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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:HORSE, VALE OF , the name of the valley of the Ock, a stream which joins the See also:Thames from the See also:west at See also:Abingdon in See also:Berkshire, See also:England. The vale is See also:flat and well wooded, its See also:green meadows and foliage contrasting richly with the bald summits of the White Horse Hills, which flank it on the See also:south. On the See also:north a See also:lower See also:ridge separates it from the upper Thames valley; but See also:local usage sometimes extends the vale to See also:cover all the ground between the Cotteswolds (on the north) and the White Horse Hills. According to the See also:geographical See also:definition, however, the vale is from 2 to 5 M. wide, and the distance by road from Abingdon to Shrivenham at its See also:head is 18 m. See also:Wantage is the only See also:town in the See also:heart of the vale, lying in a sheltered hollow at the See also:foot of the hills, along which, moreover, villages are more numerous than elsewhere in the vale. Towards the west, above Uffington, the hills reach a culminating point of 856 ft. in White Horse 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. In its See also:northern flank, just below the See also:summit, a gigantic figure of a horse is cut, the See also:turf being removed to show the white chalky See also:soil beneath. This figure gives name to the hill, the range and the vale. It is 374 ft. See also:long and of the rudest outline, the See also:neck, See also:body and tail varying little in width. Its origin is unknown. Tradition asserted it to be the See also:monument of a victory over the Danes by 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:Alfred, who was See also:born at Wantage; but the site of the See also:battle, that of Ashdown (871), has been variously located. Moreover, the figure, with others of a similar See also:character elsewhere in England, is considered to be of a far higher antiquity, dating even from before the See also:Roman occupation. Many See also:ancient remains occur in the vicinity of the Horse. On the summit of the hill there is an extensive and well-preserved circular See also:camp, apparently used by the See also:Romans, but of earlier origin. It is named Uffington See also:Castle from the See also:village in the vale below. Within a See also:short distance are Hardwell Castle, a square See also:work, and, on the See also:southern slope of the hills near Ash-down See also:Park, a small camp traditionally called Alfred's. A smooth, steep See also:gully on the north flank of White Horse Hill is called the Manger, and to the west of it rises a bald See also:mound named See also:Dragon's Hill, the traditional See also:scene of St See also:George's victory over the dragon, the See also:blood of which made the ground See also:bare of grass for ever. But the name, properly Pendragon, is a See also:Celtic See also:form signifiying " See also:chief of See also:kings," and may point to an See also:early See also:place of See also:burial. To the west of White Horse Hill lies a cromlech called See also:Wayland See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith's See also:Cave, said to be the See also:home of a smith who was never seen, but shod the horses of travellers if they were See also:left at the place with See also:payment. The See also:legend is elaborated, and the smith appears as a character, in See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's novel See also:Kenilworth. The White Horse itself has been carefully cleared of vegetation from 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 to time, and the See also:process, known as the " Scouring of the White Horse,"was formerly made the occasion of a festival. See also:Sports of all kinds were held, and keen rivalry was maintained, not only between the inhabitants of the local villages, but between local champions and those from distant parts of England. The first of such festivals known took place in 1755, and they died out only subsequently to 1857. A grassy track represents the ancient road or Ridge Way along the See also:crest of the hills continuing Icknield See also:Street, from the Chiltern Hills to the north-See also:east, across the Thames; and other earthworks in addition to those near the White Horse overlook the vale, such as Letcombe Castle above Wantage. At the foot of the hills not far east of the Horse is preserved the so-called Blowing 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, a See also:mass of See also:sandstone pierced with holes in such a way that when blown like a See also:trumpet a loud See also:note is produced. It is believed that in the earliest times the stone served the purpose of a See also:bugle. Several of the village churches in the vale are of See also:interest, notably the See also:fine Early See also:English cruciform See also:building at Uffington. The length of the vale is traversed by the See also:main See also:line of the See also:Great Western railway, between Didcot and See also:Swindon.
See 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 See also:Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse (1859).
End of Article: WHITE HORSE, VALE OF
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