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EDAM , a See also:town of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland in the See also:province of See also:North Holland, See also:close to the Zuider Zee, about 13 M. N.N.E. of See also:Amsterdam by See also:steam See also:tramway. It is connected with the Zuider Zee by a See also:fine See also:canal protected by a large See also:sea-See also:lock (1828), and has See also:regular steam-See also:boat communication in various directions. Pop. (1900) 6444. The many See also:quaint old See also:brick houses See also:form the See also:chief feature of See also:interest in the town. The facades are frequently adorned with carvings and See also:inscriptions, one of which records the See also:legend of the See also:capture of a See also:siren in 1403, who lived for some 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 among the See also:people of Edam, but escaped again to the sea. The See also:Great 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 St See also:Nicholas, probably founded in the 14th See also:century, was largely rebuilt after a See also:fire in 1602, which, originating in the church, destroyed nearly the whole town. It contains some fine stained See also:glass and carved woodwork of this See also:period. The Little Church (15th century) was demolished in 1883, except for a portion of the See also:nave and the old See also:tower and See also:steeple, from which the bells curiously project. The town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall See also:dates from 1737, and there is a museum founded in 1895. Edam has some See also:trade in See also:timber, while See also:shipbuilding, rope-See also:spinning and See also:salt-boiling are also carried on. It gives its name to the description of " sweet-See also:milk See also:cheese " (zoetemelks kaas) made throughout North Holland, which is See also:familiar on See also:account of its See also:round shape and red rind.
Edam took its name and origin from the See also:dam built on the little See also:river Ye which joined the great Purmer See also:lake close by. See also:Free See also:access to the Zuider Zee was obtained by the construction of a new See also:dock in 1357, in which See also:year the town also received civic rights from 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 V. of See also:Bavaria, See also:count of Holland. Owing to the danger of the See also:extension of the Purmer and Beemster lakes, 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 II. of See also:Spain caused a sluice to be built into the dock in 1567. In the next century Edam was a great shipbuilding centre, and nearly the whole of See also:Admiral de Ruyter's See also:fleet was built here; but in the same century the See also:harbour began to get blocked up, and the importance and See also:industrial activity of the See also:city slowly waned.
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