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WESTBURY , an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district in the Westbury See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, See also:

England, on the See also:

RIVER

river Biss, a small tributary of the See also:

LOWER

Lower See also:

AVON

Avon. Pop. (1901) 3305. It is 951 M. W. by S. of See also:

LONDON

London by the See also:

GREAT

Great Western railway, and lies within 3 m. of the See also:

Somerset border, sheltered on the See also:

east by the high tableland of See also:

Salisbury See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

Plain. All See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints' See also:

church is See also:

Norman and later, with a magnificent See also:

NAVE

nave. In the See also:

south See also:

TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept stands a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

James Ley, See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

Marlborough and See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council in 1629; the " See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good earl " addressed in a See also:

SONNET (Ital. Sonetto, dim. of Suono, Fr. Sonnet)

sonnet by See also:

Milton. A chained See also:

black-See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter copy of See also:

ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus' " See also:

Para-phrase of the New Testament " is preserved in the south See also:

CHAPEL

chapel. In the suburb of Westbury See also:

Leigh is the " See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden," a moated site said to have been a royal See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in Saxon times. Westbury (Westberie, Westburi) figures in Domesday as a See also:

MANOR

manor held by the See also:

king. The manor was granted by See also:

Henry II. to Reginald de Pavely in 1172-1173, and from then onwards passed through various families until in 18ro it was See also:

PURCHASED

purchased by Sir M. M.

See also:

LOPEZ, CARLOS ANTONIO (1790-1862)

Lopez from the earl of See also:

ABINGDON

Abingdon. A See also:

POST

post mote was held for Westbury in 1361-1362, but the earliest mention of the See also:

TOWN

town as a See also:

borough occurs in 1442-1443. The See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation is lost (tradition says it was burnt), and the town possesses no other charter. The See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the See also:

CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation was " See also:

Mayor and Burgesses of Westbury," and it consisted of a mayor, See also:

recorder and 13 See also:

capital burgesses. The borough returned two members to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament from 1448. In 1832 the number was reduced to one, and in 1885 the See also:

REPRESENTATION

representation was merged in that of the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county. In 1252 Henry III. granted to See also:

Walter de Pavely a yearly See also:

FAIR

fair for three days from See also:

OCTOBER

October 31, and a weekly See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market on See also:

FRIDAY (A.S. frige-dreg, fr. frige, gen. of frigu, love, or the goddess of love—the Norse Frigg,—the dreg, day; cf. Icelandic frjddagr, O.H. Ger. friatag, frigatag, mod. Ger. Freitag)

Friday. Henry VI. in 1460 granted three fairs yearly for three days from See also:

APRIL

April 22, Whit See also:

MONDAY (in O.E. Monandaeg, the moon's day, a translation of the Late Lat. Lunae dies, from which the French lundi is taken)

Monday and See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 13 respectively, and a market on Thursdays. In 1835 the mayor's fair was held at Whitsuntide, and the See also:

lord of the manor's at See also:

EASTER

Easter. In 1875 a yearly See also:

sheep fair took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the first Tuesday in September and a See also:

PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure fair on Easter and Whit Monday; in 1888 on the first Tuesday in September and on the 24th of that See also:

month; the former still exists. In 1673 there was a market on Friday, in 1835 a nominal one on Tuesday and after 1875 it ceased. During the 18th and 19th centuries there was a considerable See also:

trade in See also:

MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt, bricks, tiles and See also:

CLOTH

The last, once the most extensive, has now sunk into insignificance, while the others exist also only on a small See also:

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