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BOTHWELL , a See also:town of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. of town (1901) 3015; of See also:parish (1901) 45,905. The town lies on the right See also:bank of the See also:Clyde, 9 M. E.S.E. of See also:Glasgow by the See also:North See also:British and Caledonian See also:railways. Owing to its pleasant situation it has become a residential See also:quarter of Glasgow. The See also:choir of the old See also:Gothic 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 of 1398 (restored at the end of the 19th See also:century) forms a portion of the parish church. See also:Joanna See also:Baillie, the poetess, was See also:born in the See also:manse, and a memorial has been erected in her See also:honour. The See also:river is crossed by a suspension See also:bridge as well as the bridge near which, on the 22nd of See also:June 1679, was fought the See also:battle of Bothwell Bridge between the Royalists, under the See also:duke of See also:Monmouth, and the See also:Covenanters, in which the latter lost 500 men and See also:I000 prisoners. Adjoining this bridge, on the level north-eastern bank, is the See also:castle that once belonged to 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 See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh (fl. 1566-158o), the See also:assassin of the See also:regent See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray; and near the See also:present farmhouse the See also:South See also:Calder is spanned by a See also:Roman bridge. The picturesque ruins of Bothwell Castle occupy a conspicuous position on the See also:side of the river, which here takes the bold sweep famed in Scottish See also:song as Bothwell bank. The fortress belonged to See also:Sir See also:Andrew See also:Moray, who See also:fell at See also:Stirling in 1297, and passed by See also:marriage to the Douglases.
The lordship was bestowed in 1487 on See also:Patrick See also:Hepburn, 3rd See also:Lord See also:Hailes, 1st See also:earl of Bothwell, who resigned it in 1491 in favour of See also:Archibald See also:Douglas, 5th earl of See also:Angus. It thus reverted to the Douglases and now belongs to the earl of See also:Home, a descendant. The castle is a See also:fine example of Gothic, and mainly consists of a See also:great oblong quadrangle, flanked on the south side by circular towers. At the See also:east end are the remains of the See also:chapel. A See also:dungeon bears the See also:nickname of " See also:Wallace's See also:Beef See also:Barrel." The unpretending See also:mansion near by was built by Archibald Douglas, 1st earl of See also:Forfar (1653-1712). The parish of Bothwell contains several flourishing towns and villages, all owing their prosperity to the abundance of See also:coal, See also:iron and oil-shale. The See also:principal places, most of which have stations on the North British or Caledonian railway or both, are Bothwell See also:Park, Carfin, Chapelhall, Bellshill (pop. 8786), Holytown, Mossend, Newarthill,Uddingston (pop. 7463), Clydesdale, Hamilton See also:Palace, Colliery Rows and Tennochside.
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