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DINGWALL , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh and See also:county See also:town of the See also:shire of See also:Ross and See also:Cromarty, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 2519. It is situated near the See also:head of Cromarty See also:Firth where the valley of the Peffery unites with the alluvial lands at the mouth of the See also:Conon, 180 m. N.W. of See also:Inverness by the Highland railway. Its name, derived from the Scandinavian Thingvollr, " See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field or 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-See also:place of the thing," or See also:local See also:assembly, preserves the Norse origin of the town; its Gaelic designation is Inverpefferon," the mouth of the Peffery." The 18th-See also:century town See also:house, and some remains of the See also:ancient See also:mansion of the once powerful earls of Ross still exist. There is also a public See also:park. An See also:obelisk, 57 ft. high, was erected over the See also:grave of the 1st See also:earl of Cromarty. The town belongs to the See also:Wick See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs. It is a flourishing distributing centre and has an important See also:corn See also:market and See also:auction marts. Some See also:shipping is carried on at the See also:harbour at the mouth of the Peffery, about a mile below the burgh. See also:Branch lines of the Highland railway run to See also:Strathpeffer and to Strome See also:Ferry and Kyle of Lochalsh (for See also:Skye). See also:Alexander II. created Dingwalla royal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in 1226, and its See also:charter was renewed by 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 IV. On the See also:top of Knockfarrel (Gaelic, cnoc, 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; faire, See also:watch, or guard), a hill about 3 M. to the See also:west, is a large and very See also:complete vitrified fort with ramparts.
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