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VERNON

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1033 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERNON  , a

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town of north-western France, in the department of
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Eure, 19 M . E.N.E. of
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Evreux by road . Pop . (1906) 7274 . Vernon stands on the
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left
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bank of the Seine opposite the
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forest of Vernon, a stone
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bridge uniting it to Vernonnet on the right bank, where there are important stone: quarries . The forest of Bizy lies to the south of the town . Its church is an interesting
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building dating from the 12th to the 15th centuries, and there is a cylindrical keep built by Henry I. of England . The
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port on the Seine carries on trade in stone and
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coal, and the town has workshops for the manufacture of army
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engineering material and manufactures benzine, aniline dyes, wooden shoes,
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liqueurs, &c . Vernon in 1196 was ceded by its count to Philip Augustus, Richard I. resigning his
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suzerainty . The first Estates of
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Normandy were held at Vernon in 1452 .

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