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See also:WESTON, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1737-1776) , See also:English actor, was the son of a See also:cook. His first See also:London See also:appearance was about 1759, and from 1763 until his See also:death he was admitted to be the most amusing comedian on the English See also:stage. See also:Foote wrote for him the See also:part of See also:Jerry Sneak in the See also:Mayor of Garratt. See also:Abel Drugger in the Alchemist was one of his famous performances; and See also:Garrick, who also played this part, praised him highly for it.
WESTON-SUPER-See also:MARE, a seaside resort in the See also:Wells See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, on the See also:Bristol Channel, 1371 M. W. by S. of London by the See also:Great Western See also:rail-way. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1), 19,048. It is built partly on level ground near the See also:shore, and partly on the slopes'of Worlebury See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, which See also:aids in giving shelter from the See also:north and See also:east. Among the See also:fir-clad slopes of the neighbourhood, which command a See also:fine view of the Welsh hills across the Channel, there are many beautiful walks and drives. An esplanade extends for about 3 m., and public gardens have been laid out on Worlebury Hill, from the far end of which a See also:long See also:pier projects, linking the rocky islet of Birnbeck to the See also:town. See also:Grove See also:Park, once the See also:manor-See also:house, is owned by the See also:council, and is used as a See also:free library, its grounds being open. Other institutions include a museum opened in See also:honour of See also:Queen See also:Victoria's See also:Diamond See also:Jubilee, and the See also:West of England See also:Sanatorium, to which two large conservatories are attached, as a See also:winter-See also:garden for invalids. The town has long been famous for its See also:potteries, and there are See also:mineral See also:water-See also:works and See also:fisheries. Large quantities of sprats are caught. Intermittent springs exist in Weston, which are affected by the ebb and flow of the See also:tide.
End of Article: WESTON, THOMAS (1737-1776)
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