Guines, formerly GUISNES, a small town (pop. 3800) 8 miles S. of Calais, was the scene of 'the Field of the Cloth of Gold' (see HENRY VIII.).
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Guines, formerly GUISNES, a small town (pop. 3800) 8 miles S. of Calais, was the scene of 'the Field of the Cloth of Gold' (see HENRY VIII.).