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JOIGNY , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Yonne, 18 m. N.N.W. of See also:Auxerre by the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon-Mediterranee railway. Pop. (1906), 4888. It is situated on the flank of the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill known as the Cote St Jacques on the right See also:bank of the Yonne. Its streets are steep and narrow, and old houses with carved wooden facades are numerous. 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:Jean (,6th See also:century), which once stood within the See also:enceinte of the old See also:castle, contains a See also:representation (15th century) of the See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre in 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:marble. Other interesting buildings are the church of St See also:Andre (12th, 16th and 17th centuries), of which the best feature is the See also:Renaissance portal with its See also:fine bas-reliefs; and the church of St Thibault (16th century), in which the 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:crown suspended from the See also:choir vaulting is chiefly noticeable. The See also:Porte du Bois, a gateway with two massive flanking towers, is a relic of the loth century castle; there is also a castle of the 16th and 17th centuries, in See also:part demolished. The hotel de ville (18th century) shelters the library; the See also:law-See also:court contains the sepulchral See also:chapel of the Ferrands (16th century). The town is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, and a communal See also:college for boys. It is industrially unimportant, but the See also:wine of the Cote St Jacques is much esteemed. -
Joigny (Joviniacum) was probably of See also:Roman origin. In the loth century it became the seat of a countship dependent on that of See also:Champagne, which after passing through several hands came in the 18th century into the See also:possession of the See also:family of See also:Villeroi. A fragment of a See also:ladder preserved in the church of St Andre commemorates the successful resistance offered by the town to the See also:English in 1429.
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