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PALWAL , a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in See also:Gurgaon See also:district, See also:Punjab. Pop. (1901), 12,830. It is a See also:place of See also:great antiquity, supposed to figure in the earliest See also:Aryan traditions under the name of Apelava, See also:part of the Pandava See also:kingdom of Indraprastha. Its importance is mainly See also:historical, but it is a centre for the See also:cotton See also:trade of the neighbourhood, having a station on the See also:Delhi-See also:Agra See also:branch of the Great See also:Indian See also:Peninsula railway.
PAMIERS; a 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:Ariege, 40 M. S. by E. of See also:Toulouse on the railway to See also:Foix. Pop. (1906), town, 7728; See also:commune, 10,449. Pamiers is the seat of a bishopric dating from the end of the 13th See also:century. The See also:cathedral (chiefly of the 17th century) with an octagonal See also:Gothic See also:tower, is a bizarre mixture of. the Graeco-See also:Roman and Gothic styles; 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 Notre-See also:Dame du See also:Camp (17th and 18th centuries) is noticeable for its crenelated and machicolated See also:facade of the 14th century. Pamiers has a sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, a communal See also:college and a school of See also:commerce and See also:industry. See also:Iron and See also:steel of excellent quality, chains and See also:carriage-springs are among its products. It has also tanneries and See also:wool, See also:flour, See also:paper and saw See also:mills, brickworks and See also:lime-kilns, and commerce in See also:grain, flour, See also:fodder, See also:fruit and vegetables. There are 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 quarries and nursery gardens in the vicinity, and the 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:wine of the district is well known.
Pamiers was originally a See also:castle built in the beginning of the 12th century by See also:Roger II., See also:count of Foix, on lands belonging to the See also:abbey of St Antonin de Fredelas. The abbots of St Antonin, and afterwards the bishops, shared the authority over the town with the See also:counts. This gave rise to numerous disputes between monks, counts, sovereigns, bishops and the consuls of the town. Pamiers was sacked by See also:Jean de Foix in 1486, again during the religious See also:wars, when the abbey of St Antonin was destroyed, and finally, in 1628, by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of See also:Bourbon See also:prince of See also:Conde.
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