Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . ront of the chateau leads to Senlis (8 M.; p. 415). Er-menonville is GV4 M. from Mortefontaine (p. 407). 3072 M. Nanteifil-le-Haudouin. — 35 M. Ormoy-Villers. 38 M. Crepy-en-Valois (305 ft.; Hotels des Trois-Pigeons,de la Gare), a town with 5528 inhab., which suffered greatly inthe wars against the English in the 14th-15th cent., was the an-cient capital of the Valois, the appanage of a younger branch ofthe royal family of France. A few traces still remain, on a hillto the left of the station-gate, of the Chd
Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . ront of the chateau leads to Senlis (8 M.; p. 415). Er-menonville is GV4 M. from Mortefontaine (p. 407). 3072 M. Nanteifil-le-Haudouin. — 35 M. Ormoy-Villers. 38 M. Crepy-en-Valois (305 ft.; Hotels des Trois-Pigeons,de la Gare), a town with 5528 inhab., which suffered greatly inthe wars against the English in the 14th-15th cent., was the an-cient capital of the Valois, the appanage of a younger branch ofthe royal family of France. A few traces still remain, on a hillto the left of the station-gate, of the Chdteau des Valois. Amongother interesting buildings are the old collegiate church of St-Thornas ^begun after 1180, and dedicated to Thomas a Becket),with a facade of the 13th and a tower of the 15th cent.; the parishchurch of St-JJenisj in the Romanesque and Gothic styles, with amodern belfry; and the 18th cent. Tovm Gates. From (jrepy-en-Valois to Chantilly, via Senlis, see pp. 417-415. Rail-ways to SoifixfWM and to Covqneyve, via Verljerie, see Baedekers North-em France. I\. s^^S c^ if li i ;. - ?j r>v?r . * •- :! m * Rio -^^ -^* . . - ^. C/^ .^,;,?•|?? stfi^.r .?A ..^^
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