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HARFLEUR , a See also:port of See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Seine-Inferieure, about 6 m. E. of See also:Havre by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 2864. It lies in the fertile valley of the Lezarde, at the See also:foot of wooded hills not far from the See also:north See also:bank of the See also:estuary of the Seine. The port, which had been rendered almost inaccessible owing to the deposits of the Lezarde, again became available on the opening of the Tancarville See also:canal (1887) connecting it with the port of Havre and with the Seine. Vessels See also:drawing 18 ft. can See also:moor alongside the quays of the new port, which is on a See also:branch of the canal, has some See also:trade in See also:coal and See also:timber, and carries on fishing. The 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:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin is the most remark-able See also:building in the See also:town, and its lofty 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 See also:steeple forms a landmark for the pilots of the See also:river. It See also:dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, but the See also:great portal is the See also:work of the 17th, and the whole has undergone See also:modern restoration. Of the old See also:castle there are only insignificant ruins, near which, in a See also:fine See also:park, stands the See also:present castle, a building of the 17th See also:century. The old ramparts of the town are now replaced by manufactories, and the fosses are transformed into See also:vegetable gardens. There is a statue of See also:Jean de See also:Grouchy, See also:lord of Monterollier, under whose leadership the See also:English were 'expelled from the town in 1435. The See also:industries include distilling, 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 and the manufacture of oil and grease.
Harfleur is identified with Caracotinum, the See also:principal port of the See also:ancient Calates. In the See also:middle ages, when its name, Herosfloth, Harofluet or Hareflot, was still sufficiently uncorrupted to indicate its See also:Norman derivation, it was the principal seaport of north-western France. In 1415 it was captured 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 V. of See also:England, but when in 1435 the See also:people of the See also:district of Caux See also:rose against the English, 104 of the inhabitants opened the See also:gates of the town to the insurgents, and thus got rid of the See also:foreign yoke. The memory of the See also:deed was See also:long perpetuated by the bells of St Martin's tolling 104 strokes. Between 1445 and 1449 the English were again in See also:possession; but the town was recovered for the See also:French by See also:Dunois. In the 16th century the port began to dwindle in importance owing to the silting up of the Seine estuary and the rise of Havre.
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