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ROSCOFF , a maritime See also:town and watering-See also:place of See also:north-western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Finistere, on the See also:English Channel, 171 M. N.N.W. of See also:Morlaix by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) town, 1984; See also:commune, 5054. Roscoff, separated from the Ile de Batz by a narrow channel, has a tidal See also:port used by fishing and See also:coasting vessels. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in the cultivation of See also:early vegetables, to the growth of which the mild See also:climate and fertile See also:soil is eminently favourable. 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 Roscoff (16th See also:century) has a See also:fine See also:Renaissance See also:tower and contains interesting See also:alabaster bas-reliefs. The ruined See also:chapel of St See also:Ninian commemorates the landing at Roscoff in 1548 of See also:Mary See also:Stuart, previous to her See also:betrothal with the dauphin, son of 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. In 1946 See also:Charles See also:Edward, the See also:young Pretender, landed at the port after his defeat at See also:Culloden.
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