|
DUFFTOWN , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Banffshire, See also:Scotland, on the Fiddich, 64 m. W.N.W. of See also:Aberdeen by the See also:Great See also:North of Scotland railway. Pop. (1901) 1823. It See also:dates from 1817 and bears the name of its founder, 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 See also:Duff, 4th See also:earl of See also:Fife. Although planned in the shape of. a See also:cross, with ra square and See also:tower in the See also:middle, the arms of the cross are not straight, the constructor holding the ingenious See also:opinion that, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to prevent little towns from being taken in at a glance, their streets should be crooked. The leading See also:industries are See also:lime-See also:works and distilleries, the See also:water being specially fitted for the making of See also:whisky. The See also:town has considerable repute as a See also:health resort, owing partly to its See also:elevation (737 ft.) and partly to the natural charms of the See also:district. The See also:parish of Mortlach, in which Dufftown is situated, is See also:rich in archaeological and See also:historical associations. What is called the 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 of Mortlach is tradition-ally believed to have been erected to commemorate the success of See also:Malcolm II. over the Danes in 1oto. The three large stones known as " The See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Grave, 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-fort, and See also:cairns are of See also:interest to the See also:antiquary. The old 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 Mortlach, though restored and almost renewed, still contains some See also:lancet windows and a See also:round-headed See also:doorway, besides monuments dating from' 1417. A portion of old Balvenie See also:Castle, a ruin, is considered to be of Pictish origin, but most of it is in the Scots Baronial.' It has associations with See also:Alexander See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, earl of See also:Buchan and See also:lord of See also:Badenoch (1343-1405), son of See also:Robert II., whose ruffianly conduct in See also:Elginshire earned him the designation of the See also:Wolf of
Badenoch, the Comyns, the Douglases (to whom it gave the See also:title of See also:baron in the 15th See also:century), the Stuarts and theDtkffs. The new castle, an uninteresting See also:building, was erected in 1724 by the earl of Fife, and though untenanted is maintained in repair. Two See also:miles to the S.E. of Dufftown is the ruined castle of Auchindown, finely situated on a See also:limestone See also:crag, 200 ft. high, of which three sides are washed by the Fiddich and the See also:fourth was protected by a See also:moat. It dates from the 11th century, and once belonged to the Ogilvies, from whom it passed in 1535 to the Gordons. The See also:Gothic 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 with rows of fluted pillars is in See also:fair preservation. See also:Ben Rinnes (2755 ft.) and several other hills of lesser See also:altitude all See also:lie within a few miles of Dufftown. About 4 M. to the N.W. is Craigellachie—Gaelic for" the See also:rock of alarm " —(pop. 454), on the confines of Elginshire. It is situated on the See also:Spey amidst scenery of surpassing loveliness. The See also:slogan of the Grants is " Stand fast Craigellachie!" The See also:place has become an important junction of the Great North of Scotland railway See also:system.
End of Article: DUFFTOWN
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!