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CLACKMANNAN , the See also: county See also:town of See also:Clackmannanshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. 1505. It lies near the See also:north See also:bank of the Forth, 2 M. E. of See also:Alloa, with two stations on the North See also:British railway. Among the public buildings are 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, the See also:tower of which, See also:standing on a commanding See also:eminence, is a conspicuous landmark. Clackmannan Tower is now a picturesque ruin, but at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time played an important See also:part in Scottish See also:history, and was the seat of a lineal descendant of the See also:Bruce See also:family after the failure of the male See also:line. The old See also:market See also:cross still exists, and See also:close to it stands the 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 that gives the town its name (Gaelic, clack, stone; Manann, the name of the See also:district). A large See also:spinning-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill and coalpits lend a See also:modern See also:touch in singular contrast with the See also:quaint, old-See also:world aspect of the See also:place. About 1 m. to the S.E. is Kennet See also:House, the seat of See also:Lord See also:Balfour of Burleigh, another member of the Bruce family.
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