NIEUPORT (Flem. Nieuwpoort)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V19,
Page 673
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
NIEUPORT (Flem. Nieuwpoort)
, a town of Belgium in the province of West Flanders
.
Pop
.
(1904) 3780
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It was the port of Ypres, and is situated on the Yser about lo m
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S. of Ostend
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It was strongly fortified in the middle ages and its siege by the French in 1488–1489 is an episode of its heroic period
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Under its walls in 1600 Maurice of Nassau defeated the Archduke Albert and the Spaniards
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It contains an ancient cloth market, a fine town- See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- 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, 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)
and an old 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)
, and outside is a lighthouse dating from 1289
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Nieuport Bains, 2 M. from the town, is a fashionable seaside resort dating only from 1869
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It has a fine pier extending 15oo yds. out to sea and flanking the entrance to the Yser, which has been canalized
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The bathing is excellent, and in the season the place is largely frequented by visitors
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