ALENCON  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

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

capital, of the See also:

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

department of See also:

• ORNE

Orne, 36 m . N. of Le Mans. on a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• LINE

line of the Western railway . Pop (1906) 14,378 . Alencon, a clean, regularly built town with broad handsome streets, is situated in a wide and fertile See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, on the See also:

• SARTHE

Sarthe at its confluence with the Briante . The only remains of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Alencon are two towers of the 15th See also:

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

century, which serve as a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, and a third of the 14th century known as the Tour Couronnee, to yvhich they are See also:

• UNITED

united . Notre-See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame, the See also:

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

chief 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, See also:

• DATES

dates from the 15th century . It is remarkable for a See also:

• PORCH (through the Fr. porehe, from Lat. porticus; the Ital. equivalent is portico, corresponding to the Gr. vapOi ; Ger. Vorhalle)

porch ornamented in the richest 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, and for its stained windows of the 16th century . Alencon has a large circular See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market and a See also:

• CLOTH

cloth-market . The manufacture of the point d'Alengon See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace has greatly diminished . The See also:

• WEAVING

weaving and See also:

• BLEACHING

bleaching of cloth, which is of less importance than formerly, the manufacture of vehicles, and tanning are carried on; there is a large 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 in the horses of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite is worked in the neighbourhood . Alencon is the seat of a See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of assizes . It has 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 trade-arbitrators, a lycee, training-colleges and ' a chamber of arts and manufactures .