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POPERINGHE

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 88 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POPERINGHE  , an

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ancient
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town of
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West
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Flanders, 12 M . W. of
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Ypres . Pop . (1904), 11,680 . It contains a
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fine
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church of the 11th
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century, dedicated to St Betin . In the 14th century it promised to become one of the
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principal communes in Flanders; but having incurred the resentment of Ypres on a
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matter of
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trade rivalry it was attacked and captured by the citizens of that
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place, who reduced- it to a very subordinate position . There are extensive
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hop gardens,
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bleaching grounds and tanneries in the neighbourhood of the town .

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