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KILMARNOCK , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Ayrshire, See also:Scotland, on Kilmarnock See also:Water, a tributary of the See also:Irvine, 24 M. S.W. of See also:Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901), 35,091. Among the See also:chief buildings are the See also: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, See also:court-See also:house, See also:corn-See also:exchange (with the See also:Albert See also:Tower, 110 ft. high), See also:observatory, See also:academy, See also:corporation See also:art See also:gallery, See also:institute (containing a See also:free library and a museum), See also:Kay See also:schools, School of See also:Science and Art, See also:Athenaeum, See also:theatre, infirmary, Agricultural Hall, and Philosophical Institution. The grounds of Kilmarnock House, presented to the town in 1893, were laid out as a public See also:park. In Kay Park (484 acres), See also:purchased from the See also:duke of
See also:Portland for £9000, stands the See also:Burns Memorial, consisting of two storeys and a tower, and containing a museum in which have been placed many important See also:MSS. of the poet and the McKie library of Burns's books. The See also:marble statue of the poet, by W. G. See also:Stevenson, stands on a See also:terrace on the See also:southern See also:face. A Reformers' See also:monument was unveiled in Kay Park in 1885. Kilmarnock See also:rose into importance in the 17th See also:century by its See also:production of striped woollen " Kilmarnock cowls " and broad See also:blue bonnets, and afterwards acquired a See also:great name for its See also:Brussels, See also:Turkey and Scottish carpets. Tweeds, blankets, shawls, tartans, See also:lace curtains, cottons and winceys are also produced. The See also:boot and See also:shoe See also:trade is prosperous, and there are extensive See also:engineering and See also:hydraulic machinery See also:works. But the See also:iron See also:industry is prominent, the town being situated in the midst of a See also:rich See also:mineral region. Here, too, are the workshops of the Glasgow & South-Western railway See also:company. Kilmarnock is famous for its See also:dairy produce, and every See also:October holds the largest See also:cheese-show in Scotland. The neighbourhood abounds in freestone and See also:coal. The burgh, which is governed by a See also:provost and See also:council, unites with See also:Dumbarton, See also:Port Glasgow, See also:Renfrew and Rutherglen in returning one member to See also:parliament. See also:Alexander See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, the poet (183o-1867), whose See also:father was a lace-See also:pattern designer, and See also:Sir 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:Shaw (1764-1843), See also:lord See also:mayor of See also:London in 18o6, to whom a statue was erected in the town in 1848, were natives of Kilmarnock. It See also:dates from the 15th century, and in 1591 was made a burgh of See also:barony under the Boyds, the ruling house of the See also:district. The last See also:Boyd who See also:bore the See also:title of Lord Kilmarnock was beheaded on Tower 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, London, in 1746, for his See also:share in the Jacobite rising. The first edition of See also:Robert Burns's poems was published here in 1786.
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