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WEYMOUTH and See also:MELCOMBE REGIS, a seaport, watering-See also:place, 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 See also:Southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Dorsetshire, See also:England, 142 M. S.W. by W. from See also:London, on the London & See also:South-Western and See also:Great Western See also:railways. Pop. (1891) 16,xoo; (1901) 19,843. It is formed of Weymouth, a fishing town and seaport on the south-See also:west of the Wey, and Melcombe Regis on the See also:north-See also:east of the See also:river, the two towns being contiguous. The situation on Weymouth See also:Bay, which is enclosed to the south by the Isle of See also:Portland, and north by the eastward trend of the See also:coast, is picturesque. An esplanade about 1 m. in length fronts the See also:sea. To the south of the esplanade is a See also:pier of 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 on wooden piles, and the Alexandra and other public gardens are attractive. The See also:harbour lies between the pier on the north and the See also:spur of See also:land called the Nothe on the south, and is protected by a See also:concrete See also:wall extending 500 ft. northward from the Nothe. The See also:principal buildings are the old town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the market See also:house, the See also:guildhall, the Royal See also:Dorset Yacht Clubhouse, the See also:theatre, the Royal See also:Victoria See also:Jubilee Hall, the Weymouth and Dorset See also:eye infirmary, the Weymouth royal See also:hospital and dispensary and the See also:barracks. Of the numerous churches none See also:dates from before the 19th See also:century. Opposite the Royal See also:Terrace is an equestrian statue of See also:George III., erected in 1809 in See also:commemoration of his jubilee. A mile S.W. of Weymouth is Sandsfoot See also:Castle, a fort erected 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. for the See also:protection of the See also:shipping. The principal exports are Portland stone, bricks and tiles and provisions, and the imports are See also:coal, See also:timber, See also:garden and See also:dairy produce and See also:wine: See also:Ship and See also:boat See also:building, rope and See also:sail making, and See also:brewing are carried on. The Great Western railway See also:company maintains a See also:regular service of passenger steamers to See also:Guernsey and See also:Jersey. The municipal borough is under a See also:mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors. See also:Area, 1299 acres.
Although its convenient harbour was probably used before Saxon times, and See also:bronze weapons and See also:Roman interments have been found, there is no See also:evidence that Weymouth (Waimue, Waymuth) was a place of See also:early See also:settlement. The first mention of " that place called Weymouth" occurs in a See also:charter of 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 /See also:Ethelred (866-871), while it is again spoken of in a charter of King /Ethelstan (895-940). See also:Edward the See also:Confessor gave the See also:manor to 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 of See also:Winchester in 1042, and it remained with the See also:prior and See also:convent of St Swithin until the 13th century, when it passed by See also:exchange to See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert de See also:Clare, See also:earl of See also:Gloucester, though the vassals of the prior and convent remained exempt from dues and tronage in the See also:port. Coming by See also:marriage into the hands of the earls of See also:March and Plantagenets, the manor was finally vested in the See also:crown. The first charter was that granted by the prior and convent in 1252, by which Weymouthwas made a See also:free borough and port for all merchants, the burgesses holding their burgages by the same customs as those of Ports-mouth and See also:Southampton. The demand of six See also:ships from the town by the king in 1324 shows its importance in the 14th century, but there is no mention of a mayor until 1467. It is probable that the town suffered considerably at the hands of the See also:French at the beginning of the 15th century, though in 1404 the men of Weymouth were victorious over a party which landed in the Isle of Portland. Early in the 16th century the commercial rivalry between Weymouth and the neighbouring borough of Melcombe came to a height. Melcombe had received a charter from Edward I. in 1280 granting to its burgesses See also:half the port and privileges similar to those enjoyed by the citizens of London; Edward II. in 1307-1308 granted that its men might elect for themselves two bailiffs. The date of the 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 the town at an See also:annual See also:fee-See also:farm of 8 marks is uncertain, but in the reign of Henry VI. a See also:commission was appointed to inspect the destruction wrought by the king's enemies on the town, with the result that the fee-farm was reduced to 20S. The continual disputes between the two boroughs led to the passing of an See also:act of See also:union in 1571, the new borough being incorporated under the See also:title of the " Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses " by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. in 1616; further charters were granted by See also:Charles II. and George II. Melcombe Regis first returned two members to See also:parliament in 1307, and Weymouth in 1319, four members being returned by the See also:united boroughs until 1832, when the See also:representation was reduced to two and ceased in 1885. The See also:medieval fairs are no longer held. As early as 1293 See also:trade was carried on with See also:Bayonne, and six years later a See also:receiver of customs on See also:wool and wool-fells is mentioned at Weymouth, while wine was imported from See also:Aquitaine. In 1586 See also:sugar is mentioned as an import, and in 1646 See also:deal boards were brought here from See also:Hamburg. The town suffered severely during the See also:Civil See also:War, being garrisoned by the parliamentary troops in 1642, taken by the earl of See also:Carnarvon in 1643, and surrendered in the following See also:year. The town is described as " but little " in 1733, but a few years afterwards it gained a reputation as a watering-place, and the See also:duke of Gloucester built a house here; George III. and the royal See also:family in 1789 paid Weymouth the first of a See also:series of visits which further ensured its popularity.
See H. J. Moule, Descriptive See also:Catalogue of the Charters, See also:Minute Books, and other Documents of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcome Regis, A.D. 1250 to i86o (Weymouth, 1883) ; See also:John Hutchins, See also:History and Antiquities of the See also:County of Dorset (3rd ed., See also:Westminster, 186o).
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