DEVONPORT  , a municipal, See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary 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 of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, contiguous to See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Stonehouse and See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, the seat of one of the royal See also:

• DOCKYARDS

dockyards, and an important See also:

• NAVAL

naval and military station . Pop . (Igor) 70,437 . It is situated immediately above the N.W. See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of Plymouth See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, occupying a triangular See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula formed by Stonehouse See also:

• POOL

Pool on the E. and the Hamoaze on the W . It is served by the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western and the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The See also:

• TOWN

town proper was formerly enclosed by a See also:

• LINE

line of ramparts and a ditch excavated out of the See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone, but these are in great See also:

• PART

part demolished . Adjoining Devonport are East Stonehouse (an See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district, pop . 15,11 r), Stoke and Morice Town, the two last being suburbs of Devonport . The town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, erected in 1821-1822 partly after the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design of the See also:

• PARTHENON (HapOevwv)

Parthenon, is distinguished by a Doric See also:

• PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico; while near it are the public library, in See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, and a conspicuous Doric See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column built of Devonshire See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite . This See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, which is zoo ft. high, was raised in See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration of the naming of the town in 1824 . Other institutions are the Naval See also:

• ENGINEERING

Engineering See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, Keyham (188o); the municipal technical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, opened in 1899, the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the students being connected with the dockyard; the naval See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, Keyham (1885); the See also:

• RAGLAN, FITZROY JAMES HENRY SOMERSET, 1ST BARON (1788-1855)

Raglan barracks and the naval and military hospitals . On See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

Wise, which was formerly defended by a See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery (now a naval signalling station), stands the military See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, or See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, occupied by the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the Plymouth See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast Defences; and near at See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal naval residence, the naval commander-inchief's house .

The prospect from Mount Wise over the Hamoaze to Mount See also:

• EDGECUMBE, or EDGECOMBE

Edgecumbe on the opposite See also:

• SHORE

shore is one of the finest in the south of England . The n'iost noteworthy feature of See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon-See also:

• PORT

port, however, is the royal dockyard, originally established 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 III. in 1689 and until 1824 known as Plymouth See also:

• DOCK

Dock . It is situated within the old town boundary and contains four docks . To this in 1853 was added Keyham steamyard, situated higher up the Hamoaze beyond the old boundary and connected with the Devonport yard by a See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel . In 1896 further extensions were begun at the Keyham yard, which became known as Devonport See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North yard . Before these were begun the yard comprised two basins, the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern one being 9 acres and the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern 7 acres in See also:

• AREA

area, and three docks, having See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor-lengths of 295, 347 and 413 ft., together with See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass foundries, machinery shops, engineer students' See also:

• SHOP

shop, &c . The new ex-tensions, opened by the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1907, See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover a See also:

• TOTAL

total area of 118 acres lying to the northward in front of the Naval Barracks, and involved the reclamation of 77 acres of mudflats lying below high-See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark . The See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme presented three leading features-ra tidal See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin, a See also:

• GROUP

group of three graving docks with entrance See also:

• LOCK (from the O. Eng. loc.; the word appears, in different forms, in many Teutonic languages, but with such various meanings as " hole," Ger. Loch, " lid," Swed. lock, &c.; probably the original was a root meaning " to enclose ")
• LOCK, MATTHIAS

lock, and a large enclosed basin with a coaling See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot at the north end . The tidal basin, See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the old Keyham north basin, is 740 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long with a mean width of 590 ft., and has an area of lc) acres, the See also:

• DEPTH

depth being 32 ft. at See also:

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

low water of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring tides . It affords See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to two graving docks, one with a floor-length of 745 ft. and 202 ft. of water over the, See also:

• SILL
• SILL (O.Eng. syl, Mid. E. sylle, selle; the word appears in Icel. syll, svill, Swed. syll, and Dan. syld, and in German, as Schwelle; Skeat refers to the Teutonic root swal-, swell, the word meaning the rise or swell formed by a beam at a threshold; the L
• SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND (1841-1887)

sill, and it the other with a length of 741 ft. and 32 ft. of water over the sill . Each of these can be subdivided by means of an intermediate See also:

• CAISSON (from the Fr. caisse, the variant form " cassoon " being adapted from the Ital. casone)

caisson, and (when unoccupied) may serve as an entrance to the closed basin . The lock which leads from the tidal to the dosed basin is 730 ft. long, and if necessary can be used as a dock .

The closed basin, out of which opens a third graving dock, 66o ft. long, See also:

• MEASURES

measures 1550 ft. by l000 ft. and has an area of 351 acres, with a depth of 32 ft. at low-water springs; it has a See also:

• DIRECT

direct entrance from the Hamoaze, closed by a caisson . The See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of the walls are carried down to the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, which in some places lies covered with mud too ft. or more below See also:

• COPING (from " cope," Lat. capa)

coping level . Compressed See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air is used to See also:

• WORK

work the sliding caissons which close the entrances of the docks and closed basin . A ropery at Devonport produces See also:

• HALF

half the hempen See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes used in the See also:

• NAVY

navy . By the Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1832 Devonport was erected into a parliamentary borough including East Stonehouse and returning two members . The ground on which it stands is for the most part the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the St Aubyn See also:

• FAMILY

family (Barons St Levan), whose steward holds a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court leet and a court See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron annually . The town is governed by a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, sixteen aldermen and See also:

• FORTY

forty-eight councillors . Area, 3044 acres .