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Title: Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Baedeker, Karl Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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lundred Vears War (18157-1453). Edward 111of England landed at St. Vaait-la-Hougue in 1345 and rapidly overran thi:co-untry; but by th« treaty i f Bretigny in 13üO he rcnouiiced bis Claim tuNormandy, and in 1360 ths oiily Norman Iown in the possession of thfEngli-.h was Chcrbourg. Thirty-five years later the Knglish again appea edin Niirmandy and by 1120 Henry V. had inade himself ma=ter of thiprovince. Be^isiancu to the foreign invadcr, however, gradually be^auto make beidway. Rouen i)pened its gates to the Fiench in 1449; noxtyear Ihe EngÜ^h sulkred a crufhinu defcat at Formigny; and in Aug.1450 they finallv ovacuated the province. Nothing reraained to thcm ofthe old Anglo-Norman possessions excoptth« Channel l,«lands. In 1468Normandy was declared an inalienable part (if the royal domains. Sincethen its history has b^en comparaiively tianquil, apart from Its biief butviolüut part in the religioii» vvars of tbo 16th Cent, terminated in Normandyby thü puace of Amboiab (15ö3).
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119 17. From Dieppe to Paris. 1041/2 or 125 M. Railwat in 2V2-5 hps. (fares 18 fr. 80, 12 fr. 80, 8 fr.30 c.). The quieket trains run via Rouen, thouf^h that route is the longesin mileage. — From London to Dieppe, see p. xiii. Dieppe. — Arrival. The boat-trains run to and from the Oart Mari-time (PI. U, 2; bullet). The Cenral Stalion (PI. C, 3) lies ca. 2/4 M. fromthe beach. Omnibus from the .•■tation to the hoteis or to a private address30 c, with liig:4age 60 c, at niglit 50 and 80 c. Hotels. Travellers are recommended to ascertain charges beforehand.^HoTEL Royal (PI. a, C, 1; Jvo. 15). 200 R. from 6, \i. IV2, dtij. ä la carte,1). 6 & 10, peiis. from 16, omn. I72 fr.; Hör. JIeteüi-ole (PI. d. D, 1;No. 24), ItO 11. from 5, B. l/z, dtj. 4, 1). 0, pens. from. lÜ/z, omn. (»/«fr.;Gkand-HOtkl (11. g, E, 1; No. 59), 150 R. from 6, ü. IV2, ddj. 4, D. 6,pens. from 1», iinn. 1 fr.; Regina Palace tPl- h, B, 1; No. 1), löU R.from 4, B. IV2, dcj. 4, D. 5, pens. from 10, omn.

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