See also:GOUDA (or TER GouwE)
, a See also:town of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, in the See also:province of See also:South Holland, on the See also:north See also:side of the Gouwe at its confluence with the Ysel, and a junction station 122m. by See also:rail N.E. of Rotter. See also:dam
.
Pop
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(1900) 22,303
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Tramways connect it with Bodegraven (51m
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N.) on the old See also:Rhine and with Oudewater (8 m
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E.) on the Ysel; and there is a See also:regular steamboat service in various directions, See also:Amsterdam being reached by the canalized Gouwe; See also:Aar, Drecht and Amstel
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The town of See also:Gouda is laid out in a See also:fine open manner and, like other Dutch towns, is intersected by numerous canals
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On its outskirts pleasant walks and fine trees have replaced the old fortifications
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The Groote Marla is the largest See also:market-square in Holland
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Among the numerous churches belonging to various denominations, the first See also:place must be given to the Groote Kerk of St See also:John
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It was founded in 1485, but rebuilt after a See also:fire in 1552, and is remarkable for its dimensions (345 ft. See also:long and 150 ft. broad), for a large and celebrated See also:organ, and a splendid See also:series of over See also:forty stained-See also:glass windows presented by cities and princes and executed by various well-known artists, including the See also:brothers See also:Dirk (d. c.1577) and Wouter (d. c
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1590) Crabeth, between the years 1555 and 1603 (see Explanation of the Famous and Renowned Glass See also:Works, Es'c., Gouda, 1876, reprinted from an older See also:volume, 1718)
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Other noteworthy buildings are the See also:Gothic town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, founded in 1449 and rebuilt in 169o, and the weigh-See also:house, built by Pieter See also:Post of See also:Haarlem (1608—1669) and adorned with a fine See also:relief by See also:Barth
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Eggers (d. c
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169o)
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The museum of antiquities (1874) contains an exquisite See also:chalice of the See also:year 1425 and some pictures and portraits by Wouter Crabeth the younger, See also:Corn
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Ketel (a native of Gouda, 1548—1616) and See also:Ferdinand Bol (1616-168o)
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Other buildings are the orphanage, the See also:hospital, a house of correction for See also:women and a See also:music hall
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In the 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 of the See also:counts the See also:wealth of Gouda was mainly derived from See also:brewing and See also:cloth-See also:weaving; but at a later date the making of See also:clay See also:tobacco pipes became the See also:staple See also:trade, and, although this See also:industry has somewhat declined, the See also:churchwarden pipes of Gouda are still well known and largely manufactured
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In See also:winter-time it is considered a feat to skate hither from See also:Rotterdam and elsewhere to buy such a See also:pipe and return with it in one's mouth without its being broken
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The mud from the Ysel furnishes the material for large See also:brick-works and See also:potteries; there are also a celebrated manufactory of stearine candles, a See also:yarn factory, an oil refinery and See also:cigar factories
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The transit and See also:shipping trade is considerable, and as one of the See also:principal markets of South Holland, the See also:round, 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 Gouda cheeses are known throughout See also:Europe
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Boskoop, 5 M
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N. by W. of Gouda on the Gouwe, is famous for its nursery gardens; and the little old-See also:world town of Oudewater as the birthplace of the famous theologian See also:Arminius in 156o
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The town hall (1588) of Oudewater contains a picture by Dirk Stoop (d
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1686), commemorating the See also:capture of the town by the Spaniards in 1575 and the subsequent See also:sack and See also:massacre
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