a brisk See also:trade in See also:farm produce.
Warminster appears in Domesday, and was a royal See also:manor whose See also:tenant was See also:bound to provide, when required, a See also:night's lodging for the 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 and his See also:retinue. This See also:privilege was enforced by See also:George III. when he visited Longleat. The See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of roads from See also:Bath, See also:Frome, See also:Shaftesbury and Salisbury made Warminster a busy coaching centre. Eastward, within 2 m., there are two, great See also:British camps: Battlesbury, almost impregnable See also:save
essayist and novelist, was See also:born of Puritan ancestry, in See also:Plainfield, See also:Massachusetts, on the 12th of See also:September 1829. From his See also:sixth to his fourteenth See also:year he lived in See also:Charlemont, See also:Mass., the See also:scene of the experiences pictured in his delightful study of childhood, Being a Boy (1877). He removed thence to Cazenovia, New See also:York, and in 1851 graduated from See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton College, See also:Clinton, N.Y. He worked with a See also:surveying party in See also:Missouri; studied See also:law at the university of See also:Pennsylvania; practised in See also:Chicago (1856–186o); was assistant editor (186o) and editor (1861–1867) of The See also:Hartford See also:Press, and after The Press was merged into The Hartford Courant, was co-editor with See also:Joseph R. See also:Hawley; in '884 he joined the editorial See also:staff of Harper's See also:Magazine, for which he conducted "The Editor's Drawer" until 1892, when he took See also:charge of " The Editor's Study." He died in Hartford on the loth of See also:October 1900. He travelled widely, lectured frequently, and was actively interested in See also:prison reform, See also:city park supervision and other movements for the public See also:good. He was the first See also:president of the See also:National See also:Institute of Arts and Letters, and, 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 his See also:death, was president of the See also:American Social See also:Science Association. He first attracted See also:attention by the reflective sketches entitled My Summer in a See also:Garden (187o; first published in The Hartford Courant), popular for their abounding and refined See also:humour and mellow See also:personal See also:charm, their wholesome love of out-See also:door things, their suggestive comment on See also:life and affairs, and their delicately finished See also:style, qualities that suggest the See also:work of See also:Washington See also:Irving. Among his other works are Saunterings (descriptions of travel in eastern See also:Europe, 1872) and Back-See also:Log Studies (1872); Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing (1874), travels in Nova See also:Scotia and elsewhere; My See also:Winter on the See also:Nile (1876); In the See also:Levant (1876); In the See also:Wilderness (1878); A Roundabout See also:Journey, in Europe (1883); On Horseback, in the See also:Southern States (1888); Studies in the South and West, with Comments on See also:Canada (1889); Our See also:Italy, southern See also:California (1891); The Relation of Literature to Life (1896); The See also:People for Whom See also:Shakespeare Wrote (1897); and Fashions in Literature (1902). He also edited " The American Men of Letters " See also:series, to which he contributed an excellent See also:biography of Washington Irving (1881), and edited a large " Library of the See also:World's Best Literature." His other works include his graceful essays, As We Were Saying (1891) and As We Go (1893); and his novels, The Gilded See also:Age (in collaboration with See also:Mark See also:Twain, 1873); Their See also:Pilgrimage (1886); A Little Journey in the World (1889); The See also:Golden See also:House (1894); and That See also:Fortune (1889).
See the See also:biographical See also:sketch by T. R. Lounsbury in the See also:Complete Writings (15 vols., Hartford, 1904) of See also:Warner.
End of Article: WARMINSTER
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!