JEREZ DE LOS CABALLEROS  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BADAJOZ
• BADAJOZ (formerly sometimes written Badajos)

Badajoz, picturesquely situated on two heights overlooking the See also:

• RIVER

river Ardila, a tributary of the See also:

• GUADIANA (anc. Anas, Moorish Wadi Ana)

Guadiana, 12 M . E. of the Portuguese frontier . Pop . (1900), 10,271 . The old town is surrounded by a Moorish See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall with six See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates; the newer portion is well and regularly built, and planted with numerous See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange and other See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit trees . Owing to the lack of railway communication Jerez is of little commercial importance; its See also:

• STAPLE

staple 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 is in agricultural produce, especially in See also:

• HAM

ham and See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

bacon from the large herds of See also:

• SWINE

swine which are reared in the surrounding See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak forests . The town is said to have been founded by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso IX. of See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon in 1229; in 1232 it was ex-tended by his son St See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand, who gave it to the knights templar .