SALTASH
, 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 in the See also:Bodmin See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cornwall, See also:England, 5 m
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N.W. of See also:Plymouth, on the See also:Great Western railway
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Pop
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(1901) 3357• It is beautifully situated on the wooded See also:shore of the Tamar See also:estuary, on the See also:lower See also:part of which lies the great See also:port and See also:naval station of Plymouth
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See also:Local communications are maintained by See also:river steamers
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At Saltash the Royal See also:Albert See also:bridge (1857–1859) carries the railway across the estuary
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It was built by Isambard See also:Brunel at a cost of £230,000, and is remarkable for its great height
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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 See also:Nicholas and St Faith has an See also:early See also:Norman See also:tower, and partof the fabric is considered to date from before the See also:Conquest; but there was much alteration in the Decorated and Perpendicular periods
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The church of St See also:Stephen, outside the See also:town, retains its ornate Norman See also:font
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The See also:fisheries for which Saltash was famous have suffered from the chemicals brought down by the Tamar; but there is a considerable seafaring See also:population, and the town is a. recruiting ground for the Royal See also:Navy
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The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors
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See also:Area, 194 acres
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The See also:Sunday See also:market established by the See also:count of See also:Mortain at his See also:castle of Trematon, which ruined the See also:bishop of See also:Exeter's market at St Germans, was probably held at Saltash a See also:short distance from the castle
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Saltash (Esse, 1297; Ash, 1302; Assheburgh, 1392) belonged to the See also:manor of Trematon and the latter at 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 the Domesday Survey was held by Reginald de Valletort of the count
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Reginald's descendant and namesake granted a See also:charter (undated) to Saltash about 1190
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It confirms to his See also:free burgesses of Esse the liberties enjoyed by them under his ancestors, viz.: See also:burgage See also:tenure, exemption from all See also:jurisdiction See also:save the " See also:hundred See also:court of the said town," suit of court limited to three times a See also:year, a See also:reeve of their own See also:election, pasturage in his See also:demesne lands on certain terms, a limited See also:control of See also:trade and See also:shipping, and a See also:fair in the See also:middle of the town
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This charter was confirmed in the fifth year of See also:Richard II
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See also:Roger de Valletort, the last male See also:heir of the See also:family, gave the See also:honour of Trematon and with it the borough of Saltash to 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 and See also:earl of Cornwall
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Thenceforth, in spite of attempts to set aside 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, the earls and subsequently the See also:dukes of Cornwall were the lords of Saltash
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It was probably to this relation that the burgesses owed the See also:privilege of parliamentary See also:representation, conferred by See also:Edward VI
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In 1584 See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth granted a charter of See also:incorporation to Saltash
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This was superseded by another in 1683 under which the governing See also:body was to consist of a mayor and six aldermen
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In 1774, the See also:corporation being in danger of extinction, burgesses were added, but it was not until 1886 that the ratepayers acquired the right of electing representatives to the See also:council, the right up to that time having been exercised by the members of the corporation
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The parliamentary See also:franchise was enjoyed by the mayor, aldermen and the holders of burgage tenements
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In 1814 they numbered 120
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In 1832 Saltash was deprived of its two members
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The count of MVlortain's Sunday market had given See also:place in 1337 to one on Saturday and this is still held
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Queen Elizabeth's charter provided for one on Tuesday also, but this has disappeared
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A fair on the feast of St Faith yielded 6s
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8d. in 1337
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This is no longer held, but fairs at See also:Candlemas and St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, of See also:ancient but uncertain origin, remain
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Saltash was sufficiently considerable as a port in the 16th See also:century to furnish a See also:frigate at the town's expense against the See also:Armada
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This probably represents the See also:zenith of its prosperity
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