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BRECHIN , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Forfarshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (See also:root) 8941. It lies on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:South Esk, 71 M. See also:west of See also:Montrose, and has a station on the See also:loop See also:line of the Caledonian railway from See also:Forfar to See also:Bridge of Dun. Brechin is a prosperous See also:town, of See also:great antiquity, having been the site of a Culdee See also:abbey, The Danes are said to have burned the town in 1012. See also:David I. erected it into a bishopric in 1150, and it is still a see of the Episcopal 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 Scotland. In 1452 the See also:earl of See also:Huntly crushed the insurrection led by the earl of See also:Crawford at the See also:battle of Brechin See also:Muir, and in 1.645 the town and See also:castle were harried by the See also:marquis of Montrose. 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. gave a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant for See also:founding a See also:hospital in the burgh, which yet supplies the See also:council with funds for charity. No trace remains of the old walls and See also:gates of the town, but the See also:river is crossed by a two-arched 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 bridge of very See also:early date. The See also:cathedral church of the See also:Holy Trinity belongs to the 13th See also:century. It is in the Pointed See also:style, but suffered maltreatment in 1806 at the hands of restorers, whose See also:work, however, disappeared during the restoration completed in 1902. The western gable with its flamboyant window and See also:Gothic See also:door and the massive square See also:tower are all that is left of the See also:original edifice.
The See also:modern stained See also:glass in the See also:chancel is reckoned amongst the finest in Scotland. Immediately adjoining the cathedral to the south-west stands the See also:Round Tower, built about l000. It is 861 ft. high, has at the See also:base a circumference of 50 ft. and a See also:diameter of 16 ft., and is capped with a hexagonal See also:spire of 18 ft., which was added in the 15th century. This type of structure is somewhat See also:common in See also:Ireland, but the only Scottish examples are those at Brechin, See also:Abernethy in See also:Perthshire, and Egilshay in the Orkneys.
force by the See also:English under See also:Edward I., surrendering only when its See also:governor, See also:Sir 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:Maule, had been slain. From the Maule See also:family it descended to the Dalhousics. Its library contains many important See also:MSS., among them See also:Burns's See also:correspondence with See also:George See also:Thomson, and several cartularies including those of St See also:Andrews and Brechin. In the Vennel (See also:alley or small See also:street) some ruins remain of the maison dieu, or See also:hospitium, founded in 1256 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 of Brechin. Besides these See also:historical buildings the See also:principal public structures include See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith's school, the municipal buildings, the See also:free library, the episcopal library (founded by See also:Bishop See also:Forbes, who, as well as Bishop Abernethy-See also:Drummond, presented a large number of volumes). The principal See also:industries include manufactures of See also:linen and See also:sailcloth, See also:bleaching, rope-making, See also:brewing, distilling, See also:paper-making, in addition to nurseries and freestone quarries. Brechin—which is controlled by a See also:provost, baffles and council—unites with See also:Arbroath, Forfar, Inverbervie and Montrose to return one member to See also:parliament.
Edzell (pronounced Edyell, and, locally, Aigle) lies about 6 m. See also:north of Brechin, with which it is connected by See also:rail.
It is situated on the North Esk and near the West See also:Water, which falls into the Esk 2 M. south-west. Edzell is on the See also:threshold of romantic Highland scenery. The picturesque ruins of Edzell Castle See also:lie a mile to the west of the town. Once the seat of the Lindsays the See also:estate now belongs to the earl of See also:Dalhousie. The church of the See also:parish of Farnell, 32 M. south-See also:east of Brechin, was erected in 1806 after the See also:model, so it is stated,of the famous Holy See also:House (Casa See also:Santa) of See also:Loreto in See also:Italy. It was here that the old sculptured stone giving a version of the Fall was found. Between Farnell and Brechin lies Kinnaird Castle, the seat of the earl of Southesk.
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