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DOUGLAS , a See also:village of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1206. It is situated on Douglas See also:water, 3 M. from Douglas station on the See also:branch See also:line from Carstairs to See also:Ayr, 11 m. by road S.S.W. of See also:Lanark. It is a See also:place of See also:ancient aspect, bearing evident signs of decay, but possesses See also:peculiar See also:interest as the See also:original See also:home of the See also:great Douglas See also:family. Of the old See also:castle, See also:Scott's Castle Dangerous, only a See also:tower exists. The stronghold repeatedly changed hands during the See also:wars waged against See also:Edward I. for the See also:independence of Scotland. The See also:modern castle is the seat of the See also:earl of Home. Only the See also:choir and See also:spire remain of the 12th-See also:century 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 of St See also:- BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)
Bride, the See also:patron See also:saint of the Douglases. The vault beneath the choir was, until 1761, the See also:burial-place of the family, and it contains a See also:silver See also:case said to hold the ashes of the See also:heart of the "See also:good See also:Sir 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" (1286-1330). In 1879thechoir was restored and the tombs (including that of Sir James Douglas) repaired. See also:David Hackston of Rathillet, the Covenanter, is stated to have been captured in the village (in a See also:house still See also:standing) after the See also:battle of See also:Aird's See also:Moss in 1680. On the 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 of Auchensaugh (1286 ft.), 21 M. S.E., the See also:Cameronians assembled in 1712 to renew the See also:Solemn See also:League and See also:Covenant. This gathering, the "Auchensaugh Wark," as it was called, led up to the See also:secession of the Reformed Presbyterians from the See also:Kirk.
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