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See also:GRAIL (formerly KAREL) , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland, 2 M. from See also:Fife, Ness, the most easterly point of the See also:county, and 11 m. S.E. of St See also:Andrews by the See also:North See also:British railway, but 2 m. nearer by road. Pop. (1901) 1077, It is said to have been a See also:town of some See also:note as See also:early as the 9th See also:century; and its See also:castle, of which there are hardly any remains, was the See also:residence of See also:David I. and other Scottish See also:kings. It was constituted a royal burgh by a See also:charter of See also:Robert See also:Bruce in 1306, and had its privileges confirmed by Robert II. in 1371, by See also:Mary in 1553, and by See also:Charles I. in 1635. Of its priory, dedicated to
See also:CRAMBO
St See also:Rufus, a few ruins still exist. The 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 of Maelrubha, the See also:patron See also:saint of Crail, is an edifice of See also:great antiquity. Many of the See also:ordinary houses are massive and See also:quaint. The public buildings include a library and See also:reading-See also:room and 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:chief See also:industries comprise See also:fisheries, especially for crabs, See also:shipping and See also:brewing. It is growing in favour as a summer resort. It unites with St Andrews, the two Anstruthers, Kilrenny, Pittenweem and See also:Cupar in returning one member to See also:parliament.
Balcomie Castle, about 2 M. to the N.E., See also:dates from the 14th century. Here Mary of See also:Guise landed in 1538, a few days before her See also:marriage to 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 V. in St Andrews See also:cathedral. In the 18th century it passed through the hands of various proprietors and was ultimately shorn of much of its See also:original See also:size and grandeur. The See also:East Neuk is a See also:term applied more particularly to the See also:country See also:round Fife Ness, and more generally to all of the See also:peninsula east of an imaginary See also:line See also:drawn from St Andrews to See also:Elie. For fully See also:half the See also:year the cottages of its villages are See also:damp with the haar, or dense mist, See also:borne on the east See also:wind from the North See also:Sea.
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