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See also:FLUSHING (Dutch Vlissingen) , a fortified seaport in the See also:province of See also:Zeeland, 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, on the See also:south See also:side of the See also:island of Wa.lcheren, at the mouth of the See also:estuary of the western See also:Scheldt, 4 M. by See also:rail S. by W. of See also:Middelburg, with which it is also connected by See also:steam See also:tramway and by a See also:ship See also:canal. There is a steam See also:ferry to Breskens and Ter Neuzen on the See also:coast of Zeeland-Flandres. Pop. (1900) 18,893. An important See also:naval station and fortress up to 1867, Flushing has since aspired, under the care of the Dutch See also:government, to become a See also:great commercial See also:port. In 1872 the railway was opened which, in See also:conjunction
with the See also:regular See also:day and See also:night service of steamers to See also:Queen-See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the See also:county of See also:Kent, forms one of the See also:main routes between See also:England and the See also:east of See also:Europe. In 1873 the great See also:harbour, docks and canal See also:works were completed. Yet the See also:navigation of the port remains far behind that of See also:Rotterdam or See also:Antwerp, the See also:tonnage being in 1899 about 7.9 °,o of that of the See also:kingdom. As a summer resort, however, Flushing has acquired considerable popularity, See also:sea-See also:baths and a large See also:modern hotel being situated on the See also:fine See also:beach about three-quarters of a mile See also:north-See also:west of the See also:town. It possesses a 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, containing a collection of See also:local antiquities, a See also:theatre, an See also:exchange, an See also:academy of sciences and a school of navigation. The Jakobskerk, or See also:Jacob's 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, founded in 1328, contains monuments to See also:Admiral de Ruyter (1607—1676) and the poet Jacob See also:Bellamy (1757—1786), who were natives of Flushing. The See also:chief See also:industries of the town are connected with the considerable manufacture of machinery, the See also:state railway-workshops, See also:shipbuilding yards, See also:Krupp See also:iron and See also:steel works' See also:depot, See also:brewing, and oil and See also:soap manufacture. The chief imports are colonial produce and See also:wine, See also:wood and See also:coal. The exports include agricultural produce (See also:wheat and beans), shrimps and See also:meat.
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