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CUMNOCK AND HOLMHEAD , a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Ayrshire, See also:Scotland, on the Lugar, 33; M. S. of See also:Glasgow by road, with two stations (Cumnock and Old Cumnock) on the Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 3088. It lies in the See also:parish of Old Cumnock (pop. 5144), and is a thriving See also:town, with a 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, cottage See also:hospital, public library and an See also:athenaeum. See also:Coal and ironstone are extensively See also:mined in the neighbourhood, and the manufactures include woollens, tweeds, agricultural implements and pottery. When See also:Alexander See also:Peden (1626-1686), the persecuted Covenanter, died, he was buried in the See also:Boswell See also:aisle of Auchinleck 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; but his See also:corpse was See also:borne thence with every indignity by a See also:company of dragoons to the See also:foot of the gallows at Cumnock, where they intended to hang it in chains. This proving to be impracticable they buried it at the gallows-foot. After the Revolution the inhabitants out of respect for the " See also:Prophet's " memory abandoned their then burying-ground and turned the old See also:place of See also:execution into the See also:present See also:cemetery. Five See also:miles S.E. lies the parish of New Cumnock (pop. 5367) at the confluence of Afton See also:Water and the Nith. It is See also:rich in minerals, See also:iron, coal, See also:limestone and freestone, and has a station on the Glasgow & South-Western railway. Two miles N.W. of Cumnock is Auchinleck (pronounced Aflleck), with a station on the Glasgow & South-Western railway. Coal and iron See also:mining and farming are important See also:industries. It is the seat of the Boswell See also:family, three generations of which achieved greatness—Lord Auchinleck, the See also:judge (who dubbed Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson " Ursa See also:Major"), his son 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, the biographer, and his See also:grandson See also:Sir Alexander, the author of " See also:Gude nicht and joy be wi' you a'," " Jenny's See also:Bawbee," Jenny dang the See also:weaver," and other songs and poems, who perished miserably in a See also:duel. Pop. of Auchinleck parish (1901) 66o5.
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