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LANARK , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh, and See also:county See also:town of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland, See also:standing on high ground about See also:half a mile from the right See also:bank of the See also:Clyde, 31 M. S.E. of See also:Glasgow by the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 6440. It is
' I. Minette (Weiler, See also:Alsace). If. Kersantite (Neubrunn, Thuringia). III. Vogesite (See also:Castle See also:Mountain, See also:Montana). IV. Spessartite (Waldmichael, See also:Spessart). V. Camptonie (Campton Falls). VI. Monchiquite (Ria do Ouro, Serra de Tingua). VII. Alnoite (Alpo, See also:Sweden).a favourite See also:holiday resort, being the point from which. the falls of the Clyde are usually visited. The See also:principal buildings are the 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 county buildings, the See also:assembly rooms, occupying the site of an old Franciscan monastery, three hospitals, a convalescent See also:home, the Smyllum orphanage and the See also:Queen See also:Victoria See also:jubilee See also:fountain. The See also:industries include See also:cotton-See also:spinning, See also:weaving, See also:nail-making and oilworks, and there are frequent markets for See also:cattle and See also:sheep. Lanark is a See also:place of considerable antiquity. See also:Kenneth II. held a See also:parliament here in 978, and it was sometimes the See also:residence of the Scottish See also:kings, one of whom, 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 the See also:Lion (d. 1214), granted it a See also:charter. Several of the earlier exploits of William See also:Wallace were achieved in the neighbourhood. He burned the town and slew the See also:English See also:sheriff William Hezelrig. About I m. N.W. are Cartland Craigs, where See also:Mouse See also:Water runs through a precipitous red See also:sandstone See also:ravine, the sides of which are about 400 ft. high. The stream is crossed by a See also:bridge of single span, supposed to be See also:Roman, and by a three-arched bridge, designed by 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:Telford and erected in 1823. On the right bank, near this bridge, is the See also:cave in which Wallace concealed himself after killing Hezelrig and which still bears his name. Lanark was the centre of much activity in the days of the See also:Covenanters. William See also:Lithgow (1582-1645), the traveller, William Smellie (1697-1763), the obstetrician and Gavin See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton (1730-1797), the painter, were See also:born at Lanark. The town is one of the See also:Falkirk See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs, the other constituents being See also:Airdrie, Hamilton, Falkirk and See also:Linlithgow.
New Lanark (pop. 795), I M. S., is famous in connexion with the socialist experiments of See also:Robert See also:Owen. The See also:village was founded by See also:David See also:Dale (1739-1806) in 1785, with the support of See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Arkwright, inventor of the spinning-See also:frame, who thought the spot might be made the See also:Manchester of Scotland. In ten years four cotton See also:mills were See also:running, employing nearly 1400 hands. They were sold in 1799 to a Manchester See also:company, who appointed Owen manager. In the same See also:year he married Dale's daughter. For many years the mills were successfully conducted, but See also:friction ultimately arose and Owen retired in 1828. The mills, however, are still carried on.
There are several interesting places near Lanark. Braxfield, on the Clyde, gave the See also:title of See also:Lord Braxfield to Robert Macqueen (1722-1799), who was born in the See also:mansion and acquired on the See also:bench the See also:character of the Scottish See also:Jeffreys. Robert See also:Baillie, the patriot who was executed for See also:conscience' See also:sake (1684), belonged to Jerviswood, an See also:estate on the Mouse. See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee See also:House, the home of the Lockharts, is 3 m. N.W. The old castle was largely rebuilt in the 19th See also:century. It contains some See also:fine See also:tapestry and portraits, and the Lee See also:Penny-See also:familiar to readers of Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's See also:Talisman-which was brought from See also:Palestine in the 14th century by the Crusading See also:knight, Sir See also:Simon See also:Lockhart. It is described as a cornelian encased in a See also:silver See also:coin. Craignethan Castle on the Nethan, a See also:left-See also:hand tributary joining the Clyde at Crossford, is said to be the See also:original of the " Tillietudlem
of Scott's Old Mortality.
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