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LINLITHGOW , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh and See also:county See also:town of See also:Linlithgowshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 4279. It lies in a valley on the See also:south See also:side of a See also:loch, 17 m. W. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway. It See also:long preserved an See also:antique and picturesque See also:appearance, with gardens See also:running down to the See also:lake, or climbing the See also:lower slopes of the rising ground, but in the 19th See also:century much of it was rebuilt. About 4 M. S. by W. lies the old See also:village of Torphichen (pop. 540), where the Knights of St See also:John of See also:Jerusalem had their See also:chief Scottish preceptory. The See also:parish See also:kirk is built on the site of the See also:nave of 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 of the See also:establishment, but the ruins of the See also:transept and of See also:part of the See also:choir still exist. Linlithgow belongs to the See also:Falkirk See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs with Falkirk, See also:Airdrie, 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 and See also:Lanark. The See also:industries include See also:shoe-making, tanning and currying, manufactures of See also:paper, See also:glue and See also:soap, and distilling. An old See also:tower-like structure near the railway station is traditionally regarded as a See also:mansion of the Knights Templar. Other public buildings are the first town See also:house (erected in 1668 and restored in 1848 after a See also:fire); 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, built in 1888; the county buildings and the burgh school, dating from the pre-See also:Reformation See also:period. There are some See also:fine fountains. The See also:Cross Well in front of the town house, a striking piece of See also:grotesque See also:work carved in See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, originally built in the reign 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 V., was rebuilt in 1807. Another See also:fountain is surmounted by the figure of St See also:Michael, the See also:patron-See also:saint of the burgh. Linlithgow See also:Palace is perhaps the finest ruin of its See also:kind in Scotland. Heavy but effective, the sombre walls rise above the See also:green knolls of the promontory which divides the lake into two nearly equal portions. In See also:plan it is almost square (168 ft. by 174 ft.), enclosing a See also:court (91 ft. by 88 ft.), in the centre of which stands the ruined fountain of which an exquisite copy was erected in front of Holyrood Palace by the See also:Prince See also:Consort. At each corner there is a tower with an See also:internal See also:spiral See also:staircase, that of the north-See also:west See also:angle being crowned by a little octagonal See also:turret known as " See also:Queen See also:Margaret's See also:Bower," from the tradition that it was there that the consort of James IV. watched and waited for his return from See also:Flodden. The west side, whose massive See also:masonry, hardly broken by a single window, is supposed to date in part from 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 James III., who later took See also:refuge in one of its vaults from his disloyal nobles; but the larger part of the south and See also:east side belongs to the period of James V., about
1535; and the north side was rebuilt in 1619-162o by James VI. Of James V.'s portion, architecturally the richest, the See also:main apartments are the See also:Lyon chamber or See also:parliament hall and the See also:chapel royal. The See also:grand entrance, approached by a drawbridge, was on the east side; above the gateway are still some See also:weather-worn remains of See also:rich allegorical designs. The palace was reduced to ruins by See also:General See also:Hawley's dragoons, who set fire to it in 1746. See also:Government grants have stayed further See also:dilapidation. A few yards to the south of the palace is the church of St Michael, a See also:Gothic (Scottish Decorated) See also:building (,8o ft. long internally excluding the See also:apse, by 62 ft. in breadth excluding the transepts), probably founded by See also:David I. in 1242, but mainly built by See also:George See also:Crichton, See also:bishop of See also:Dunkeld (1528-1536). The central west front See also:steeple was till 1821 topped by a See also:crown like that of St See also:Giles', Edinburgh. The chief features of the church are the em-battled and pinnacled tower, with the fine See also:doorway below, the nave, the north See also:porch and the flamboyant window in the south transept. The church contains some fine stained See also:glass, including a window to the memory of See also:Sir See also:Charles Wyville See also:Thomson (1830-1882), the naturalist, who was See also:born in the parish.
Linlithgow (wrongly identified with the See also:Roman Lindum) was made a royal burgh by David I. See also:Edward L encamped here the See also:night before the See also:battle of Falkirk (1298), wintered here in 1301, and next See also:year built " a pele [See also:castle] mekill and strong," which in 1313 was captured by the Scots through the assistance of 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 Bunnock, or Binning, and his See also:hay-See also:cart. In 1369 the customs of Linlithgow yielded more than those of any other town in Scotland, except Edinburgh; and the burgh was taken with Lanark to See also:supply the See also:place of See also:Berwick and Roxburgh in the court of the Four Burghs (1368). See also:Robert II. granted it a See also:charter of immunities in 1384. The palace became a favourite See also:residence of the See also:kings of Scotland, and often formed part of the See also:marriage See also:settlement of their consorts (See also:Mary of Guelders, 1449; Margaret of See also:Denmark, 1468; Margaret of See also:England, 1503). James V. was born within its walls in 1512, and his daughter Mary on the 7th of See also:December 1542. In 1570 the See also:Regent See also:Moray was assassinated in the High See also:Street by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh. The university of Edinburgh took refuge at Linlithgow from the See also:plague in 1645-1646; in the same year the See also:national parliament, which had often sat in the palace, was held there for the last time. In 1661 the See also:Covenant was publicly burned here, and in 1745 Prince Charles Edward passed through the town. I1. 1859 the burgh was deprived by the House of Lords of its claim to See also:levy See also:bridge See also:toll and See also:custom from the railway See also:company.
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