MENDIP HILLS  , a range in the See also:

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

north of See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Using the name in its widest application, the eastern boundary of the range may be taken to be formed by the upper valleys of the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers See also:

• FROME

Frome and Brue, and the depression between them . The range extends from these north-westward with a See also:

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

major See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of about 23 m., while the outliers of Wavering Down and Bleadon See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill continue it towards the See also:

• SHORE

shore of 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 . The range is generally about 6 m. in width, and its See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• AREA

area about 130 sq. m . Its 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 descends to the See also:

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

low " See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

moors " or marshes drained by the 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 and other streams, the small towns of Axbridge, See also:

• CHEDDAR

Cheddar and See also:

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

Wells lying at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the hills . Towards the north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east its limits are less clearly defined, for high ground, intersected by narrow vales, extends as far as the valley of the" See also:

• AVON

Avon . A depression, followed by the road between Radstock and Wells, strikes across the range about its centre; the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal elevations See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie See also:

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

west of this, and to the area thus defined the name of the Mendips is sometimes restricted . The See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of the hills is a gently swelling See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, which reaches its extreme height in the north—io6S ft . The Mendips consist principally of Carboniferous See also:

• LIMESTONE

Limestone . See also:

• FINE

Fine cliffs and scars occur on the flanks of the plateau, as in the See also:

• GORGE

gorge of Cheddar, and there is a wonderful See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of caverns, the result of See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• ACTION

action . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the plateau is often broken by deep holes (" swallets ") into which streams flow . Some of the caves, such as those at Cheddar, are easy of See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access, and attract many visitors owing to the beauty of the stalactitic formations; others, of greater extent and grandeur, have only been explored, or partly explored, with See also:

• GREAT

great difficulty .

Some caves have yielded large quantities of See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal remains (hyaenas, bears and others) together with traces of prehistoric human occupation . Among such Wookey Hole, where the See also:

• RIVER

river Axe issues from the foot of a cliff, may be mentioned . See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

Lead was worked among the Mendips at a very 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 . Some of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman workings, especially in the neighbourhood of See also:

• CHARTERHOUSE

Charterhouse-on-Mendip, have yielded pigs of lead inscribed with the names of emperors of the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., together with an abundance of smaller See also:

• OBJECTS

objects . See E . See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker and H . Balch, The Netherworld of Mendip (See also:

• CLIFTON

Clifton, 1907) .