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HENNEBONT , a See also:town of western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Morbihan, 6m. N.E. of See also:Lorient by road. Pop. (1906) 7250. It is situated about to m. from the mouth of the Blavet, which divides it into two parts—the Ville See also:Close, the See also:medieval military town, and the Ville See also:Neuve on the See also:left See also:bank and the Vieille Ville on the right bank. The Ville Close, surrounded by ramparts and entered by a massive gateway flanked by machicolated towers, consists of narrow quiet streets bordered by houses of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Ville Neuve, which lies nearer the See also:river, See also:developed during the 17th See also:century and later than the Ville Close, while the Vieille Ville is older than either. The only See also:building of architectural importance is 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 Notre-See also:Dame de Paradis (16th century) preceded by a See also:tower with an ornamented 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:spire. There are scanty remains of the old fortress. Hennebont has a small but busy river-See also:port accessible to vessels of 200 to 300 tons. An important foundry in the environs of the town employs 1400 See also:work-See also:people in the manufacture of See also:tin-See also:plate for sardine boxes and other purposes. See also:Boat-building, tanning, distilling and the manufacture of earthenware, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:lead and chemical See also:manures are also carried on. See also:Granite is worked in the neighbourhood. Hennebont is famed for the resistance which it made, under the widow of See also:Jean de See also:Montfort, when besieged in 1342 by the armies of 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 of See also:Valois and See also:Charles of See also:Blois during the See also:War of the See also:Succession in See also:Brittany (see BRITTANY).
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