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ALLOA , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of See also:Clackmannanshire, See also:Scotland. It is situated on the See also:north See also:bank of the Forth, 32 M. from See also:Edinburgh by the North See also:British railway via the Forth See also:Bridge, and 28 m. from See also:Leith by steamer. Pop. (1891) 12,643; (1901) 14,458. The Caledonian railway enters the See also:town from the See also:south-See also:west by a bridge across the See also:river, and also owns a See also:ferry to South Alloa, on the opposite See also:shore, in See also:Stirling-See also:shire. Between Alloa and Stirling the stream forms the famous " links," the course being so sinuous that whereas by road the two towns are but 62 m. apart, the distance between them by river is nearly 12 m.
For its See also:size and See also:population the town enjoys unusual prosperity, in consequence of its several flourishing See also:industries. Its manufactures of See also:yarn are on the largest See also:scale, the See also:spinning See also:mills often working See also:night and See also:day for many months together. There are also numerous breweries, and Alloa See also:ale has always been famous. The See also:great distillery at Carsebridge yields an immense See also:supply of yeast as well as See also:whisky. Other thriving trades include the See also:glass-See also:works on the shore, pottery-works in the " auld toon," dye-works and a factory for the making of See also:electrical appliances. There is a See also:good See also:deal of See also:shipbuilding, some ironfounding and a See also:brass foundry. The See also:chief See also:article of export is See also:coal from the neighbouring collieries, the other leading exports being ale, whisky, glass and manufactured goods. The imports comprise See also:timber, See also:grain, See also:iron, See also:linseed and See also:flax. The docks, accessible only at high See also:water, include a wet See also:basin and a dry See also:dock. Amongst the See also:principal buildings are the See also:fine See also:Gothic See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, with a See also:spire 200 ft. high; the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, including the See also:free public library, from designs by See also:Alfred See also:Waterhouse, R.A., the See also:gift of Mr J. See also:Thomson See also:Paton; the See also:county and municipal buildings; See also:hand-some public See also:baths and gymnasium, presented to the town by Mr See also:David Thomson; the See also:accident See also:hospital; the See also:fever hospital; the museum of the Natural See also:Science and Archaeological Society;
the See also:academy, the burgh school and a secondary school with the finest technical equipment in Scotland, given by Mr A. Forrester Paton. There is a public See also:park, besides See also:bowling-greens and See also:cricket and See also:football See also:fields. The old burying-ground was the kirkyard of the former parish church, the See also:tower of which still exists, but a See also:modern See also:cemetery has been formed in Sunnyside. The town owns the water-supply, See also:gas-works and electric-See also:lighting.
Alloa Park, the seat of the See also:earl of See also:Mar and Kellie, is in the immediate vicinity, and in its grounds stand the ruins of Alloa Tower, an See also:ancient structure 89 ft. high, with walls 11 ft. thick, which was built about 1315, and was once the See also:residence of the powerful See also:family of See also:Erskine, descendants of the earl of Mar. The earl who promoted the Jacobite rising in 1715 was See also:born here. Many of the Scots princes received their See also:education as wards of the Lords Erskine and the earls of Mar, the last to be thus educated being See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, the eldest son of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI.
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