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INNERLEITHEN , a See also:police See also:burgh and See also:health resort of See also:Peebles-See also:shire, See also:Scotland, on Leithen See also:Water, near its junction with the See also:Tweed, m. S.E. of Peebles by the See also:North See also:British railway. Pop. (Igor) 2181. In olden times it seems to have been known as Hornehuntersland, and to have been mentioned as See also:early as 1159, when a son of See also:Malcolm IV. (the See also:Maiden) was drowned in 6 See also:pool of the Tweed, See also:close to Leithenfoot. Its See also:chief See also:industry is the manufacture of tweeds and See also:fine yarns, which, together with the fame of its medicinal springs, brought the burgh into prominence towards the end of the 18th See also:century. The See also:spa, alleged to be the St Ronan's well of See also:Scott's novel of that name, has a See also:pump-See also:room, See also:baths, &c. The saline See also:waters are useful in See also:minor cases of See also:dyspepsia and See also:liver complaints. The See also:town is flanked on the W. by the 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 fort of Caerlee (400 ft. See also:long) and on the E. by that of the Pirn (350 ft. long). Farther E., close to the See also:village of Walkerburn, are Purvis Hill terraces, a remarkable See also:series of earthen See also:banks, from 5o ft. to more than 10o ft. wide, and with a length varying up to 900 ft., the origin and purpose of which are unknown. See also:Traquair See also:House, or See also:Palace, on the right See also:bank of the Tweed, is believed to be the See also:oldest inhabited house in Scotland, the most See also:ancient portion dating from the loth century, and including a remnant of the See also:castle. It was largely added to by See also:Sir See also: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, first See also:earl of Traquair (d. 1659) and is a See also:good example of the Scottish Baronial See also:mansion with high-pitched roof and turreted angles. To the See also:west of the house was the See also:arbour which formed the " See also:bush aboon Traquair " of the songs by See also:Robert See also:Crawford (d. 1733) and John See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell See also:Shairp, its site being indicated by a few See also:birch trees. 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:Nicol (1769-1819), the poet. was See also:minister of Traquair, and his son James Nicol (1810-1879), the geologist and See also:professor of natural See also:history in See also:Aberdeen University, was See also:born in the See also:manse.
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