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KINGHORN , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (Igor), 155o. It is situated on the See also:Firth of Forth, 24 M.
E. by N. of See also:Burntisland, on the See also:North See also:British railway. The public buildings include a library and 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. It enjoys some repute as a summer resort. The leading See also:industries are See also:ship-See also:building, See also:bleaching and the making of See also:flax and See also:glue. At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of his visit See also:Daniel See also:Defoe found See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread-making in See also:vogue, which employed the See also:women while the men were at See also:sea. See also:Alexander III. created Kinghorn a burgh, but his connexion with the town proved fatal to him. As he was See also:riding from See also:Inverkeithing on the 12th of See also:March 1286 he was thrown by his See also:horse and See also:fell over the cliffs, since called See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Wud End, a little to the See also:west of the burgh, and killed. A See also:monument was erected in 1887 to See also:mark the supposed See also:scene of the See also:accident. The See also:Witch 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 used to be the See also:place of See also:execution of those poor wretches. King-See also:horn belongs to the See also:Kirkcaldy See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary
burghs. At PETTYCUR, I M. to the See also:south, is a See also:good See also:harbour for
its See also:size, and at Kinghorn Ness a See also:battery has been established
in connexion with the fortifications on Inchkeith. The hill
Cf. See also:Wallace. Geog. Distr. Animals, ii. 315.above the battery was See also:purchased by See also:government in 1903 and is used as a point of observation. About 1 m. to the north of Kinghorn is the See also:estate of See also:Grange, which belonged to See also: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 Kirkcaldy. INcHREITH, an See also:island in the fairway of the Firth of Forth, 22 m. S. by E. of Kinghorn and 31 M. N. by E. of See also:Leith, belongs to the See also:parish of 'Kinghorn. It has a north-See also:westerly and south-easterly trend, and is nearly 1 m. See also:long and 4 m. wide. It is a barren See also:rock, on the See also:summit of which stands a lighthouse visible at See also:night for 21 M. In 1881 forts connected by a military road were erected on the See also:northern, western and See also:southern headlands.
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