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BETHUNE , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Pas-de-See also:Calais, 24 M. N.N.W. of See also:Arras, on the Northern railway between that town and St Omer. Pop. (1906) 12,6or. Bethune is situated on a See also:low 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 at the confluence of the Lame with the See also:canal from See also:Aire to Bauvin. Once strongly fortified, it is now surrounded by wide boulevards, and new quarters have grown up on its out-skirts. The old town is composed of winding streets and culs-de-See also:sac bordered by old houses in the Flemish See also:style. In the central square stands one of the finest belfries of northern France, a square structure surmounted by a wooden campanile, dating from the 14th See also:century. St Vaast, the See also:principal 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 Bethune, belongs to the 16th century. The town is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect, and has a tribunal of first instance, a chamber of See also:commerce and a communal See also:college among its public institutions. Bethune lies in the midst of the richest See also:coal mines in France. Its See also:industries include the See also:distillation of oil, tanning, See also:salt-refining, See also:brewing, and the manufacture of earthenware and casks. See also:Trade is carried on in See also:flax, See also:cloth, cereals, oil-seeds, &c.
The town, which See also:dates from the 11th century, was governed by its own lords till 1248, after which date it passed through the ownership of the See also:counts of See also:Flanders, the See also:dukes of See also:Burgundy, and the sovereigns of See also:Austria and See also:Spain. Ceded to France by the See also:peace of See also:Nijmwegen (1678), it was taken by the allied forces in 17 ro, and restored to France by the treaty of See also:Utrecht.
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