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See also:BRIDGE OF See also:ALLAN , a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Stirlingshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 3240. It lies on the Allan, a See also:left-See also:hand tributary of the Forth, 3 M. N. of See also:Stirling by the Caledonian railway and by See also:tramway. Built largely on the well-wooded slopes of Westerton and Airthrey 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, sheltered by the Ochils from the See also:north and See also:east winds, and environed by charming scenery, it has a See also:great reputation as a See also:health resort and watering-See also:place, especially in See also:winter and See also:spring. There is a See also:pump-See also:room. The See also:chief buildings are the hydropathic and the Macfarlane museum of See also:fine See also:art and natural See also:history. The See also:industries include See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing and See also:paper-making. The Strathallan Gathering, usually held in the neighbourhood, is the most popular athletic See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting in See also:mid-Scotland. Airthrey See also:Castle, See also:standing in a fine See also:park with a See also:lake, adjoins the See also:town on the See also:south-east, and just beyond it are the old 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 and burying-ground of Logie, beautifully situated at the See also:foot of a See also:granite See also:spur of the Ochil range.
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