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THIERS , 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:Puy-de-D61ne, 24 M. E.N.E. of Clermont-See also:Ferrand, on the railway between that town and St See also:Etienne. Pop. (1906) town, 12,601; See also:commune, 17,413. Thiers is most picturesquely situated on the See also:side of a 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 at the See also:foot of
which the Durolle rapidly descends through a narrow valley into the See also:Dore, a tributary of the See also:Allier. The streets rising in steep rows contain a large number of 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 and wooden houses, some of which date to the 15th See also:century. A See also:fine view of the See also:Plain of Limagne and the See also:Dome See also:mountain is obtainable from the terraces. 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 Genes was built in 575 by Avitus, See also:bishop of Clermont, and rebuilt in the 12th century. It has some curious See also:mosaic See also:work of the Merovingian See also:period and a fine See also:tomb of the 13th century. The church of Le Moutier, which formerly formed See also:part of a See also:Benedictine monastery, See also:dates chiefly from the Ilth century. Thiers is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce, a See also:board of See also:trade See also:arbitration, a communal See also:college, a commercial and See also:industrial school, and a See also:branch of the See also:Bank of France. Its See also:special See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:cutlery, which employs some 12,000 hands in the town and its vicinity. The manufacture of handles and buttons of See also:bone, pasteboard, stamping, See also:hand-made and other papers and machinery are also carried on.
Thiers was sacked about 531 by the soldiers of See also:Thierry, son of See also:Clovis. About the same period See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory of See also:Tours speaks of a wooden See also:chapel which may have occupied the site of the pre-sent church of Le Moutier. The commercial importance of the town was much increased in the 16th century when the manufacture of cutlery was introduced from the neighbouring town of Chateldon.
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