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LARBERT , a See also:parish and See also:town of See also:Stirlingshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. of parish (1901) 6500, of town, 1442. The town is situated on the Carron, 8 m. S. by E. of See also:Stirling by the See also:North See also:British and Caledonian See also:railways, the junction being an important station for See also:traffic from the See also:south by the See also:West See also:Coast route. See also:Coal-See also:mining is the See also:chief See also:industry. The See also:principal buildings are the 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, finely placed overlooking the See also:river, the Stirling See also:district See also:asylum and the Scottish See also:National Institution for See also:imbecile See also:children. In the See also:churchyard is a See also:monument to 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:Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, who was See also:born and died at Kinnaird See also:House, 21 m. N.E. Two m. N. by W. are the ruins of Torwood See also:Castle and the remains of Torwood See also:forest, to which 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 See also:Wallace retired after his defeat at See also:Falkirk (1298). Near " Wallace's See also:oak," in which the patriot concealed himself, Donald See also:Cargill (1619–1681), the Covenanter, excommunicated See also:Charles II. and James, See also:duke of See also:York, in 1680. The fragment of an old See also:round See also:building is said to be the relic of one of the very few " brochs," or round towers, found in the Lowlands.
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