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LIBOURNE , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement of the See also:department of See also:Gironde, situated at the confluence of the Isle with the See also:Dordogne, 22 M. E.N.E. of See also:Bordeaux on the railway to Angoule"me. Pop. (1906) town, 15,28o; See also:commune, 19,323. The See also:sea is 56 m. distant, but the See also:tide affects the See also:river so as to admit of vessels See also:drawing 14 ft. reaching the town at the highest tides. The Dordogne is here crossed by a 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:bridge 492 ft. See also:long, and a suspension bridge across the Isle connects Libourne with Fronsac, built on a 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 on which in feudal times stood a powerful fortress. Libourne is regularly built. The See also:Gothic 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, restored in the 19th See also:century, has a stone See also:spire 232 ft. high. On the See also:quay there is a machicolated See also:clock-See also:tower which is a survival of the ramparts of the 14th century; and the town-See also:house, containing a small museum and a library, is a See also:quaint relic. of the. 16th century. There is a statue of the Duc See also:Decazes, who was See also:born in the neighbourhood. The sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, and a communal See also:college are among the public institutions. The See also:principal articles of commerce are the wines and brandies of the See also:district. See also:Printing and See also:cooperage are among the See also:industries.
Like other sites at the confluence of important See also:rivers, that of Libourne was appropriated at an See also:early See also:period. Under the See also:Romans Conflate stood rather more than a mile to the south of the See also:present Libourne; it was destroyed during the troubles of the 5th century. Resuscitated by See also:Charlemagne, it was rebuilt in 1269, under its present name and on the site and See also:plan it still retains, by See also:Roger de Leybourne (of Leybourne in See also:Kent), See also:seneschal of See also:Guienne, acting under the authority of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward I. of See also:England. It suffered considerably in the struggles of the See also:French and See also:English for the See also:possession of Guienne in the 14th century.
See R. Guinodie, Hist. de Libourne (2nd ed., 2 vols., Libourne, 1876-1877).
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