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ETTRICK , a See also:river and See also:parish of See also:Selkirkshire, See also:Scotland. The river rises in See also:Capel See also:Fell (2223 ft.), 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 in the extreme S.W. of the See also:shire, and flows in a See also:north-easterly direction for 32 M. to its junction with the See also:Tweed, its See also:principal affluent being the See also:Yarrow. In the parish of Ettrick were See also:born 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:Hogg, the " Ettrick shepherd " (the site of the cottage being marked by a See also:monument erected in 1898), Tibbie (See also:Elizabeth) Shia (r782-1878), keeper of the famous See also:inn at the See also:head of St See also:Mary's See also:Loch, both of whom are buried in the See also:churchyard, and See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Boston (1713-1767), one of the founders of the See also:Relief 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. About 2 M. below Ettrick church is Thirlestane See also:Castle, the seat of See also:Lord See also:Napier and Ettrick, a descendant of the Napiers of Merchiston, and beside it is the ruin of the stronghold that belonged to See also:John See also:Scott of Thirlestane, to whom, in See also:reward for his See also:loyalty, James V. granted a sheaf of spears as a See also:crest, and the See also:motto, " Ready, aye ready." Two See also:miles up Rankle See also:Burn, a right-See also:hand tributary, lies the site of See also:Buccleuch, another strong-hold of the Scotts, which gave them the titles of See also:earl (1619) and See also:duke (1663). Only the merest fragment remains of Tushielaw See also:tower, occupying high ground opposite the confluence of the Rankle and the Ettrick, the See also:home of See also:Adam Scott, " 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 of the Border," who was executed for his misdeeds in 1530. See also:Lower down the See also:dale is Deloraine, recalling one of the leading characters in The See also:Lay of the Last See also:Minstrel. If the name come from the Gaelic dail ()See also:rain, " See also:Oran's 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," the See also:district was probably a See also:scene of the labours of St Oran (d. 548), an Irish See also:saint and friend of See also:Columba. It seems that See also:Sir See also:Walter Scott's See also:rhythm has caused the See also:accent wrongly to be laid on the last, instead of the penultimate syllable. Carterhaugh, a corruption of Carelhaugh, occupying the See also:land where Ettrick and Yarrow meet, was the scene of the ballad of "See also:Young Tamlane," and of the historic See also:football match in 1815, under the auspices of the duke of Buccleuch, between the burghers of See also:Selkirk, championed by Walter Scott, See also:sheriff of the See also:Forest (not yet a See also:baronet), and the men of Yarrow vale, championed by the Ettrick shepherd.
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