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AVRANCHES , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Manche, 87 m. S. of See also:Cherbourg on the Western railway. Pop. (1906) 7186. It stands on a wooded 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, its botanical gardens commanding a See also:fine view westward of the See also:bay and See also:rock of St See also:Michel. At the See also:foot of the hill flows the See also:river She, which at high See also:tide is navigable from the See also:sea. The town is surrounded by avenues, which occupy the site of the See also:ancient ramparts, remains of which are to be seen on the north See also:side. Avranches was from 511 to 1790 a See also:bishop's see, held at the end of the 17th See also:century by the See also:scholar See also:Daniel See also:Huet; and its67
See also:cathedral, destroyed as insecure in 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 first See also:French Revolution, was the finest in See also:Normandy. Its site is now occupied by an open square, one See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone remaining to See also:mark the spot where See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of See also:England received See also:absolution for the See also:murder of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Becket. The churches of Notre-See also:Dame See also:des Champs and St Saturnin are See also:modern buildings in the See also:Gothic See also:style. The ancient episcopal See also:palace is now used as a See also:court of See also:justice; a public library is kept in the hotel de ville. In the public gardens there is a statue of See also:General See also:Jean See also:Marie Valhubert, killed at See also:Austerlitz. Avranches is seat of a sub-See also:prefect and has a tribunal of first instance and a communal See also:college. See also:Leather-dressing is the See also:chief See also:industry; See also:steam-sawing, See also:brewing and See also:dyeing are also carried on, and See also:horticulture flourishes in the environs. See also:Trade is in See also:cider, See also:cattle, See also:butter, See also:flowers and See also:fruit, and there are See also:salmon and other See also:fisheries.
Avranches, an important military station of the See also:Romans, was in the See also:middle ages chief See also:place of a See also:county of the duchy of Normandy. It sustained several sieges, the most noteworthy of which, in 1591, was the result of its opposition to Henry IV. In 1639 Avranches was the See also:focus of the See also:peasant revolt against the See also:salt-tax, known as the revolt of the Nu-pieds.
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