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  ST QUENTIN - LoveToKnow Article on ST QUENTIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Built on a slope, with a southern exposure, the town is dominated by the collegiate church of St Quentin, one of the finest Gothic buildings in the north of France, erected during the 12th, i3th, I4th and 15th centuries.
St Quentin is the seat of a sub-prefect, of tribunals of first instance and of commerce, and of a board of trade-arbitration, and has an exchange, a chamber of commerce and lyces for both sexes.
From 1420 to 1471 St Quentin was occupied by the Burgundians.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/ST_QUENTIN.htm   (1470 words)

  
 Mount ST QUENTIN
His dominating position of Mt, St. Quentin was his strongest fortress, and it was the key to the country from Peronne to the Hindenburg line.
Quentin, where the troops were refitting and resting after the exhausting moving battle of the previous weeks.
The village of St Quentin, on the crest of the mount, was again in the enemy's hands.
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 Mont St Quentin and Peronne
Although Mont St Quentin, only 100 metres high, was a key to the German defence of the Somme line, Field Marshall Haig felt that there was no immediate need to push the Germans from this location.
Monash believed that by taking control of Mont St Quentin, the line of the Somme River would be useless to the Germans as a defensive position and they would be forced to retreat to the Hindenburg Line.
Lieutenant A. Sedgwick MC and some of his party from the 24th Battalion, awaiting the lifting of the artillery barrage on Mont St Quentin, photographed a few minutes before moving out of the trench to engage in the renewed attack on the Crater at 1.30 p.m.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww1/france/mont-quentin.htm   (1612 words)

  
 Battle of St. Quentin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Most of the battles were fought in the vicinity of St.
Battle of St. Quentin (1557) - Spanish victory over the French in the.
Battle of St. Quentin (1871) - during the Franco-Prussian War.
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 Dudo Introduction
Because this same Dudo is called simply a "canonicus" (canon) of St. Quentin in a charter of duke Richard II which dates from 1015, (note 2).
When a canon became dean of St. Quentin, he did not thereby cease to be a canon of the community; witness the following verbal construction from a typical charter in the cartulary (collection of charters) of St. Quentin, which refers to "the dean and the other canons of the church of blessed Quintinus." (note 6).
The Benedictines of St. Maur, in contrast, present the governance of the house to have involved lay abbots and deans throughout the period; however, they provide no source for "Vivianus," said to have been the "decanus" in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries, before Dudo (Gallia Christiana IX (Paris, 1751) coll.
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 Radbod, king of the Frisians - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
During the second journey of St. Boniface to Rome, Wulfram is said to have preached in Frisia.
Proudly he responded "Then I would rather be suffering there with them than go to heaven with a pack of beggars." The baptism was cancelled, the priests were sent scurrying, and Frisia remained free of the dominance of the Church of Rome for many years to come.
Dudo of St. Quentin's Gesta Normannorum (http://www.the-orb.net/orb_done/dudo/dudindex.html): Chapter 9.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Radbod   (811 words)

  
 1989-R-80 -- Abandonment of the St. Quentin Subdivision (CN)
R-2) for authority to abandon the operation of the St. Quentin Subdivision between Tide Head (mileage 0.00) and I.N.R. Junction (mileage 103.50), (as amended from mileage 105.76) (hereinafter the branch line), a total distance of 103.50 miles, in the Province of New Brunswick.
R-2), for authority to abandon the operation of the St. Quentin Subdivision from Tide Head (mileage 0.00) to I.N.R. Junction (mileage 103.50) (as amended from mileage 105.76), a total distance of 103.50 miles, in the Province of New Brunswick.
The St. Quentin Subdivision is situated in the Restigouche Uplands district of the Province.
www.cta-otc.gc.ca /rulings-decisions/orders/1989/R/1989-R-80_e.html   (3153 words)

  
 St. Quentin
Rotherham's official twin town is St Quentin in North East France.  Since the Twinning Declaration was signed in 1990, the links between the two towns have gone from strength to strength.
St Quentin is in the Picardy region of France, situated halfway between Paris and Brussels.  The town was almost completely rebuilt after the destruction of World War I, although some important buildings such as the Town Hall survived.
Quentin, freely elected by the citizens of our towns, confident that we are responding to the wishes, aspirations and needs of the inhabitants of our towns, knowing that our countries have a high regard for freedom and are the cradles of our western civilisation;
www.rotherham.gov.uk /graphics/YourCouncil/Twin+Town   (245 words)

  
 St Quentin Tour
A final line was formalised in an arc around St Quentin and it differed from the rest of the British front in that it wasn’t always a continuous line of trenches – there were many outposts, gaps in the line and large areas of disputed territory.
The hill is still intact, and despite the recent arrival of a new motorway link from Amiens to St Quentin which seemed to put the position under threat, the fields are well away from the new development.
The railway line that ran from the village to St Quentin was cut by a large redoubt north of the village, called Racecourse Redoubt.
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 St Quentin - Residential and Nursing Care - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
St Quentin was originally built for Colonel Sir George Wade, the well-known pottery manufacturer who lived there from 1925-1952.
He named the house St Quentin because he was awarded a bar to his M.C following the crossing by the South Staffs regiment of the St Quentin canal in 1918.
The two properties being adjacent to each other has meant that residents are able to have the continuity of moving to nursing care if required with little or no disruption, as the Homes are run in a similar way by the proprietors who are actively involved in the daily running of the business.
www.stquentin.org.uk   (195 words)

  
 St. Quentin an Industrial Town
"St. Quentin which was built on both banks of the Somme, as the ancient capital of Vermandois, was known for the manufacture and trade of cloth and various other fabrics since Medieval Times.
The years around 1830 were considered the start of industrial expansion in France and at this time heavy industry was added to the textile work in St. Quentin.
The foundation of his Congregation in the future was indissolubly linked with St. Quentin which was partly responsible for its official name: 'Priests of the Sacred Heart of St. Quentin'." (Yves Ledure, A Short Life of Leo Dehon, Malpas 1998, p.
www.scj.org /scj_homp/we-scj/ljd26.html   (2101 words)

  
 SIMON OF ST QUENTIN - LoveToKnow Article on SIMON OF ST QUENTIN
SIMON OF ST QUENTIN - LoveToKnow Article on SIMON OF ST QUENTIN
He accompanied, and wrote the history of, the Dominican embassy lunder Friar Ascelin or Anselm, which Pope Innocent IV.
See Fragments in T. Bergk, Poetae lyrici Graeci; separate editions by F. Welcker (1835), and especially by P. Malusa (1900), with exhaustive introduction, bibliography and commentary.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIMON_OF_ST_QUENTIN.htm   (688 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Foillan
He was therefore of great assistance in the organization of worship, and the holy books and relics which he brought were great; treasures for St. Ita and St. Gertrude.
As the monastery of Nivelles was under Irish discipline, the companions of Foillan were well received and lived side by side with the holy women, occupying themselves with the details of worship under the general direction of the abbess.
But they were recovered by St. Gertrude, and when she had taken some relics of the saint his body was borne to the monastery of Fosses, where it was buried about 655.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06123c.htm   (662 words)

  
 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment:- The Battle Of The St. Quentin Canal
On the right of the Fourth Army the First French Army continued the attack on the St. Quentin Sector: on the left two corps of the Third Army (Vth and IVth) had attacked at an earlier hour between Vendhuille and Marcoing and had heavy fighting at Villers-Guislain,Gonnelieu and the Welsh Ridge.
In the Vth Corps of the Third Army was the 33rd Division, containing the 1st Battalion (98th Brigade) and 18th (Pioneer) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.
On the 1st of October the Middlesex were holding the crossings of the St. Quentin Canal at Honnecourt.
freespace.virgin.net /howard.anderson/stquentincanal.htm   (647 words)

  
 ST REMY - LoveToKnow Article on ST REMY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
ST REMY - LoveToKnow Article on ST REMY
Near by is the old priory of St Paul-de-Mausole with an.
In the vicinity of St Rmy there are quarries of building stone, and seed-cultivation is an important industry.
www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/ST_REMY.htm   (128 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | St Quentin Road Guide | St Quentin Road London, DA16, England, UK | London Streets by Street | London ...
St Quentin Road London, DA16, England, UK
St Quentin Road is located in the borough of Bexley
The nearest underground station to St Quentin Road is 'North Greenwich ' which is about 148 minutes to the North West.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/st_quentin_road_c9e.html   (102 words)

  
 University of St. Quentin NEW BRUNSWICK Canada - Pagelite Search The Canadian Web Directory
Her family is from New Brunswick (St. John, Allardville, Bathurst...
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This year' s recipient is Hélène Faucher from Moncton University (St. Quentin, New Brunswick).
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 Cousins December 2002, Volume 3, Number 12
In December of 2000, I said myself, “Self, having discovered your connections to such a prolific and wide spread family, perhaps it might be a good thing to share the wealth with your relatives by way of a monthly newsletter.” Little did I know how well this news would be received.
Quentin, baptized 1718 “de St-Martin-de-St-Quentin, diocèse de Noyon, Ile-de-France”, is the son of Florent MAUROIS and Madeleine LENAIN.
Quentin was a soldier of the company of Leparvanche (to quote “soldat de la compagnie de Leparvanche”).
www.fortlangley.ca /pepin/c0312.html   (1883 words)

  
 St Quentin Airport
We had an unscheduled stop here as the clouds were getting too low.
Quentin is in the middle of nowhere in Northern France.
The runway was so short a gap had been cut into the trees at the end.
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 Brasserie St Quentin - london restaurants - toptable.co.uk
Brasserie St Quentin was one of the first brasseries in London serving le vrai cuisine bourgeois in very French style to great acclaim.
Now re-acquired by its one of its original partners, Hugh O'Neill, the St Quentin is, dare we say it, better than ever.
This was one of the very first brasseries in London, now re-acquired by one of its original partners, Hugh O'Neill, the St Quentin is, dare we say it, better than ever.
www.toptable.co.uk /details.cfm?rid=1377&refid=view   (355 words)

  
 News Release - Communiqué - 2002-9-27   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The RCMP in St. Quentin, NB are investigating a fatal farming accident.
A man was killed on the afternoon of Thursday, September 26, 2002 at a potato farm in St. Quentin.
58 year old, Emilien Proulx, of St- Quentin, died as a result of injuries sustained following an accident with a piece of farm equipment.
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca /nb/news/Sep2702_164545.html   (149 words)

  
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 Waitrose.com - London SW3: Brasserie St Quentin - Waitrose Food Illustrated
Just a few doors apart on Brompton Road are Racine and Brasserie St Quentin, two authentic French restaurants.
The confusing thing is that although Racine calls itself a restaurant, it serves classic brasserie dishes, whereas Brasserie St Quentin serves la cuisine fine.
Brasserie St Quentin, 243 Brompton Road, London SW3.
www.waitrose.com /food_drink/wfi/eatingout/london/0406084d.asp   (295 words)

  
 Brasserie St Quentin London Restaurant Information, 243 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
Part of this chain, St Quentin is an authentic Parisienne brasserie that isn't swayed by fashion.
Although Brasserie St Quentin's decor levaes a lot to be desired - all fl paint and smoky mirrors - we love the French scran here.
Brasserie St Quentin's Creme Brulee tastes like Jesus made it himself.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /info_restaurant_6561.html   (156 words)

  
 St.Quentin Consulting - Surveyors, Planners & Development Consultants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
St. Quentin Consulting is a leader in the provision of development consulting, town
Focused on Geelong and the southwest region of
St. Quentin Consulting’s fullservice delivery style is driven by our clients’ objectives.
www.stqc.com.au   (112 words)

  
 Ecole primaire de St Quentin/Isère
Instituteur à St Quentin de 1975 à 2003
St Quentin s/Isère, commune de 1944 ha pour une population de 1250 habitants disséminée sur un territoire de 12 kms de long et de 4 kms de large partagée en 38 hameaux ou lieux dits.
Le nombre d'agriculteurs a considérablement diminué ces dernières années et Saint Quentin tend de plus en plus à devenir une des cités-dortoirs de Grenoble.
www.ac-grenoble.fr /quentin/index.html   (221 words)

  
 The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History: St Quentin, Battle of@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History: St Quentin, Battle of@ HighBeam Research
During the Franco-Spanish war, Spanish victory over the French 10 Aug 1557 at St Quentin, a French town 150 km/95 mi northwest of Paris.
A Spanish force, estimated at 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot under Duke Philibert of Savoy was threatening St Quentin and the Constable of France, the Duc de Montmorency, set out to relieve it with a...
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 Ibis Avranches Mont St Michel - Saint-quentin-sur-le-homme, France, Hotel
Fully renovated hotel located in the Normandy region and near Mont St Michel.
IBIS hotel is located on front of Formule 1 Hotel.
H otel is located at 3 kms from Avranches center and at 22 kms from Mont St Michel.
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 Francois de Bar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Francois de Bar (1538—1606), French scholar, was born at Seizencourt[?], near St.
Quentin[?], and having studied at the university of Paris entered the order of St. Benedict[?].
He soon became prior of the abbey of Anchin[?], near Pecquencourt[?], and passed much of his time in the valuable library of the abbey, studying ecclesiastical history, especially that of Flanders.
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