Chard (Somersetensis)

Chardum^[1]^[2] vel Cerda,^[2] Anglice Chard, est oppidum Somersetensis comitatus in Anglia occidentali situm, ubi nundinae tenebantur ab anno circiter 1234, mercatus autem ab anno 1271.^[3] Chardi aevo nostro homines fere 13 000 habitant.

Ecclesia S. Mariae Virginis iam saeculo XI incepta, saeculo XIV aut maxima parte restructa aut e novo aedificata, saeculis XVII et XIX ornata est. Aula collegiorum (Guildhall) anno 1835 a Ricardo Carver^(en) designata est.

Incolae notabiles

Fore Street ("via principalis") oppidi Chardi

Thomas Cogan, scriptor de regimine, hic anno circiter 1546 natus

Notae

↑ Latin place names
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Charles Trice Martin, The record interpreter: a collection of abbreviations, Latin words and names
↑ Samantha Letters, "Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516^{[nexus deficit]}"

Bibliographia

"Chard" in John Collinson, The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset (3 voll. Bathoniae, 1791) vol. 2 pp. 471-473
"Chard (St. Mary)" in Samuel Lewis, ed., A Topographical Dictionary of England (7a ed. 1848. ~)
"Chard" in Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: South and West Somerset (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958) pp. 117-119

Nexus externi

Situs geographici et historici: Locus: 50°52′22″N 2°57′31″W • GeoNames • Vision of Britain • Open Domesday

[1] Latin place names

[RI-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Charles Trice Martin, The record interpreter: a collection of abbreviations, Latin words and names

[3] Samantha Letters, "Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516^{[nexus deficit]}"

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