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WINCHELSEA , a See also:village in the See also:Rye See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Sussex, See also:England, 9 M. N.E. by E. from See also:Hastings by the See also:South Eastern and See also:Chatham See also:railways. Pop. (1901) 670. It stands on an abrupt 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-See also:spur rising above See also:flat lowlands which See also:form a southward continuation of See also:Romney See also:marsh. This was within historic times a See also:great inlet of the See also:English Channel, and Winchelsea was a famous seaport until the 15th See also:century. Two See also:gates, the one of 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 See also:Edward I., the other erected See also:early in the 15th century, overlook the marshes; a third stands at a considerable distance See also:west of the See also:town, its position pointing the contrast between the extent of the See also:ancient town and that of the shrunken village of to-See also:day. The town was laid out by Edward I. with See also:regular streets intersecting at right angles; the form is preserved, and in a picturesque open space in the centre stands 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 St 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 a See also:Becket. This comprises only the See also:chancel and aisles of a See also:building which, if entire, would See also:rank as one of the finest See also:parish churches in England. As it stands it is of the highest See also:interest, showing remarkable Decorated See also:work, with windows of beautiful and unusual See also:design, and a magnificent See also:series of canopied tombs. In the grounds of the See also:residence called the Friars stands the See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell of the apsidal See also:choir of a Decorated See also:chapel which belonged to a Franciscan See also:house. Of a Dominican See also:convent and other religious See also:foundations and churches there are no remains.
The town of which the See also:relics have been described was not the first of its name. On a site supposed to be about 3 M. S.E., and now therefore about 12 m. out in the English Channel, a seaport had grown up on a See also:low See also:peninsula. In 1236 and at various subsequent See also:dates in the same century this town suffered severely from encroachments of the See also:sea, and in 1266 it paid the See also:penalty for its adherence to the cause of See also:Simon de See also:Montfort. The waves finally obliterated the site in 1288, and Edward I. thereafter planted the new town in a safe position. In the 14th and 15th centuries Winchelsea was frequently attacked by the See also:French, and in 1350 Edward III. defeated the Spaniards in a See also:naval See also:action See also:close by.
In the time of the See also:Confessor Winchelsea (Winchenesel, Winchelese, Wynchelse) was included in Rameslie which was granted by him to the See also:abbey of See also:Fecamp. The town remained under the lordship of the abbey until it was resumed 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 III. Its early importance was due to its See also:harbour, and by 1966 it was probably already a See also:port of some consequence. By the reign of Henry II., if not before, Winchelsea was practically added to the Cinque Ports and shared their liberties. After the destruction of Old Winchelsea, New Winchelsea, a walled town, flourished for about a See also:hundred years and provided a large proportion of the See also:ships furnished by the Cinque Ports to the See also:crown; but the ravages of the French destroyed it, its walls were broken down, and the decay of the harbour, owing to the recession of the sea, prevented any later return of its prosperity. The See also:corporation, which in 1298 included a See also:mayor, barons and bailiffs, was dissolved by an See also:act of 1883.
Winchelsea as a Cinque Port was summoned to See also:parliament in 1264-1265 and returned two members from 1366 till 1832, when it was disfranchised. The See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of Fecamp seems to have originally held a See also:market. In 1792 a market was held on Saturdays and a See also:fair on the 14th of May, but no market or fair now exists. See also:Ship-building and fishing were carried on in the 13th and 14th centuries. In later years Winchelsea became a great resort for smugglers, and the vaults originally constructed for the Gascon See also:wine See also:trade were used for storing See also:contraband goods.
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