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ANNAN , a royal. municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Dumfriesshire, See also:Scotland, on the Annan, nearly 2 M. from its mouth, 15 M. from See also:Dumfries by the See also:Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway. It has a station also on the Caledonian railway See also:company's See also:branch See also:line from Kirtlebridge to Brayton (See also:Cumberland), which crosses the Solway See also:Firth at See also:Seafield by a viaduct, 13 m. See also:long, constructed of See also:iron pillars girded together by poles, driven through the See also:sand and See also:gravel into the underlying See also:bed of See also:sandstone. Annan is a well-built See also:town, red sandstone being the material mainly used. Among its public buildings is the excellent See also:academy of which See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Carlyle was a See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil. The See also:river Annan is crossed by a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge of three See also:arches dating from 1824, and by a railway bridge. The See also:Harbour See also:Trust, constituted in 1897, improved the shippingaccommodation, and vessels of 300 tons approach See also:close to the town. The See also:principal See also:industries include See also:cotton and rope manufactures, See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
bacon-curing, distilling, tanning, See also:shipbuilding, sand-stone See also:quarrying, nursery-gardening and See also:salmon-fishing. Large marine See also:engineering See also:works are in the vicinity. Annan is a burgh of considerable afftiquity. See also:Roman remains exist in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood, and the Bruces, lords of Annandale, the Baliols, and the Douglases were more or less closely associated with it. During the See also:period of the Border lawlessness the inhabitants suffered repeatedly at the hands of See also:moss-troopers and through the feuds of See also:rival families, in addition to the losses caused by the See also:English and Scots See also:wars. See also:Edward See also:Irving was a native of the town. With Dumfries, See also:Kirkcudbright, Lochmaben and See also:Sanquhar, Annan unites in sending one member to See also:parliament. Annan See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill commands a beautiful prospect. See also:Population (1901) 5805.
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