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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 708 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SPITALFIELDS , a See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

LONDON

London, See also:

England, in the western See also:

PART

part of the See also:

METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan See also:

borough of See also:

Stepney. The name is derived from the fact that the See also:

LAND

land belonged to a priory of St See also:

Mary Spital, founded in 1197. Excavations have revealed a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

BURIAL

burial-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place here. The name is well known in connexion with the See also:

SILK

silk See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry established here by See also:

French refugees after the revocation of the See also:

EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

Edict of See also:

Nantes, in 1685.mainland (the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, England) and the See also:

north-eastern coast of the Isle of See also:

WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight, forming the eastern entrance to See also:

Southampton See also:

WATER

Water, the See also:

SOLENT, THE

Solent being the western. Its length is about 12 m., and its See also:

general breadth about 4 m., though the distance between See also:

RYDE

Ryde and Gilkicker Point is almost exactly 3 M. The See also:

SPIT

Spit See also:

Sand, extending See also:

south-See also:

east from this promontory, gives name to the strait. On the north See also:

side opens the narrow entry to See also:

Portsmouth See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour, with the towns of Portsmouth and See also:

GOSPORT

Gosport east and See also:

west of it. On the south the coast of Wight rises sharply though to no See also:

GREAT

great See also:

ELEVATION

elevation; it is well wooded, and studded with See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country residences. Here is also the favourite watering-place of Ryde. Spithead, which as an anchorage is exposed only to the south-east, shares in the fortifications of Portsmouth Harbour, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal station of the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

NAVY

navy. In this connexion the strait has been the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of many splendid See also:

NAVAL

naval pageants, such as those attendant upon the See also:

JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee in 1897, and the funeral in 1901 of See also:

Queen See also:

Victoria, and that which celebrated the See also:

CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of See also:

King See also:

EDWARD

Edward VII. on the 16th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1902.

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