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CHEDDAR , a small See also:town in the See also:Wells See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Somersetshire, See also:England, 22 M. S.W. of See also:Bristol by a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 1975. The town, with its Perpendicular 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 and its picturesque See also:market-See also:cross, lies below the See also:south-western See also:face of the Mendip Hills, which rise sharply from 600 to Boo ft. To the See also:west stretches the valley of the See also:river See also:Axe, broad, See also:low and See also:flat. A See also:fine See also:gorge opening from the hills immediately upon the site of the town is known as Cheddar cliffs from the sheer walls which flank it; the contrast of its rocks and See also:rich vegetation, and the falls of a small stream traversing it, make up a beautiful See also:scene admired by many visitors. Several stalactitical caverns are also seen, and pre-historic See also:British and See also:Roman See also:relics discovered in and near them are preserved in a small museum. The two caverns most frequently visited are called respectively See also:Cox's and See also:Gough's; in each, but especially in the first, there is a remarkable collection of fantastic and beautiful stalactitical forms. There are other caverns of greater extent but less beauty, but their extent is not completely explored. The remains discovered in the caves giveevidence of British and Roman settlements at Cheddar (Cedre, Chedare), which was a convenient See also:trade centre. The See also:manor of Cheddar was a royal See also:demesne in Saxon times, and the witenagemot was held there in g66 and 968. It was granted by See also:John in 1204 to See also:Hugh, See also:archdeacon of Wells, who sold it to the See also:bishop of See also:Bath and Wells in 1229, whose successors were overlords until 1553, when the bishop granted it to 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. It is now owned by the See also:marquis of Bath. By a See also:charter of 1231 extensive liberties in the manor of Cheddar were granted to Bishop Joceline, who by a charter of 1235 obtained the right to hold a weekly market and See also:fair. By a charter of See also:Edward III. (1337) Cheddar was removed from the, king's See also:forest of Mendip. The market was discontinued about 1690. Fairs are now held on the 4th of May and the 29th of See also:October under the See also:original grants. The name of Cheddar is given to a well-known See also:species of See also:cheese (see See also:DAIRY), the manufacture of which began in the 17th See also:century in the town and neighbourhood.
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