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DIEPPE , a seaport of See also:northern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Seine-Inferieure, on the See also:English Channel, 38 m. N. of See also:Rouen, and 105 m. N.W. of See also:Paris by the Western railway. Pop. (1906) 22,120. It is situated at the mouth of the See also:river Arques in a valley bordered on each See also:side by steep See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white cliffs . The See also:main See also:part of the See also:town lies to the See also:west, and the fishing suburb of Le Pollet to the See also:east of the river and See also:harbour. The See also:sea-front of Dieppe, which in summer attracts large See also:numbers of visitors, consists of a pebbly See also:beach backed by a handsome marine See also:promenade. Dieppe has a See also:modern aspect; its streets are wide and its houses, in most cases, are built of See also:brick. Two squares side by side and immediately to the west of the See also:outer, harbour See also:form the See also:nucleus of the town, the See also:Place Nationale, over-looked by the statue of See also:Admiral A. See also:Duquesne, and the Place St Jacques, named after the beautiful See also:Gothic 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 which stands in its centre. The Grande See also:Rue, the busiest and handsomest See also:street, leads westward from the Place Nationale. The church of St Jacques was founded in the 13th See also:century, but consists in large measure of later workmanship and was in some portions restored in the 19th century. The See also:castle, overlooking the beach from the See also:summit of the western cliff, was erected in 1435. The church of Notre-See also:Dame de Bon Secours on the opposite cliff, and the church of St Remy, of the 16th and 17th centuries, are other noteworthy buildings. A well-equipped See also:casino stands at the west end of the sea-front. The public institutions include the sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce, a communal See also:college and a school of See also:navigation.
Dieppe has one of the safest and deepest harbours on the English Channel. A curved passage cut in the See also:bed of the Arques and protected by an eastern and a western See also:jetty gives See also:access to the outer harbour, which communicates at the east end by a See also:lock-See also:gate with the Bassin Duquesne and the Bassin Berigny, and atthe west end by the New Channel, with an inner tidal harbour and two other basins. Vessels See also:drawing 20 ft. can enter the new docks at See also:neap See also:tide. A dry-See also:dock and a gridiron are included among the repairing facilities of the See also:port. The harbour railway station is on the See also:north-west See also:quay of the outer harbour alongside which the steamers from See also:Newhaven See also:lie. The distance of Dieppe from Newhaven, with which there has See also:long been daily communication, is 64 m. The imports include See also:silk and See also:cotton goods, See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread, oil-seeds, See also:timber, See also:coal and See also:mineral oil; leading exports are See also:wine, silk, woollen and cotton fabrics, vegetables and See also:fruit and See also:flint-pebbles. The See also:average See also:annual value of imports for the five years 1901-1905 was £4,916,000(£4,301,000 for the years 1896–1900); the exports were valued at £9,206,000 (£7,023,000 for years 1896–1900). The See also:industries comprise See also:shipbuilding, cotton-See also:spinning, See also:steam-sawing, the manufacture of machinery, See also:porcelain, briquettes, See also:lace, and articles in See also:ivory and See also:bone, the See also:production of which See also:dates from the 15th century. There is also a See also:tobacco factory of some importance. The fishermen of Le Pollet, to whom tradition ascribes a Venetian origin, are among the main providers of the Parisian See also:market. The sea-bathing attracts many visitors in the summer. Two See also:miles to the north-east of the town is the See also:ancient See also:camp known as the Cite de Limes, which perhaps furnished the nucleus of the See also:population of Dieppe.
It is suggested on the authority of its name, that Dieppe owed its origin to a See also:band of See also:Norman adventurers, who found its " diep " or inlet suitable for their See also:ships, but it was unimportant till the latter See also:half of the 12th century. Its first castle was probably built in 118 by 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, and it was counted a place of some See also:consideration when See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Augustus attacked it in 1195. By See also:Richard I. of England it was bestowed in 1197 on the See also:arch-See also:bishop of Rouen in return for certain territory in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood of the episcopal See also:city. In 1339 it was plundered by the English, but it soon recovered from the See also:blow, and in spite of the opposition of the lords of Hantot managed to surround itself with fortifications. Its commercial activity was already See also:great, and it is believed that its See also:seamen visited the See also:coast of See also:Guinea in 1339, and founded there a See also:Petit Dieppe in 1365. The town was occupied by the English from 1420 to 1435. A See also:siege undertaken in 1442 by See also:John See also:Talbot, first See also:earl of See also:Shrewsbury, was raised by the dauphin, afterwards See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XI., and the See also:day of the deliverance continued for centuries to be celebrated by a great procession and See also:miracle plays. In the beginning of the 16th century See also:Jean Parmentier, a native of the town, made voyages to See also:Brazil and See also:Sumatra; and a little later its See also:merchant See also:prince, Jacques Ango, was able to See also:blockade the Portuguese See also:fleet in the See also:Tagus. See also:Francis I. began improvements which were continued under his successor: Its inhabitants in great number embraced the reformed See also:religion; and they were among the first to acknowledge Henry IV., who fought one of his great battles at the neighbouring See also:village of Arques. Few of the cities of France suffered more from the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes in 1685; and this blow was followed in 1694 by a terrible See also:bombardment on the part of the English and Dutch. The town was rebuilt after the See also:peace of See also:Ryswick, but the decrease of its population and the deterioration of its port prevented the restoration of its commercial prosperity. During the loth century it made rapid advances, partly owing to See also:Marie See also:Caroline, duchess of See also:Berry, who brought it into See also:fashion as a watering-place; and also because the See also:establishment of railway communication with Paris gave an impetus to its See also:trade. During the Franco-See also:German See also:War the town was occupied by the Germans from See also:December 187o till See also:July 1871.
See L. See also:Vitet, Histoire de Dieppe (Paris, 1844) ; D. Asseline, See also:Les Antiquites et chroniques de la ville de Dieppe, a 17th-century See also:account published at Paris in 1874.
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