ABBEVILLE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• SOMME

Somme, on the Somme, 12 M. from its mouth in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Channel, and 28 m . N.W. of See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens on the Northern railway . Pop . (1901) 18,519; (1906) 18,971 . It lies in a pleasant and fertile valley, and is built partly on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island and partly on both sides of the See also:

• RIVER

river, which is canalized from this point to the See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary . The streets are narrow, and the houses are mostly picturesque old structures, built of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, with many See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint gables and dark archways . The most remarkable See also:

• BUILDING

building is 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 Vulfran, erected in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design was not completed . The See also:

• NAVE

nave has only two bays and the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir is insignificant . The See also:

• FACADE

facade is a magnificent specimen of the flamboyant See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, flanked by two Gothic towers . Abbeville has several other old churches and an hotel-de-ville, with a See also:

• BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Among the numerous old houses, that known as the Maison de See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Ie', which is the most remarkable, See also:

• DATES

dates from the 16th century .

There is a statue of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• COURBET, GUSTAVE (1819-1877)

Courbet (d . 1885) in the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief square . The public institutions include tribunals of first instance and of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade-arbitrators, and a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . Abbeville is an important See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial centre; in addition to its old-established manufacture of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp-See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-making, See also:

• SHIP

ship-building and locksmiths' See also:

• WORK

work are carried on; there is active commerce in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, but the See also:

• PORT

port has little trade . Abbeville, the chief town of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Ponthieu, first appears in See also:

• HISTORY

history during the 9th century . At that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time belonging to the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of St Riquier, it was afterwards governed by the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Ponthieu . Together with that See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, it came into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• ALENCON

Alencon and other See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French families, and after- ABBEY I I wards into that of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Castille, from whom by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in 1272 to See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . French and English were its masters by turns till 1435 when, by the treaty of See also:

• ARRAS

Arras, it was ceded to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy . In 1477 it was annexed by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XI., king of France, and was held by two illegitimate branches of the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family in the 16th and 17th centuries, being in 1696 reunited to the See also:

• CROWN

crown .