VIMOUTIERS

of Pays d'Auge

in NORMANDY

Records :

Site "perso" created June 2005, regular maintenance & updates.

Stats :

To December 31st, 2009 : 192.522 visits

Record day 05/22/2008 : 2802 visits

Links from other websites (not including search engines) : To December 31st 2008, 494 links

Message :

You own a picture which I am unlikely to acquire ... I would be pleased to buy it.

You don't want to sell it but would enjoy seeing it on the site,

please send it as an e-mail attachment,

I'll mention the source if you wish it, and visitors will be pleased.

Redaction :

These synthetic pages are objectable, it is with pleasure that I will correct the errors

tell them to me ... nicely !

Sources and bibliography :

Mainly : The Charters of Jumieges before 1121, Histoire ecclesiastique 1123-41 by OD:Orderic Vital,

Histoire de France by FEM:François-Eudes de Mezeray 1643-51

History of the Abbey of Jumieges 1760 by anonymous monk edited 1880-85 by l'abbe Loth,

Vimoutiers by C:Courmaceul 1816, G:Guillemeth 1847, Géographie de l'Orne CG:C.Gautier 1867,

Vimoutiers by B:Brion 1869, AP:A.Pernelle 1903, JB:Jean Bard 1948, Charlotte Corday by Joseph Shearing 1935,

History of the linen AB:A.Bell 1955, Jadis en Pays d'Auge JC:J.Chennebois & MC:M.Campion 1985.

National Geographic magazine, "Camembert, a national myth" P. Boisard 1992,

Historical Society of Vimoutiers, ADPE Pont de Vie,

le Patrimoine National, le Centre historique des Archives Nationales, the BNF, the CNAM ...

the web ►links, a few narratives and ...

... the vintage cards :

They are my collection. My wish is no other than to offer to you a stroll in the past,

and ... fortunately maybe,

to enable you to recognize a face, a silhouette, a signboard ... t'was yesterday.

Should you wish to copy one of them for your website,

you may provided that you mention the source and a link to http://vimoutiers.net/Home.htm

Any other copy forbidden, thanks for your fair play.

Illustrations :

A few drawings illustrate the site, if one of them is copyrighted,

do not feel offended, say it and it will be withdrawn.

Links :

Most links in text lead to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,

however a few ones lead to "private" websites as well as those indexed in the Links Page.

It is a mark of interest but

a word from the author not agreeing and the link will be immediately removed.

Copyright :

"Wow, all that is only chitchat but at the same time, it appears that it had to be written"