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FALKIRK , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Stirlingshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1891) 19,769; (1901) 29,280. It is situated on high ground overlooking the fertile Carse of Falkirk, 11 m. S.E. of See also:Stirling, and about midway between See also:Edinburgh and See also:Glasgow. See also:Grangemouth, its See also:port, lies 3 M. to the N.E., and the Forth & See also:Clyde See also:Canal passes to the See also:north, and the See also:Union Canal to the See also:south of the See also:town. Falkirk now comprises the suburbs of Laurieston (E.), Grahamston and Bainsford (N.), and Camelon (W.). The See also:principal structures include the burgh and See also:county buildings, town 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, the See also:Dollar See also:free library and Camelon See also:fever See also:hospital. The See also:present 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, with a See also:steeple 146 ft. high, See also:dates only from 1811. In the See also:churchyard are buried See also:Sir See also:John See also:Graham, Sir John 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 who See also:fell in the See also:battle of 1298, and Sir See also:Robert See also:Munro and his See also:brother, Dr See also:Duncan Munro, killed in the battle of 1746. The town is under the See also:control of a See also:council with See also:provost and bailies, and combines with See also:Airdrie, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton, See also:Lanark and See also:Linlithgow (the Falkirk See also:group of burghs) to return a member to See also:parliament. The See also:district is See also:rich in See also:coal and See also:iron, which See also:supply the predominant See also:industries, Falkirk being the See also:chief seat of the See also:light casting See also:trade in Scotland; but tanning, See also:flour-milling, See also:brewing, distilling and the manufacture of See also:explosives (See also:Nobel's) and chemicals are also carried on, Trysts or sales of See also:cattle, See also:sheep and horses are held thrice a See also:year (See also:August, See also:September and See also:October) on Stenhousemuir, 3 M. N.W. They were transferred hither from See also:Crieff in 1770, and were formerly the most important in the See also:kingdom, but have to a See also:great extent been replaced by the See also:local weekly See also:auction marts. Carron, 2 M. N.N.W., is famous for the iron-See also:works established in 176o by Dr John See also:Roebuck (1718-1794), whose advising See also:engineers were successively John See also:Smeaton and 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:Watt. The See also:short iron guns of large calibre designed by See also:General Robert See also:Melville, and first See also:cast in 1779, were called carronades from this their See also:place of manufacture.
Falkirk is a town of considerable antiquity. Its See also:original name149
was the Gaelic Eaglais breac, "church of speckled or mottled 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,'', which See also:Simeon of See also:Durham (fl. 1130) transliterated as Egglesbreth. By the end of the 13th See also:century appears the See also:form Faukirke (the present local See also:pronunciation), which is merely a See also:translation of the Gaelic fau or See also:jaw, meaning " dun," " See also:pale red." The first church was built by See also:Malcolm Canmore (d. 1093). Falkirk was made a burgh of See also:barony in 1600 and a burgh of regality in 1646, but on the See also:forfeiture of the See also:earl of Linlithgow in 1715, its superiority was vested in the See also:crown. Callender See also:House, immediately to the S., was the seat of the earl and his ancestors. The See also:mansion was visited by See also:Queen See also:Mary, captured by See also:Cromwell, and occupied by Generals See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
Monk and See also:Hawley. The See also:wall of See also:Antoninus ran through, the grounds, and the district is rich in See also:Roman remains, Camelon, about 2 M. W., being the site of a Roman See also:settlement; Merchiston Hall, to the N.W., was the birthplace of See also:Admiral Sir See also:Charles See also:Napier. The eastern suburb of Laurieston was first called Langtoune, then Merchistown, and received its present name after Sir See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence Dundas of Kerse, who had promoted its welfare. At Polmont, farther See also:east, which gives the See also:title of See also:baron to the See also:duke of Hamilton, is the school of See also:Blair See also:Lodge, besides coal-mines and other industries.
Batts of Falkirk.—The battle of the 22nd of See also:July 1298 was fought-between the forces of 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 See also:Edward I. of See also:England and those of the Scottish See also:national party under 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 See also:Wallace. The latter, after See also:long baffling the king's attempts to bring him to battle, had taken up a strong position south of the town behind a morass. They were formed in four deep and See also:close masses (" schiltrons ") of pikemen, the light troops screening the front and flanks and a See also:body of men-at-arms See also:standing in reserve. It was perhaps hoped that the See also:English See also:cavalry would plunge into the morass, for no serious precautions were taken as to the flanks, but in any See also:case Wallace desired no more than to receive an attack at the See also:halt, trusting wholly to his massed pikes. The English right wing first appeared, tried the morass in vain, and then set out to turn it by a long detour; the See also:main battle under the king halted in front of it, while the See also:left wing under Antony See also:Bee, See also:bishop of Durham, was able to reach the See also:head of the See also:marsh without much delay. Once on the enemy's See also:side of the obstacle the bishop halted to wait for Edward, who was now following him, but his undisciplined barons, shouting " 'Tis not for thee, bishop, to See also:teach us See also:war. Go say See also:mass ! " drove off the Scottish archers and men-at-arms and charged the nearest square of pikes, which repulsed them with heavy losses. On the other flank the right wing, its flank See also:march completed, charged with the same result. But Edward, who had now joined the bishop with the centre or "main battle," peremptorily ordered the cavalry to stand fast, and, taught by his experience in the Welsh See also:wars, brought up his archers. The longbow here scored its first victory in a pitched battle. Before long gaps appeared in the close ranks of See also:pike heads, and after sufficient preparation Edward again launched his men-at-arms to the See also:charge. The shaken masses then gave way one after the other, and the Scots fled in all directions.
The second battle of Falkirk, fought on the 17th of See also:January 1746 between the Highlanders under See also:Prince Charles and the See also:British forces under General Hawley, resulted in the defeat of the latter. It is remarkable only for the See also:bad conduct of the British dragoons and the steadiness of the See also:infantry. Hawley retreated to Linlithgow, leaving all his baggage, 700 prisoners and seven guns in the enemy's hands.
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