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DOL , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, in the See also:department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 36 m. N. of See also:Rennes on the Western railway. Pop. (1906) 3543• Dol is situated to the See also:south-See also:west of the See also:rich agricultural See also:district known as the See also:marsh of Dol, where See also:market-gardening is especially flourishing. The streets are still rendered picturesque by houses of the 14th and 15th centuries, which See also:form deep arcades by the See also:projection of their upper storeys: and, high above all, rises the See also:grey See also:granite of the See also:cathedral, mainly of the 13th See also:century, which in the See also:middle ages ranked as the See also:metropolitan 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 all See also:Brittany, and still keeps fresh the name of See also:Bishop St See also:Samson, who, having fled, as the See also:legend tells, from the Saxon invaders of See also:England, selected this spot as the site of his monastery. To the architect it is interesting for the See also:English See also:character of its See also:design, and to the antiquarian, for its stained-See also:glass windows of the 13th century, and for the finely sculptured See also:tomb of Bishop 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:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (d. 1504). About 12 m. from the town is the See also:pierre de Champ Dolent, a menhir some 30 ft. in height; not far off stands the See also:great granite See also:rock of Mont Dol, over 200 ft. in height, surmounted by the statue and See also:chapel of Notre-See also:Dame de 1'See also:Esperance. Dol has See also:trade in See also:grain, vegetables and See also:fruit, See also:tobacco is cultivated in the neighbourhood and there are See also:salt-marshes. Tanning and See also:leather-currying are carried on in the town. The town was unsuccessfully besieged by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror, taken 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. in 1164 and by See also:Guy de See also:Thouars in 1204. In 1793 it witnessed the defeat of the republican forces by the Vendeans who had taken See also:refuge within its walls. The bishopric established in the 6th century was suppressed in 1790.
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