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CROMARTY , a See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of the See also:county of See also:Ross and Cromarty, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1242. It is situated on the See also:southern See also:shore of the mouth of Cromarty See also:Firth, 5 M. E. by S. of Invergordon on the opposite See also:coast, with which there is daily communication by steamer, and 9 m. N.E. of See also:Fortrose, the most convenient railway station. Before the See also:union of the shires of Ross and Cromarty, it was the county See also:town of Cromartyshire, and is one of the See also:Wick See also:district See also:group- of See also:parliamentary burghs. Its name is variously derived from the Gaelic crom, crooked, and See also:bath, See also:bay, or ard, height, meaning either the " crooked bay," or the " See also:bend between the heights " (the high rocks, or Sutors, which guard the entrance to the Firth), and gave the See also:title to the earldom of Cromarty. The See also:principal buildings 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 and the See also:Hugh See also:Miller See also:Institute. The See also:harbour,enclosed by two piers, accommodates the See also:herring See also:fleet, but the See also:fisheries, the See also:staple See also:industry, have declined. The town, however, is in growing repute as a midsummer resort. The thatched See also:house with See also:crow-stepped gables in 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 See also:Street, in which Hugh Miller the geologist was See also:born, still stands, and a statue has been erected to his memory. To the See also:east of the burgh is Cromarty House, occupying the site of the old See also:castle of the earls of Ross. It was the birthplace of 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:Urquhart, the translator of See also:Rabelais.
Cromarty, formerly a county in the See also:north of Scotland, was incorporated with Ross-See also:shire in 1889 under the designat;on of the county of Ross and Cromarty. The See also:nucleus of the county consisted of the lands of Cromarty in the north of the See also:peninsula of the See also:Black Isle. To this were added from 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 to time the various estates scattered throughout Ross-shire—the most considerable of which were the districts around Ullapool and Little See also:Loch See also:Broom on the See also:Atlantic coast, the See also:area in which See also:Ben Wyvis is situated, and a See also:tract to the north of Loch Fannich—which had been acquired by the ancestors of Sir See also:George See also:Mackenzie (1630-1714), afterwards See also:Viscount Tarbat (1685) and 1st See also:earl of Cromarty (1703). Desirous of combining these sporadic properties into one shire, Viscount Tarbat was enabled to procure their See also:annexation to his sheriffdom of Cromarty in 1685 and 1698, the area of the enlarged county amounting to nearly 370 sq. m.
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