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HONITON , a 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 Honiton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, pleasantly situated on rising ground on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Otter, 162 m. E.N.E. of See also:Exeter by the See also:London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 3271. The town consists of one wide See also:street, down which a stream of See also:water runs, extending for about 1 m., and crossed at right angles by a lesser street. The restored 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:Michael, formerly a See also:parish church, but See also:standing on a 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 about 2 m. from the town, was built by See also:Courtenay, See also:bishop of Exeter, about 1482. It retains a curiously carved See also:screen, and the See also:black See also:marble See also:tomb of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth's physician,
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Marwood, who attained the See also:age of ios. Allhallows See also:Grammar School, founded in 1614, was enlarged in 1893; St See also:Margaret's See also:hospital, founded as a See also:lazar-See also:house in the 14th See also:century, is converted into almshouses. Honiton is famous for its See also:lace See also:industry, established by refugees from See also:Flanders under Queen Elizabeth. The delicate fabric made by See also:hand on the See also:pillow was See also:long in demand; its See also:sale was, however, greatly diminished by the competition of cheaper See also:machine-made goods, and a school of lace-making was opened to promote its recovery. The town possesses breweries, tanneries, mathouses, See also:flour-See also:mills, saw-mills, See also:brick and See also:tile See also:works, See also:potteries and an See also:iron foundry; its See also:trade in See also:butter is considerable. It is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.. See also:Area, 3134 acres.
Honiton ,(Honetona, Huneton) is situated on the See also:British Icknield Street, and was probably the site of an See also:early See also:settlement, but it does not appear in See also:history before the Domesday Survey, when it was a considerable See also:manor, held by See also:Drew (Drogo) under the See also:count of See also:Mortain, who had succeeded Elmer the Saxon, with a subject See also:population of 33, a See also:flock of 8o See also:sheep, a See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill and 2 See also:salt-workers. The borough was founded before 1217 by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de See also:Vernon, See also:earl of See also:Devon, whose ancestor See also:Richard de Redvers had received the manor from 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 I. In the 14th century it passed to the Courtenays, and in 1698 See also:Sir William Courtenay was confirmed in the right of holding See also:court leet, view of See also:frank-See also:pledge and the nomination of a portreeve, these privileges having been surrendered to 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 II. The borough was represented by two members in See also:parliament in 1300 and 1311, and then not again till 1640, from which date it returned two members until disfranchised by the See also:act of 1868, the returning officer being the portreeve, who was also the See also:chief See also:magistrate of the borough until its See also:incorporation by See also:charter of 1846. In 1221 Falkes de See also:Breaute, then custodian of the borough, rendered a See also:palfrey for holding a three days' See also:fair'at the feast of All See also:Saints, transferred in 1247 to the feast of St Margaret, and still held under that 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. A greatanarket for See also:corn and other produce is still held on Saturday by See also:prescription. The See also:wool manufacture flourished at Honiton in the reign of Henry VII., and it is said to have been the first town at which serges were made, but the industry entirely declined during the 19th century. The lace manufacture was introduced by Flemish refugees, and was flourishing in the reign of See also:Charles I.
See See also:Victoria See also:County History, Devonshire; A. Farquharson, History of Honiton (Exeter, 1868).
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