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CRIEFF , a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, See also:capital of Strathearn, 17 1, m. W. of See also:Perth by the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 5208. Occupying the See also:southern slopes of a 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 on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Earn, here crossed by a See also:bridge, it practically consists of a See also:main See also:street, with narrower streets branching off at right angles. Its See also:climate is the healthiest in See also:mid-Scotland, the See also:air being pure and dry. Its See also:charter is said to date from 1218, and it was the seat of the courts of the earls of Strathearn till 1747, when heritable jurisdictions were abolished. A Runic sculptured 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, believed to be of the 8th See also:century, and the old See also:town See also:cross stand in High Street, but the See also:great See also:cattle See also:fair, for which Crieff was once famous, was removed to See also:Falkirk in 1770. It was probably in connexion with this See also:market that the " See also:kind gallows of Crieff " acquired their notoriety, for they were mostly used for the See also:execution of Highland cattle-stealers. The principalbuildings 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, tolbooth, public library, See also:assembly rooms, See also:mechanics' See also:institute, See also:Morison's See also:academy (founded in 1859), and Strathearn See also:House, a hydropathic See also:establishment built on an See also:eminence at the back of the town, and itself sheltered by the Knock of Crieff (911 ft. high). The See also:industries consist of manufactures of See also:cotton, See also:linen, woollens and worsteds, and See also:leather. See also:Drummond See also:Castle, about 3 m. S., is celebrated for its gardens. They See also:cover an See also:area of 10 acres, are laid out in terraces, and illustrate See also:Italian, Dutch and See also:French styles. They were planned by the 2nd See also:earl of Perth (d. 1662), and take See also:rank with the most magnificent in the See also:United See also:Kingdom. The keep of the castle See also:dates from 1490, and much of the See also:original See also:building was demolished in 1689, a few years after its See also:siege by See also:Cromwell. The See also:present structure was erected subsequent to the extinction of the Jacobite See also:rebellion.
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