DIEPPE
, a seaport of See also:northern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Seine-Inferieure, on the See also:English Channel, 38 m
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N. of See also:Rouen, and 105 m
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N.W. of See also:Paris by the Western railway
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Pop
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(1906) 22,120
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It is situated at the mouth of the See also:river Arques in a valley bordered on each See also:side by steep See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white cliffs
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The See also:main See also:part of the See also:town lies to the See also:west, and the fishing suburb of Le Pollet to the See also:east of the river and See also:harbour
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The See also:sea-front of Dieppe, which in summer attracts large See also:numbers of visitors, consists of a pebbly See also:beach backed by a handsome marine See also:promenade
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Dieppe has a See also:modern aspect; its streets are wide and its houses, in most cases, are built of See also:brick
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Two squares side by side and immediately to the west of the See also:outer, harbour See also:form the See also:nucleus of the town, the See also:Place Nationale, over-looked by the statue of See also:Admiral A
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See also:Duquesne, and the Place St Jacques, named after the beautiful See also:Gothic 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 which stands in its centre
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The Grande See also:Rue, the busiest and handsomest See also:street, leads westward from the Place Nationale
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The church of St Jacques was founded in the 13th See also:century, but consists in large measure of later workmanship and was in some portions restored in the 19th century
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The See also:castle, overlooking the beach from the See also:summit of the western cliff, was erected in 1435
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The church of Notre-See also:Dame de Bon Secours on the opposite cliff, and the church of St Remy, of the 16th and 17th centuries, are other noteworthy buildings
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A well-equipped See also:casino stands at the west end of the sea-front
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The public institutions include the sub-prefecture, tribunals of first instance and See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce, a communal See also:college and a school of See also:navigation
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Dieppe has one of the safest and deepest harbours on the English Channel
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A curved passage cut in the See also:bed of the Arques and protected by an eastern and a western See also:jetty gives See also:access to the outer harbour, which communicates at the east end by a See also:lock-See also:gate with the Bassin Duquesne and the Bassin Berigny, and atthe west end by the New Channel, with an inner tidal harbour and two other basins
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Vessels See also:drawing 20 ft. can enter the new docks at See also:neap See also:tide
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A dry-See also:dock and a gridiron are included among the repairing facilities of the See also:port
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The harbour railway station is on the See also:north-west See also:quay of the outer harbour alongside which the steamers from See also:Newhaven See also:lie
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The distance of Dieppe from Newhaven, with which there has See also:long been daily communication, is 64 m
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The imports include See also:silk and See also:cotton goods, See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread, oil-seeds, See also:timber, See also:coal and See also:mineral oil; leading exports are See also:wine, silk, woollen and cotton fabrics, vegetables and See also:fruit and See also:flint-pebbles
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The See also:average See also:annual value of imports for the five years 1901-1905 was £4,916,000(£4,301,000 for the years 1896–1900); the exports were valued at £9,206,000 (£7,023,000 for years 1896–1900)
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The See also:industries comprise See also:shipbuilding, cotton-See also:spinning, See also:steam-sawing, the manufacture of machinery, See also:porcelain, briquettes, See also:lace, and articles in See also:ivory and See also:bone, the See also:production of which See also:dates from the 15th century
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There is also a See also:tobacco factory of some importance
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The fishermen of Le Pollet, to whom tradition ascribes a Venetian origin, are among the main providers of the Parisian See also:market
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The sea-bathing attracts many visitors in the summer
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Two See also:miles to the north-east of the town is the See also:ancient See also:camp known as the Cite de Limes, which perhaps furnished the nucleus of the See also:population of Dieppe
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It is suggested on the authority of its name, that Dieppe owed its origin to a See also:band of See also:Norman adventurers, who found its " diep " or inlet suitable for their See also:ships, but it was unimportant till the latter See also:half of the 12th century
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Its first castle was probably built in 118 by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of See also:England, and it was counted a place of some See also:consideration when See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Augustus attacked it in 1195
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By See also:Richard I. of England it was bestowed in 1197 on the See also:arch-See also:bishop of Rouen in return for certain territory in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood of the episcopal See also:city
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In 1339 it was plundered by the English, but it soon recovered from the See also:blow, and in spite of the opposition of the lords of Hantot managed to surround itself with fortifications
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Its commercial activity was already See also:great, and it is believed that its See also:seamen visited the See also:coast of See also:Guinea in 1339, and founded there a See also:Petit Dieppe in 1365
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The town was occupied by the English from 1420 to 1435
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A See also:siege undertaken in 1442 by See also:John See also:Talbot, first See also:earl of See also:Shrewsbury, was raised by the dauphin, afterwards 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., and the See also:day of the deliverance continued for centuries to be celebrated by a great procession and See also:miracle plays
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In the beginning of the 16th century See also:Jean Parmentier, a native of the town, made voyages to See also:Brazil and See also:Sumatra; and a little later its See also:merchant See also:prince, Jacques Ango, was able to See also:blockade the Portuguese See also:fleet in the See also:Tagus
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See also:Francis I. began improvements which were continued under his successor: Its inhabitants in great number embraced the reformed See also:religion; and they were among the first to acknowledge Henry IV., who fought one of his great battles at the neighbouring See also:village of Arques
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Few of the cities of France suffered more from the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes in 1685; and this blow was followed in 1694 by a terrible See also:bombardment on the part of the English and Dutch
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The town was rebuilt after the See also:peace of See also:Ryswick, but the decrease of its population and the deterioration of its port prevented the restoration of its commercial prosperity
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During the loth century it made rapid advances, partly owing to See also:Marie See also:Caroline, duchess of See also:Berry, who brought it into See also:fashion as a watering-place; and also because the See also:establishment of railway communication with Paris gave an impetus to its See also:trade
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During the Franco-See also:German See also:War the town was occupied by the Germans from See also:December 187o till See also:July 1871
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See L
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See also:Vitet, Histoire de Dieppe (Paris, 1844) ; D
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Asseline, See also:Les Antiquites et chroniques de la ville de Dieppe, a 17th-century See also:account published at Paris in 1874
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