MARAZION  , a small seaport in the St Ives See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division of See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount's See also:

• BAY

Bay, 2 M . E. of See also:

• PENZANCE

Penzance, served by the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway . Pop . (1901), 1251 . A See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway of boulders and pebbles, thrown up by 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 and passable at See also:

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

low See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide, unites Marazion with the insular St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael's Mount (q.v.) . The 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 Hilary, destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1853, had a very See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• SPIRE

spire, which has been faithfully reproduced in the restored See also:

• BUILDING

building . Unusual archaeo- Statuary and Economic See also:

• MARBLES

Marbles.—Among statuary marbles the logical See also:

• INTEREST

interest attaches to the See also:

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

churchyard . Its inscribed stones date from the 4th See also:

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

century, one being in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine the Great . Another has Cornish lettering, which can no longer be deciphered; and there are See also:

• BRITISH

British and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman crosses . See also:

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

Market gardening and fishing are the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . The 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 attributed to See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• MORTAIN

Mortain, granting lands and liberties to St Michael's, Mount, opposite Marazion, included a market on Thursdays . This appears to have been held from the first on the mainland .

From it is probably derived the Marghasbigan (Parvum See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

Forum) of the earlier and the Marghasyewe or Marketjew (Forum Jovis) of the later charters . It may be added that a Jewish origin has been ascribed to the See also:

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

place from the name Marketjew . It is certain that See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard 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 of the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans provided that the three fairs, on the two feasts of St Michael and at See also:

• MID

Mid-See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

Lent, and the three markets which had hitherto been held by the priors of St Michael's Mount on See also:

• LAND

land not their own at Marghasbighan, should in future be held on their own land at Marchadyou . He transferred in fact the fairs and markets from the See also:

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

demesne lands of the Bloyous in Marazion to those of the See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior . To remedy the loss incurred by this measure See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph Bloyou in 1331 procured for himself and his heirs a market on Mondays and a See also:

• FAIR

fair on the See also:

• VIGIL (Lat. vigilia, "watch ")

vigil, feast and morrow of St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew at Marghasyon . In See also:

• LELAND (LEYLAND Or LAYLONDE), JOHN (c. 1506-1552)
• LELAND, CHARLES GODFREY (1824-1903)
• LELAND, JOHN (1691–1766)

Leland's 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 the market was held at Marhasdeythyow (Forum Jovis), and both See also:

• NORDEN
• NORDEN, JOHN (1548-1625?)

Norden (1582) and See also:

• CAREW, GEORGE (d. about 1613)
• CAREW, RICHARD (1555–1620)
• CAREW, THOMAS (1595–1645?)

Carew (1602) tell us that Marcajewe signifies the See also:

• THURSDAY

Thursday's market, which, whether etymologically See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound or not, shows that the prior's market had prevailed over its See also:

• RIVAL

rival . In 1595 See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth granted to Marazion a charter of in-See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation . This ratified the 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 of St Andrew's fair, provided for another on the Feast of St See also:

• BARNABAS

Barnabas and established a market on Saturdays . The corporation was to consist of a See also:

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

mayor, 8 aldermen and 12 See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital burgesses . This corporation continued to administer the affairs of the 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 until it was dissolved under the Municipal Corporations See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act in 1835, when the See also:

• PROPERTY

property belonging to it was vested in charity commissioners . The chairman of the commissioners retains See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• REGALIA (Lat. regalis, royal, from rex, king)

regalia . Of the fairs only the Michaelmas fair has survived and all the markets have gone .

It is frequently stated that Marazion had formerly the right of returning two members to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, but that owing to its inability to pay the members' expenses the right was lost . Under the See also:

• COMMON

Common-See also:

• WEALTH

wealth an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made to secure or recover the right, and two members are said to have been returned, but they were not allowed to take their seats . Remains of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• BRONZE

bronze See also:

• FURNACE

furnace, discovered near the See also:

• TOWN

town, tend to prove that See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin-smelting was practised here at an See also:

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

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Marazion was once a flourishing town, and owed its prosperity to the throng of pilgrims who came to visit St Michael's Mount . During the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 16th century it was twice plundered; first by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, and later by the Cornish rebels . The rise and progress of the neighbouring borough of Penzance in the 17th century was the undoing of Marazion .