Ypres, an old Belgian town in West Flanders, 30 m. SW. of Bruges; was at one time a great weaving centre, and famous for its diaper linen; has much fallen off, though it retains a town-hall and a cathedral, both of Gothic architecture in evidence of what it once was; it was strongly fortified once, and has been subjected to many sieges; the manufacture of thread and lace is now the most important industry.
Population (circa 1900) given as 16,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Youngstown * Yriarte, Charles