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BLAYDON , an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

Chester-le-See also:

Street See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

Durham, See also:

England, on the See also:

TYNE

Tyne, 4 M. W. of See also:

Newcastle by a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

North-Eastern railway. •Pop. (1881) 10,687; (1901) 19,617. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are See also:

COAL

coal-See also:

MINING

mining, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding, See also:

PIPE

pipe, See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, chemical manure and See also:

BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta, a flask; cf. Eng. " butt ")

bottle manufactures. In the vicinity is the beautiful old See also:

MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion of Stella, and below it Stellaheugh, to which the victorious Scottish See also:

army crossed from See also:

NEWBURN

Newburn on the See also:

Northumberland See also:

BANK

bank in 164o, after which they occupied Newcastle. BLAYE-ET-STE LUCE, a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

south-western See also:

France, See also:

capital of an See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

GIRONDE

Gironde, on the right bank of the Gironde (here over 2 M. wide), 35 M. N. of See also:

BORDEAUX

Bordeaux by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1906) of the town, 3423; of the See also:

commune, 4890. The town has a citadel built by See also:

VAUBAN

Vauban on a See also:

rock beside the See also:

RIVER

river, and embracing in its See also:

ENCEINTE (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning " pregnant," from in, not, and cinctus, i.e. with girdle loosened)

enceinte ruins of an old See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau. The latter contains the See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of Caribert, See also:

king of See also:

Toulouse, and spn of See also:

CLOTAIRE (CHLOTIIACHAR)

Blaye is also defended by the Fort Pate on an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the river and the Fort Medoc on its See also:

LEFT

left bank, both of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. The town is the seat of a sub-See also:

PREFECT (prefet)

prefect, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:

commerce and a communal See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college. It has a small river-See also:

PORT

port, and carries on See also:

trade in See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

BRANDY

brandy, See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

TIMBER

timber. The industries include the See also:

BUILDING

building of small vessels, distilling, See also:

FLOUR

flour-milling, and the manufacture of oil and candles. See also:

FINE

Fine red wine is produced in the district. In See also:

ancient times Blaye (Blavia) was a port of the Santones. Tradition states that the See also:

hero See also:

Roland was buried in its See also:

BASILICA

basilica, which was on the site of the citadel. It was See also:

early an important stronghold which played an important See also:

PART

part in the See also:

WARS

wars against the See also:

ENGLISH

English and the Religious Wars. The duchess of See also:

Berry was imprisoned in its fortress in 1832-1833.

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