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FORT 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 , a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 2087. It lies at the See also:north-eastern end of See also:Loch Linnhe, an See also:arm of the See also:sea, about 62 m. S.S.W. of Inverness by road or See also:canal, and was, in bygone days, one of the keys of the See also:Highlands. It is 1222 M. N.E. of See also:Glasgow by the See also:West Highland railway. The fort, at first called Kilmallie, was built by See also:General 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 in 1655 to hold the See also:Cameron men in subjection, and was enlarged in 1690 by General See also:Hugh See also:Mackay, who renamed it after William III., the burgh then being known as Maryburgh in See also:honour of his See also:queen. Here the perpetrators of the See also:massacre of See also:Glencoe met to See also:share their See also:plunder. The See also:Jacobites unsuccessfully besieged it in 1715 and 1746. The fort was dismantled in i86o, and demolished in 1890 to provide See also:room for the railway and the station. Amongst the public buildings are the Belford See also:hospital, public 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, See also:court See also:house and the See also:low-level meteorological See also:observatory, constructed in 1891, which was in connexion with the observatory on the See also:top of See also:Ben See also:Nevis, until the latter was closed in 1904. Its See also:great See also:industry is distilling, and the distilleries, about 2 M. N.E., are a See also:familiar feature in the landscape. Beyond the railway station stands the See also:obelisk to the memory of Ewen Maclachlan (1775-1822), the Gaelic poet, who was See also:born in the See also:parish. Fort William is a popular tourist resort and See also:place of See also:call for the steamers passing through the Caledonian canal. The See also:town is the point from which the ascent of Ben Nevis-42 m. E.S.E. as the See also:crow flies—is commonly made. At Corpach, about 2 M. N., the Caledonian canal begins, the See also:series of locks between here and Banavie—within little more than a mile—being known as See also:Neptune's See also:Staircase." Both the Lochy and the Nevis. enter Loch Linnhe immediately to the north of Fort William. A mile and a See also:half from the town, on the Lochy, stands the See also:grand old ruin of Inverlochy See also:Castle, a massive quadrangular See also:pile with a See also:round See also:tower at each corner, a favourite subject with landscape painters. See also:Close by is the See also:scene of the See also:battle of the 2nd of See also:February 1645, in which See also:Montrose completely defeated the See also:earl of See also:Argyll. The See also:modern castle, in the Scottish Baronial See also:style, 12 m. to the N.E. of this stronghold and farther from the See also:river, is the seat of See also:Lord See also:Abinger.
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