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LOCHES , a See also:town in See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in (1901) 1328. It is delightfully situated, there being eight lakes the See also:department of See also:Indre-et-See also:Loire, 29 M. S.E. of See also:Tours by See also:rail, in the immediate neighbourhood, while the See also:river See also:Annan, and the on the See also:left See also:bank of the Indre. Pop. (1906) 3751. The town, one See also:Waters of Ae, Kinnel and Dryfe are in the vicinity. The town of the most picturesque in central France, lies at the See also:foot of the See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall is a handsome edifice with See also:clock See also:tower. At the See also:south end of rocky See also:eminence on which stands the See also:castle of the See also:Anjou See also:family, Castle See also:Loch, the See also:chief See also:lake, stand the ruins, a See also:mere See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell, of surrounded by an See also:outer See also:wall It m. in circumference, and See also:con- Lochmaben Castle, dating from the 13th See also:century, where See also:local sisting of the old collegiate 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 Ours, the royal See also:lodge tradition declares that See also:Robert See also:Bruce was See also:born—an See also:honour which and the See also:donjon. The church of St Ours See also:dates from the loth to is also claimed, however, for Turnberry Castle on the See also:coast of the 12th centuries; among its distinguishing features are the See also:Ayrshire. In the See also:parish church is a 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 said to have been pre-huge 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 pyramids surmounting the See also:nave and the beautiful sented to 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 Robert by the See also:pope after reconciliation with him. See also:carving of the See also:west See also:door. The royal lodge, built by See also:Charles VII. A statue of the king stands in front of the town hall. Whether and used as the subprefecture, contains the See also:tomb of See also:Agnes See also:Sorel it were his birthplace or not, the associations of Bruce with and the See also:oratory of See also:Anne of See also:Brittany. The donjon includes, Lochmaben were intimate. He exempted his followers in the besides the ruined keep (12th century), the Martelet, celebrated See also:district from feudal service and their descendants—the " kindly as the See also:prison of Lodovico See also:Sforza, See also:duke of See also:Milan, who died there tenants of Lochmaben "—were confirmed in their See also:tenure by the in 15oS, and the Tour Ronde, built by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XI. and containing See also:court of session in 1824. The Castle Loch is the only fresh See also:water the famous See also:iron cages in which See also:state prisoners, including— in See also:Scotland, and possibly in the See also:British Isles, where the See also:vendace according to a See also:story now discredited—their inventor See also:Cardinal (coregonus vandesius) occurs. This See also:fish, which is believed to be See also:Balue, were confined. Loches has an hotel-de-ville and several growing scarcer, is alleged on doubtful authority to have been
introduced by See also:Queen See also:Mary. It is captured by the sweep-See also:net in See also:August, and is esteemed as a delicacy. The likes adjoining the town afford the inhabitants exceptional advantages for the See also:game of See also:curling. There was once a team of Lochmaben Curlers entirely composed of shoemakers (souters) who held their own against all corners, and their prowess added the phrase " to souter " to the vocabulary of the See also:sport, the word indicating a match in which the winners scored " game " to their opponents' " love." Lochmaben unites with Annan, See also:Dumfries, See also:Kirkcudbright and See also:Sanquhar (the Dumfries burghs) in returning one member to See also:parliament.
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