MELLE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of western 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 Deux-Sevres, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Beronne, 21 M . E.S.E. of See also:

• NIORT

Niort by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1906), 2231 . Melle has two churches in the Romanesque See also:

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

style of See also:

• POITOU

Poitou, St See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre and St Hilaire, the latter ornamented with sculptured arcading . The See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital has a richly carved See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway of the 17th See also:

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

century . 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 Savinien (11th century) serves as a See also:

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

prison . The town has 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 See also:

• FARM

farm-produce, mules and other live stock; distilling is carried on . Melle (Metallum) derives its name from the See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead mine worked here during the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman occupation and in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . At the latter See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period it had a See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint . In later times it was a See also:

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

possession of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine .