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YARMOUTH , a small See also:port at the western extremity of the Isle of See also:Wight, See also:England, on the See also:shore of the See also:Solent, where the See also:estuary of the Yar debouches. Pop. (1901) 903. Steamers connect it with the See also:London & See also:South-Western railway at See also:Lymington on the mainland, and it is also served by the Isle of Wight Central See also:line. 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 contains a See also:fine See also:monument to See also:Admiral See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Holmes, who took New See also:Amsterdam, afterwards New See also:York, from the Dutch.
The See also:place appears in the Domesday Survey of 1086 under the name of Ermud; it was then assessed at I hide 22 virgates, and held in parage by Aluric and Wislac, two of the 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's thegns who had also held it under See also:Edward the See also:Confessor. The first See also:charter was granted by See also:Baldwin de Redvers in 1135, and was confirmed by Edward I., 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 VI., Edward IV. and See also:Elizabeth, but the earliest
906
charter of See also:incorporation was from 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., instituting a governing See also:body of a See also:mayor and twelve See also:chief burgesses, with See also:power to choose a steward, See also:town clerk and See also:serjeant-at-See also:mace. Under the Municipal Corporations See also:Act of 1883 the See also:corporation was abolished and the See also:administration vested in a town See also:trust of eleven members. Yarmouth and See also:Newport returned members to See also:parliament as one 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 1295, but no further returns were made until 1584, from which date Yarmouth continued to send representatives until disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832. The charter from James I. instituted a Wednesday See also:market and a See also:fair at the feast of St James, which were maintained until within See also:recent years. In the 18th See also:century Yarmouth was a notorious See also:smuggling centre. In 12o6 See also:John embarked from Yarmouth for the expedition to La Rochelle. The town was burnt by the See also:French in 1337 and in 1544. In the 16th century, at 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 the expectation of the See also:Spanish invasion, a small fort was built called See also:Carey's See also:Sconce, the remains of which are to he seen at the W. of the town. In 1648 See also:Charles I. was brought to Yarmouth on his way from See also:Carisbrooke to See also:Hurst See also:Castle; and in 1671 Charles II. and his See also:court were entertained at Yarmouth by Admiral Sir Robert Holmes, See also:governor of the See also:island.
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