Hilary term Hilary term Hilary term is the second academic term of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin and also Deepdene School near Portslade in East Sussex. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term. All terms are dated from this day in the following way: The term originated in the legal system. The courts of England and Wales and the Courts of Ireland divide the legal year into four terms: Hilary, Easter, Trinity and Michaelmas. At the University of Oxford, following the resolution made
Welsh exonyms Welsh exonyms The modern Welsh language contains names for many towns and other geographical features in Great Britain and elsewhere. Names of places outside Wales are exonyms. In some cases, these derive from the Brythonic names which were used during or before the Roman occupation: for example, "" (London), "" (Cornwall), "" (Devon), and "" (York). In Britain, towns were a Roman innovation. Many English county towns, founded as Roman "castra" and now having the English suffix "-c(h)ester", have Welsh names, in most cases using the prefix "Caer-". Examples include "" or "" (for Chester), "" (Gloucester), "" (Worcester), ""