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SANCERRE , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Cher, 34 M. N.E. of See also:Bourges by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 2232. Sancerre; which gives its name to the small See also:district of Sancerrois, is situated on an isolated See also:vine-clad 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
(l000 ft.) about 1 m. from the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Loire. It has a See also:modern See also:chateau, in the grounds of which there is a cylindrical keep of the 15th See also:century, the only relic of an See also:ancient stronghold. From 1037 to 1152 the See also:title of See also:count of Sancerre was held by the See also:counts of See also:Champagne; from the latter See also:year till 164o it had its own counts, who were descended from See also:Theobald IV. of Champagne, but in 1226 came under the See also:suzerainty of the See also:crown. In 164o it became the See also:property of See also:Henri de See also:Conde, whose descendants possessed it till the Revolution. During the religious See also:wars it was a stronghold of Protestantism, and in 1573 was besieged by the Catholics, who did not succeed in capturing it till after nearly eight months of See also:siege. The town has a subprefecture, a tribunal of first instance and a communal See also:college. See also:Good See also:wine is grown in the vicinity.
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