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DUNBLANE , a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:left See also:bank of See also:Allan See also:Water, a tributary of the Forth, 5 m. N. by W. of See also:Stirling by the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 2516. It is a See also:place of See also:great antiquity, with narrow streets and old-fashioned houses. The leading See also:industry is the manufacture of woollens. The See also:cathedral is situated by the See also:side of the See also:river, and was one of the few ecclesiastical edifices that escaped injury at the hands of the Reformers. The first 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 is alleged to have been erected by See also:Blane, a See also:saint of the 7th See also:century, but the cathedral as founded by See also:David I. in 1141, and almost entirely rebuilt about 1240 by See also:Bishop Clemens. Excepting the See also:tower, which is See also:Early See also:Norman and was probably incorporated from the earlier structure, the See also:building is of the Early Pointed See also:style. It consists of a See also:nave (130 ft. See also:long, 58 ft. wide, 50 ft. high), aisles, See also:choir (8o ft. long by 30 ft. wide), See also:chapter-See also:house and tower. See also:Ruskin considered that there was " nothing so perfect in its simplicity " as the See also:west window, the See also:design of which resembles a See also:leaf. After the decline of See also:episcopacy the building was neglected for a long See also:period, but the choir, which contains some carved See also:oak stalls of the 16th century, was restored in 1873, and the nave roofed and restored in 1892-1895, under the direction of See also:Sir Rowand See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson, the architect. From the 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 of the See also:Reformation the choir had been used as the See also:parish church, but since its restoration the whole cathedral has been devoted to this purpose. The new oak roof is emblazoned with the arms of the Scottish and later See also:British monarchs, and of the old earls of Strathearn. Several members of the families of Strathearn and Strathallan were buried in the cathedral, and three stones of See also:blue See also:marble in the See also:floor of the choir are supposed to See also:mark the See also:graves of See also:Lady See also:Margaret See also:Drummond (b. 1472), See also:mistress of 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., and her two sisters, daughters of See also:Lord Drummond, who were mysteriously poisoned in 1501. An See also:ancient See also:Celtic See also:cross, 62 ft. high, stands in the See also:north-western corner of the nave. See also:Robert See also:Leighton was the greatest of the bishops of Dunblane, and held the see from 1661 to 1670. The library of 1500 volumes which he bequeathed to the See also:clergy of the See also:diocese is housed in a building with an outside See also:stair, See also:standing near the cathedral, and the Bishop's Walk by the river also perpetuates his memory. Of the bishop's See also:palace only a few ruins remain. The battlefield of See also:Sheriffmuir is about 22 M. E. of the See also:town. A mile and a See also:half S. of Dunblane is the See also:estate of Keir which belonged to Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Stirling-See also:Maxwell, the historian and See also:art critic. The See also:duke of See also:Leeds derives the See also:title of one of his viscounties from Dunblane.
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