PENZANCE  , a municipal 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, See also:

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

market See also:

• TOWN

town and 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, the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway, 3252 M . W.S.W. of See also:

• LONDON

London . Pop . (See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root), 13,136 . It is finely situated on the western See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount's See also:

• BAY

Bay, opposite St See also:

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

Michael's Mount, being the westernmost See also:

• PORT

port in England . The site of the old town slopes sharply upward from the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, to the See also:

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

west of which there extends an esplanade and See also:

• MODERN

modern residential See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter; for Penzance, with its mild See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, is in considerable favour as a See also:

• HEALTH

health resort . The town has no buildings of great antiquity, but the public buildings (1867), in See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

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

style, are handsome . By the market 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 is a statue of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HUMPHRY, OZIAS (1742-1810)

Humphry See also:

• DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY

Davy, who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born here in 1778 . Among institutions there are a specially See also:

• FINE

fine public library, museums of See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology and natural See also:

• HISTORY

history and antiquities, See also:

• MINING

mining and See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, the West Cornwall Infirmary and a meteorological station . The harbour, enclosed within a See also:

• BREAKWATER

breakwater, has an See also:

• AREA

area of 24 acres, with 12 to 16 ft. See also:

• DEPTH

depth of See also:

• WATER

water, and floating and graving docks .