MELKSHAM  , a See also:

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

market See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• WESTBURY
• WESTBURY, RICHARD BETHELL, 1ST BARON (1800-1873)

Westbury See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

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

division of See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 954 M . W. of See also:

• LONDON

London by the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway . ,Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (19o1), 2450 . It lies in a valley sheltered by steep See also:

• CHALK

chalk hills on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, its old-fashioned See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone houses lining a single broad See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, which crosses the Upper See also:

• AVON

Avon by a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of four See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches . 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 preserves some remnants of See also:

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

Norman See also:

• WORK

work and a Perpendicular See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of rare beauty . Melksham possesses See also:

• CLOTH

cloth-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills where coco-See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut fibre and See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair cloth are See also:

• WOVEN

woven, See also:

• FLOUR

flour-mills and dye-See also:

• WORKS

works . On the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of a saline 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 in 1816, See also:

• BATHS

baths and a See also:

• PUMP

pump-See also:

• ROOM

room were opened, but although two other springs were found later, the See also:

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

attempt to create a fashionable See also:

• HEALTH

health resort failed . The surrounding See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer-See also:

• FOREST

forest was often visited by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I . Lacock See also:

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

Abbey, 3 M. distant, was founded in 1232 for See also:

• AUSTIN
• AUSTIN, ALFRED
• AUSTIN, JOHN (179o-1859)
• AUSTIN, SARAH (1793-1867)
• AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER (1793-1836)

Austin canonesses, and dissolved in 1539 . Portions of the monastic buildings remain as picturesque fragments in and near the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion called Lacock Abbey .