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LAVAUR , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Tarn, 37 M. S.E. of See also:Montauban by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), town 4069; See also:commune 6388. Lavaur stands on the See also:left See also:bank of the Agout, which is here crossed by a railway-See also:bridge and a See also:fine 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 bridge of the See also:late 18th See also:century. From 1317 till the Revolution Lavaur was the seat of a bishopric, and there is a See also:cathedral dating from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, with an octagonal See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-See also:tower; a second smaller square tower contains a jaquemart (a statue which strikes the See also:hours with a See also:hammer) of the 16th century. In the See also:bishop's See also:garden is the statue of See also:Emmanuel Augustin, See also:marquis de See also:Las Cases, one of the companions of See also:Napoleon at St See also:Helena. The town carries on distilling and See also:flour-milling and the manufacture of brushes, See also:plaster and wooden shoes. There are a subprefecture and tribunal of first instance. Lavaur was taken in 1211 by See also:Simon de See also:Montfort during the See also:wars of the Albigenses, and several times during the religious wars of the 16th century.
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