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FORFAR , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh, and See also:capital of the See also:county of See also:Forfarshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 12,117. It lies at the See also:east end of the See also:Loch of Forfar in the valley of Strathmore, and is 13 M. N. by E. of See also:Dundee by road and 214 M. by the Caledonian railway. It is also situated on the same See also:company's See also:main See also:line to See also:Aberdeen and sends off a See also:branch to See also:Brechin. The See also:principal buildings comprise the See also:court See also:house, the county 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 portraits by See also:Raeburn, See also:Romney, See also:Opie and others), the See also:town hall, the Meffan See also:Institute (including the See also:free library), the infirmary, poorhouse and the See also:Reid hall, founded by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Reid, a See also:merchant in the burgh who also gave the public See also:park. The burgh unites with See also:Montrose, See also:Arbroath, Brechin and Inverbervie (the Montrose See also:group of burghs) in returning one member to See also:parliament. The Loch of Forfar, i 4 r^. See also:long by : m. wide, is drained by See also:Dean See also:Burn, and contains See also:pike and See also:perch. On a See also:gravel See also:bank or See also:spit in the See also:north-See also:west of the See also:lake stood a See also:castle which was sometimes used as a See also:residence by See also:Margaret, See also:queen of See also:Malcolm Canmore. The See also:staple See also:industries are See also:linen and jute manufactures, but See also:brewing, tanning, See also:bleaching, rope-making and See also:iron-See also:founding are also carried on.
Forfar is at least as old as 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 Malcolm Canmore, for the first parliament after the defeat of See also:Macbeth met in the old castle, which stood on a See also:mound on the See also:northern See also:side of the town. The parliaments of 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 the See also:Lion, See also:Alexander II. and See also:Robert II. also assembled within its walls. The town, which was created a royal burgh by See also:David I., was burnt down about the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century. See also:Edward I. captured the
castle on one of his incursions, but in 1307 Robert See also:Bruce seized it, put its defenders to the See also:sword and then destroyed it, its site being now marked by the town See also:cross. Previous to the reign 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 VI. the weekly See also:market was held on See also:Sunday, but after the See also:union of the crowns parliament enacted that it should be held on See also:Friday. The town sided with See also:Charles I. during the See also:Civil See also:War, and Charles II. presented the Cross to it out of regard for the See also:loyalty shown to his See also:father. Forfar seems to have. played a less reputable See also:part in the persecution of witches. In 1661 a See also:crown See also:commission was issued for the trial of certain miserable creatures, Some of whom were condemned to be burnt. In the same See also:year one See also:John See also:Ford for his services as .a See also:witch-finder was admitted a See also:burgess along with See also:Lord Kinghorne. The witches' bridle, a gag to prevent them from speaking whilst being led to See also:execution, is still preserved in the county hall. One mile to the E. See also:lie the ruins of Restennet Priory, where a son of Robert Bruce was buried. For twenty five years after the See also:Reformation it was used as the See also:parish 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 and afterwards by the Episcopalians, until they obtained a See also:chapel of their own in, e8e;.
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