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HAWICK , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Roxburghshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1891), 19,204; (1901), 17,303. It is situated at the confluence of the Slitrig (which flows through the See also:town) with the See also:Teviot, To m. S.W. of See also:Jedburgh by road and 524 m. S.E. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway. The name has been derived from the 0. Eng. heaih-wic, " the See also:village on the See also:flat meadow," or {raga-wic, " the fenced-in dwelling," the Gadeni being supposed to have had a See also:settlement at this spot. Hawick is a substantial and flourishing town, the prosperity of which See also:dates from the beginning of the 19th See also:century, its enterprise having won for it the designation of " The See also:Glasgow of the See also:Borders." The municipal buildings, which contain the See also:free library and See also:reading-See also:room, stand on the site of the old 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:Buccleuch memorial hall, commemorating the sth See also:duke of Buccleuch, contains the See also:Science and See also:Art See also:Institute and a museum See also:rich in exhibits illustrating Border See also:history. The See also:Academy furnishes both secondary and technical See also:education. The only 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 See also:historical See also:interest is that of St See also:Mary's, the third of the name, built in 1763. The first church, believed to have been founded by St See also:Cuthbert (d. 687), was succeeded by one dedicated in 1214, which was the See also:scene of the seizure of See also:Sir See also:Alexander See also:Ramsay of See also:Dalhousie in 1342 by 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:Douglas. The See also:modern Episcopal church of St Cuthbert was designed by Sir See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Scott. The See also:Moat or See also:Moot 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 at the See also:south end of the town—an earthen See also:mound 30 ft. high and 300 ft. in circumference —is conjectured to have been the See also:place where formerly the See also:court of the See also:manor met; though some authorities think it was a See also:primitive See also:form of fortification. The See also:Baron's See also:Tower, founded in 1155 by the Lovels, lords of See also:Branxholm and Hawick, and after-wards the See also:residence of the Douglases of Drumlanrig, is said to have been the only See also:building that was not burned down duringthe See also:raid of 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:Radcliffe, 3rd See also:earl of See also:Sussex, in See also:April 1570. At a later date it was the See also:abode of See also:Anne, duchess of Buccleuch and See also:Monmouth, after the See also:execution of her See also:husband, 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, duke of Monmouth in 1585, and finally became the Tower Hotel. See also:Bridges across the Teviot connect Hawick with the suburb of See also:Wilton, in which a public See also:park has been laid out, and St Leonard's Park and See also:race-course are situated on the See also:Common, 2 m. S.W. The town is governed by a See also:provost, bailies and See also:council, and unites with See also:Selkirk and See also:Galashiels (together known as the Border burghs) to send a member to See also:parliament. The leading See also:industries are the manufacture of See also:hosiery, established in 1771, and woollens, dating from 1830, including blankets, shepherd's plaiding and tweeds. There are, besides, tanneries, dye See also:works, oil-works, saw-See also:mills, See also:iron-See also:founding and See also:engineering works, quarries and nursery gardens. The markets for live stock and See also:grain are also important.
In 1537 Hawick received from Sir James Douglas of Drumlanrig a See also:charter which was confirmed by the See also:infant See also:Queen Mary in 1545, and remained in force until 1861, when the See also:corporation was reconstituted by See also:act of parliament. Owing to its situation Hawick was often imperilled by Border warfare and marauding freebooters. Sir See also:Robert See also:Umfraville (d. 1436), See also:governor of See also:Berwick, burned it about 1417, and in 1562 the See also:regent See also:Moray had to suppress the lawless with a strong See also:hand. Neither of the Jacobite risings aroused See also:enthusiasm. In 1715 the discontented Highlanders mutinied on the Common, 500 of them abandoning their cause, and in 1745 See also:Prince See also:Charles See also:Edward's See also:cavalry passed southward through the town. In 1514, the See also:year after the See also:battle of See also:Flodden, in which the burghers had suffered severely, a number of See also:young men surprised an See also:English force at Hornshole, a spot on the Teviot 2 M. below the town, routed them and See also:bore away their See also:flag. This event is celebrated every See also:June in the ceremony of " See also:Riding the Common "—in which a facsimile of the captured pennon is carried in procession to the See also:accompaniment of a See also:chorus " Teribus, ye Teri See also:Odin," supposed to be an invocation to See also:Thor and Odin—a survival of Northumbrian paganism. Two of the most eminent natives of the burgh were Dr Thomas See also:Somerville (1741–1830), the historian, and James See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson (1805-1860), founder of the Economist newspaper and the first See also:financial member of the council for See also:India.
See also:Minto See also:House, 5 m. N.E., is the seat of the earl of Minto. Denholm, about midway between Hawick and Jedburgh, was the birthplace of See also:John See also:Leyden the poet. The cottage in which Leyden was See also:born is now the See also:property of the Edinburgh Border Counties Association, and a See also:monument to his memory has been erected in the centre of Denholm See also:green. Cavers, nearer Hawick, was once the See also:home of a See also:branch of the Douglases, and it is said that in Cavers House are still preserved the pennon that was See also:borne before the Douglas at the battle of Otterburn (Chevy See also:Chase), and the gauntlets that were then taken from the See also:Percy (1388). Two in. S.W. of Hawick is the massive See also:peel of Goldielands—the " See also:watch-tower of Branxholm," a well-preserved typical Border stronghold. One mile beyond it, occupying a commanding site on the See also:left See also:bank of the Teviot, stands Branxholm See also:Castle, the Branksome Hall of The See also:Lay of the Last See also:Minstrel, once owned by the Lovels, but since the See also:middle of the 15th century the property of the Scotts of Buccleuch, and up to 1756 the See also:chief seat of the duke. It suffered repeatedly in English invasions and was destroyed in 157o. It was rebuilt next year, the peel, finished five years later, forming See also:part of the modern See also:mansion. About 3 m. W. of Hawick, finely situated on high ground above Harden See also:Burn, a left-hand affluent of Borthwick See also:Water, is Harden, the home of See also:Walter Scott (1550-1629), an ancestor of the novelist.
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