CHEDDAR  , a small See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 22 M . S.W. of See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol by a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• GREAT

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 (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• CROSS

cross, lies below the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the Mendip Hills, which rise sharply from 600 to Boo ft . To the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west stretches the valley of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

Axe, broad, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low and See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat . A See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• GORGE

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, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich vegetation, and the falls of a small stream traversing it, make up a beautiful See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene admired by many visitors . Several stalactitical caverns are also seen, and pre-historic See also:

• BRITISH

British and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics discovered in and near them are preserved in a small museum . The two caverns most frequently visited are called respectively See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox's and See also:

• GOUGH, HUGH GOUGH, VISCOUNT (1779-1869)
• GOUGH, JOHN BARTHOLOMEW (1817-1886)
• GOUGH, RICHARD (1735-1809)

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 (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade centre . The See also:

• MANOR

manor of Cheddar was a royal See also:

• DEMESNE (DEMESNE, DEMAIN, DOMAIN, &c.)

demesne in Saxon times, and the witenagemot was held there in g66 and 968 .

It was granted by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John in 1204 to See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh, See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon of Wells, who sold it to the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

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

marquis of Bath . By a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

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

fair . By a charter of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III . (1337) Cheddar was removed from the, king's See also:

• FOREST

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

October under the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original grants . The name of Cheddar is given to a well-known See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese (see See also:

• DAIRY

DAIRY), the manufacture of which began in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in the town and neighbourhood .