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LEVEN , a See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 5577. It is situated on the See also:Firth of Forth, at the mouth of the Leven, 54m. E. by N. of See also:Thornton Junction by the See also:North See also:British railway. The public buildings include 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, public hall and See also:people's See also:institute, in the grounds of which the old town See also:cross has been erected. The See also:industries are numerous, comprising See also:flax-See also:spinning, See also:brewing, See also:linen-See also:weaving, See also:paper-making, See also:seed-crushing and rope-making, besides See also:salt-See also:works, a foundry, saw-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill and See also:brick-works. The wet See also:dock is not much used, owing to the See also:constant See also:accumulation of See also:sand. The See also:golf-links extending for 2 M. to Lundin are among the best in Scotland. Two See also:miles N.E. is Lundin Mill and Drumochie, usually called LuNnIN (pop. 570), at the mouth of See also:Kiel See also:Burn, with a station on the Links. The three famous See also:standing stones are supposed to be either of " Druidical " origin or to See also:mark the site of a See also:battle with the Danes. In the vicinity are the remains of an old See also:house of the Lundins, dating from the reign of See also:David II. To the N.W. of Leven lies the See also:parish of KENNOWAY (pop. 870). In See also:Captain See also:Seton's house, which still stands in the See also:village of Kennoway, See also:Archbishop See also:Sharp spent the See also:night before his assassination (1679). One mile See also:east of Lundin lies LARGO (pop. of parish 2046), consisting of Upper Largo, or Kirkton of Largo, and See also:Lower Largo. The public buildings include See also:Simpson institute, with a public hall, library, See also:reading-See also:room, See also:bowling-See also:green and See also:lawn-See also:tennis See also:court, and See also:John See also:Wood's See also:hospital, founded in 1659 for poor persons bearing his name. A statue of See also:Alexander See also:Selkirk, or Selcraig (1676-1721), the prototype of " See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson Crusoe," who was See also:born here, was erected in 1886. See also:Sir John See also:Leslie (1766-1832), the natural philosopher, was also a native. Largo claims two famous sailors, See also:Admiral Sir See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Durham (1763-1845), See also:commander-in-See also:chief at See also:Portsmouth from 1836 to 1839, and Sir See also:Andrew Wood (d. 1515), the trusted servant of 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 III. and James IV., who sailed the " See also:Great See also:Michael," the largest See also:ship of its 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. When he was past active service he had a See also:canal cut from his house to the parish 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, to which he was rowed every See also:Sunday in an eight-oared See also:barge. Largo House was granted to him by James III., and the See also:tower of the See also:original structure still exists. About r 2 m. from the See also:coast rises the height of Largo See also:Law (948 ft.). Kellie Law lies some 5z M. to the east.
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