LLANTWIT See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

MAJOR (Welsh Llan-Illtyd-Fawr)  , a small See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division of See also:

• GLAMORGANSHIRE (Welsh Morganwg)

Glamorganshire, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, about 1 m. from the 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 Channel, with a station on the See also:

• BARRY
• BARRY, ELIZABETH (1658—1713)
• BARRY, JAMES (1741—1806)
• BARRY, SIR CHARLES (1795-1860)
• BARRY, SIR REDMOND (1813-188o)
• BARRY, SPRANGER (1719-1777)

Barry railway, 5 M . S. of See also:

• COWBRIDGE

Cowbridge . Pop . (19o1) 1113 . About 1 m . N.N.W. of the town there were discovered in 1888 the remains of a large See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• VILLA

villa within a square enclosure of about 8 acres, which has been identified as See also:

• PART

part of the site of a Roman See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement mentioned in Welsh writings as Caer Wrgan . The See also:

• BUILDING

building seemed to have been the See also:

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

scene of a See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre, possibly the See also:

• WORK

work of Irish pirates in the 5th See also:

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

century, as some See also:

• FORTY

forty-three human skeletons and the remains of three horses were found within its enclosure . Etymological reasoning have led some to suggest that the Roman station of Bovium was at Boverton, r m . E. of the town, but it is more likely to have been at Ewenny (2 M . S.E. of See also:

• BRIDGEND

Bridgend) or perhaps at Cowbridge . On the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea See also:

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

coast are two camps, one known as See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle Ditches, commanding the entrance to the See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

creek of Colhugh, once the See also:

• PORT

port of Llantwit . In 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 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. a small See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Flemings settled in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district .

The town and 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 derive their name from St Illtyd or Iltutus, styled the " See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight," a native of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany and a See also:

• GREAT

great-See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of Germanus of See also:

• AUXERRE

Auxerre . Having come under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of St Cadoc, See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of Llancarvan, 6 m . E.N.E. of Llantwit, Illtyd established at the latter See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, about A.D . 520, a monastic See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college which became famous as a seat of learning . He attracted a number of scholars to him, especially from Brittany, including See also:

• SAMSON (1135-1211)
• SAMSON (cf. Heb. shemesh, " sun ")
• SAMSON, JOSEPH ISIDORE (1793-1871)

Samson, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of Doi, Maglorius (Samson's successor) and See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul de See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon, while his Welsh students included See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of Wales, See also:

• GILDAS, or GILDUS (c. 516–J70)

Gildas the historian, See also:

• PAULINUS (d. 644)
• PAULINUS, GAIUS SUETONIUS (1st century A.D.)

Paulinus and Teilo . The college continued to flourish for several centuries, sending forth a large number of missionaries until, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the rzth century, its revenues were appropriated to the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of See also:

• TEWKESBURY

Tewkesbury by Fitzhamon, the first See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of Glamorgan . A school seems, however, to have lingered on in ,the place until it lost all its emoluments in the reign of Henry VIII . The See also:

• PRESENT

present church of St Illtyd is the result of a sequence of churches which have sprung from a pre-Norman edifice, almost entirely rebuilt and greatly extended in the 13th century and again partially rebuilt See also:

• LATE

late in the 14th century . It consists of an " eastern " church which (according to See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

Freeman) belonged probably to the monks, and is the only part now used for See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, a western one used as a parochial church before the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution, but now disused, and still farther See also:

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

west of this a See also:

• CHANTRY (Fr. chanterie, from chanter, to sing; Med. Lat. cantuaria)

chantry with sacristan's 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, now in ruins . The western church consists of the See also:

• NAVE

nave of a once cruciform building, while in continuation of it was built the eastern church, consisting of See also:

• CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel, nave (of great height and width but very See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short), aisles and an embattled western See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower built over the junction of the two naves . A partial restoration was made in 1888, and a careful and more See also:

• COMPLETE

complete one in 1900-19o5 . In the church and See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard are preserved some early monumental remains of the See also:

• BRITISH

British church, dating from the 9th century, and some possibly from an earlier date .

They include two See also:

• CROSS

cross-shafts and one cross with See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions in debased Latin (one being to the memory of St Illtyd) and two cylindrical pillars, most of them being decorated with interlaced work . There are some See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good specimens of domestic See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture of the 17th century . The town is situated in a fertile district and the inhabitants depend almost entirely on See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture . Its weekly market is mainly resorted to for its stock sales . St Donats castle, 2 M. to the west, was for nearly seven centuries the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of the Stradling See also:

• FAMILY

family . As to the Roman remains, see the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum for See also:

• OCTOBER

October 20 (1888), and the See also:

• ANTIQUARY

Antiquary for See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August (1892) . As to the church, see the Archaeologia Cambrensis, 3rd See also:

• SER

ser. iv . 31 (an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by Professor Freeman), 5th ser., v . 409 and xvii . 129, and 6th ser., iii . 56; A . C .

Fryer, Llantwit-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major: a Fifth Century University (1893) . (D . LL .