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NEWHAVEN , a seaport in the See also:Eastbourne See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Sussex, See also:England, 56 m. S. from See also:London by the London, See also:Brighton & See also:South See also:Coast railway, on the See also:English Channel at the mouth of the See also:Ouse. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (Igor) 6772. 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:Michael has a See also:Norman square embattled See also:tower surmounted by a See also:spire, and an apsidal See also:chancel. The See also:port is protected by fortifications. A See also:harbour was first granted to Newhaven in 1713, and during the See also:early See also:part of the 18th See also:century it possessed a large See also:shipping See also:trade. This afterwards declined, but it is now one of the See also:principal points of communication between England and See also:France, the railway See also:company maintaininga daily service of fast steamers to See also:Dieppe in connexion with the Chemin de fer de 1'Ouest. The tidal harbour, which is owned by a company, is enclosed by two piers and a See also:breakwater, the See also:area being about 30 acres, and the quayage 1400 yds. The roadstead is one of the finest on the coast of England. With France there is a large See also:traffic in wines, See also:spirits, See also:silk, See also:fruit, vegetables and See also:general provisions. The See also:coasting trade consists chiefly of imports of See also:coal and provisions, the exports being principally See also:timber for See also:shipbuilding and See also:flint for the See also:Staffordshire See also:potteries. Some shipbuilding is carried on.
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