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FECAMP , a seaport and bathing resort of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Seine-Inferieure, 28 m. N.N.E. of See also:Havre on the Western railway. Pop. (1906) 15,872. The See also:town, which is situated on the See also:English Channel at the mouth of the small See also:river Fecamp, consists almost entirely of one See also:street upwards of 2 M. in length. It occupies the bottom and sides of a narrow valley opening out towards the See also:sea between high cliffs. The most important See also:building is the See also:abbey 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 La Trinite, dating for the most See also:part from 1175 to 1225. The central See also:tower and the See also:south portal (13th See also:century) are the See also:chief features of its See also:simple exterior; in the interior, the decorative See also:work, notably the See also:chapel-screens and some See also:fine stained See also:glass, is remarkable. The hotel-de-ville with a municipal museum and library occupy the remains of the abbey buildings (18th century). The church of St See also:Etienne With century) and the See also:Benedictine liqueur distillery,' a See also:modern building which also contains a museum, are of some See also:interest. A tribunal and chamber of See also:commerce, a See also:board of See also:trade-arbitrators and a nautical school, are among the public institutions. The See also:port consists of an entrance channel nearly 400 yds. See also:long leading to a tidal See also:harbour and docks capable of receiving See also:ships See also:drawing 26 ft. at See also:spring-See also:tide, 19 ft. at See also:neap-tide. Fishing for See also:herring and See also:mackerel is carried on and the town equips a large See also:fleet for the codbanks of See also:Newfoundland and See also:Iceland. The chief exports are oil-cake, See also:flint, See also:cod and Benedictine liqueur. Imports include See also:coal,See also:timber, See also:tar and See also:hemp. See also:Steam sawing, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-See also:founding, See also:fish-salting, See also:shipbuilding and repairing, and the manufacture of See also:ship's-biscuits and fishing-nets are among the See also:industries.
The town of Fecamp See also:grew up See also:round the nunnery founded in 658 to guard the relic of the True See also:Blood which, according to the See also:legend, was found in the See also:trunk of a fig-See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree drifted from See also:Palestine to this spot, and which still remains the most See also:precious treasure of the church. The See also:original See also:convent was destroyed by the See also:North-men, but was re-established by See also:Duke 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 Longsword as a See also:house of canons See also:regular, which shortly afterwards was converted into a Benedictine monastery. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Richard I. greatly enlarged this, and rebuilt the church. The town achieved some prosperity under the See also:dukes of See also:Normandy, who improved its harbour, but after the See also:annexation of Normandy to France it was overshadowed by the rising port of Havre.
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