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See also:ARBROATH, or ABERBROTHOCK , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh, and seaport of See also:Forfarshire, See also:Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of Brothock See also:water, 17 M. N.E. of See also:Dundee by the See also:North See also:British railway, which has a See also:branch to See also:Forfar, via See also:Guthrie, on the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1881) 22, 821; (1901) 22,398. The See also:town is under the See also:jurisdiction of a See also:provost, bailies and See also:council, and, with See also:Brechin, Forfar, Inverbervie and See also:Montrose, returns one member to See also:parliament. The leading See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:sailcloth, See also:canvas and coarse linens, tanning, hoot and See also:shoe making, and See also:bleaching, besides See also:engineering See also:works, See also:iron foundries, chemical works, See also:shipbuilding and See also:fisheries. The See also:harbour, originally constructed and maintained by the abbots, by an agreement between the burgesses and See also:John Gedy, the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot in 1394, was replaced by one more commodious in 1725, which in turn was enlarged and improved in 1844. The older portion was converted into a wet See also:dock in 1877, and the entrance and See also:bar of the new harbour were deepened. A See also:signal See also:tower, 50 ft. high, communicates with the See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell See also:Rock (q.v.) lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock, 12 M. See also:south-See also:east of Arbroath, celebrated in See also:Southey's ballad. The See also:principal public buildings are 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, a somewhat ornate See also:market See also:house, the gildhall, the public hall, the infirmary, the antiquarian museum (including some valuable fossil remains) and the public and See also:mechanics' See also:libraries. The 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 See also:dates from 1570, but has been much altered, and the See also:spire was added in 1831. The ruins of a magnificent See also:abbey, once one of the richest See also:foundations in Scotland, stand in High See also:Street. It was founded by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the See also:Lion in 1178 for Tironesian See also:Benedictines from See also:Kelso, and consecrated in 1197, being dedicated to St 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:Becket, whom the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king had met at the See also:English See also:court. It was William's only See also:personal See also:foundation, and he was buried within its precincts in '214. Its See also:style was mainly See also:Early English, the western gable See also:Norman. The cruciform church measured 276 ft. See also:long by 16o ft. wide, and was a structure of singular beauty and splendour. The remains include the See also:vestry, the See also:southern See also:transept (See also:tile famous See also:rose window of which is still entire), See also:part of the See also:chancel, the southern See also:wall of the See also:nave, part of the entrance towers and the western See also:doorway. It was here that the parliament met which on the 6th of See also:April 1320 addressed to the See also:pope the notable See also:letter, asserting the See also:independence of their See also:country and reciting in eloquent terms the services which their " See also:lord and See also:sovereign " See also:Robert See also:Bruce had rendered to Scotland. The last of the abbots was See also:Cardinal See also:Beaton, who succeeded his See also:uncle 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 when the latter became See also:archbishop of St See also:Andrews. At the See also:Reformation the abbey was dismantled and afterwards allowed to go to ruin. Part of the See also:secular buildings still stand, and the abbot's house, or Abbey House as it is now called, is inhabited. Arbroath was created a royal burgh in 1186, and its See also:charter of r J99 is preserved. King John exempted it from " See also:toll and See also:custom " in every part of See also:England excepting See also:London. Arbroath is " Fairport " of See also:Scott's See also:Antiquary, and Auchmithie, 3 M. north-east (" Musscicrag" of the same See also:romance), is a See also:quaint old-fashioned See also:place, where the men See also:earn a See also:precarious living by fishing. On each See also:side of the See also:village the See also:coast scenery is remarkably picturesque, the rugged cliffs—reaching in the promontory of Red See also:Head, the See also:scene of a thrillingincident in the Antiquary, a height of 267 ft.—containing many curiously shaped caves and archways which attract large See also:numbers of visitors. At the 14th-See also:century church of St Vigeans, r m. north of Arbroath, stands one of the most interesting of the sculptured stones of Scotland, with what is thought to be the only legible inscription in the Pictish See also:tongue. The parish—originally called Aberbrothock and now incorporated with Arbroath for administrative purposes—takes its name from a See also:saint or See also:hermit whose See also:chapel was situated at See also:Grange of See also:Conon, 33L M. north-See also:west. Two See also:miles west by south are the quarries of Carmyllie, the ter-minus of a branch See also:line from Arbroath, which was the first See also:light railway in Scotland and was opened in 1900.
End of Article: ARBROATH, or ABERBROTHOCK
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