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ENKHUIZEN , a seaport 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, on the Zuider Zee, and a railway See also:terminus, 112 m. N.E. by E. of See also:Hoorn, with which it is also connected by See also:steam See also:tramway. In See also:conjunction with the railway service there is a steamboat See also:ferry to Stavoren in See also:Friesland. Pop. (1900) 6865. Enkhuizen, like its See also:neighbour Hoorn, exhibits many interesting examples of domestic See also:architecture dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, when :t was an important and flourishing See also:city. The facades of the houses are usually built in courses of See also:brick and See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, and adorned with carvings, sculptures and See also:inscriptions. Some ruined gateways belonging to the old city walls are still See also:standing; among them being the See also:tower-gateway called the See also:Dromedary (1540), which overlooks the See also:harbour. The tower contains several rooms, one of which was formerly used as a See also:prison. Among the churches mention must be made of the Zuiderkerk, or See also:South 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, with a conspicuous tower (1450-1525); and the Wester-' kerk, or See also:West church, which possesses a beautifully carved See also:Renaissance See also:screen and See also:pulpit of the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century, and a See also:quaint wooden See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-See also:house (1519) built for use before the completion of the bell-tower. There are also a See also:Roman See also:Catholic church and a See also:synagogue. The picturesque See also: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 (1688) contains some finely decorated rooms with paintings by Johan I See also:van See also:Neck, a collection of See also:local antiquities and the archives. Other interesting buildings are the orphanage (1616), containing some 17th and 18th century portraits and See also:ancient See also:leather hangings; the weigh-house (1559), the upper See also:story of which was once used by the Surgeons' Gild, several of the window-panes (dating chiefly from about 1640), being decorated with the arms of various members; the former See also:mint (1611); and the ancient See also:assembly-house of the See also:dike-See also:reeves of Holland and West Friesland. Enkhuizen possesses a considerable fishing See also:fleet and has some See also:shipbuilding and rope-making, as well as See also:market { See also:traffic.
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