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MELROSE , a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Roxburghshire,`See also:Scotland. Pop. (19o1), 2195. It lies on the right See also:bank of the See also:Tweed, 371 m; S.E. of See also:Edinburgh, and 19 M. N.W. of See also:Jedburgh, via St Boswells and Roxburgh, by the See also:North See also:British railway. The name--which See also:Bede (730) wrote Mailros and See also:Simeon of See also:Durham (1130) Melros—is derived from the See also:Celtic maol See also:ros," See also:bare See also:moor," and the See also:town figures in See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot and Monastery as " Kennaquhair." In consequence of the beauty of its situation between the rations and the Tweed, the See also:literary and See also:historical associations of the See also:district, and the famous ruin of
Melrose See also:Abbey, the town has become residential and a See also:holiday resort.. There is a hydtepathic See also:establishment on Skirmish 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; the name commemorating the See also:faction fight, pa the 25th of See also:July ,r 526, in ' which the Scotts defeated. the Douglases and Kers. See also:Trade is almost wholly agricultural. The See also:main streets run from the angles of the triangular See also:market-See also:place, in which stands the market . See also:cross, dated 1642, but probably much older. Across the See also:river are Gattonside, with numerous orchards, and Allerly, the See also:home of Sir See also:David See also:Brewster from 1827 till his See also:death in 1868.
The See also:original See also:Columban monastery was founded in the 7th See also:century at Old Melrose, about 2i M. to the See also:east, in the See also:loop of. a See also:great See also:bend of. the Tweed. It was colonized from Lindisfarne, Eata, a See also:disciple of Aldan, being the first abbot (651), and Boisil and • See also:Cuthbert being priors here. It. was burned by See also:Kenneth See also:Macalpine in 839 during the See also:wars between See also:Scot and Saxon, and, though rebuilt, was deserted in the See also:middle of the 11th century, The See also:chapel, dedicated to St Cuthbert, continued for a See also:period to attract many pilgrims, but this usage gradually declined and the See also:building was finally destroyed by See also:English invaders. Meanwhile in 1136 David I. and founded an abbey dedicated to the Virgin, a little higher up the Tweed, the first Cistercian See also:settlement in Scotland, with monks from See also:Rievaulx in See also:Yorkshire. Lying in the See also:direct road from See also:England, the abbey was frequently assaulted and in 1322 was destroyed by See also:Edward II. Rebuilt, largely by means of a See also:gift of. See also:Robert See also:Bruce, it was nearly burned-down in 1385 by See also:Richard II. Erected once more, it was reduced. to ruin by the See also:earl of See also:Hertford (afterwards the See also:Protector See also:Somerset) in 1545. Later the Reformers dismantled much of what was See also:left. The See also:adaptation of See also:part of the See also:nave to the purposes of, a See also: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 and the use of the building as a See also:quarry did further damage. The ruins, however, now the See also:property of the See also:duke' of See also:Buccleuch, are carefully preserved. Of the conventual buildings apart from the church nothing has survived but a fragment of the See also:cloister• with a richly-carved See also:round-headed See also:doorway and some See also:fine arcading. The abbey, cruciform, is in the Decorated and,Perpendicular styles, with pronounced See also:French See also:influence, due probably to the See also:master See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
mason JohnMorow, or Morreau, wha, according to an inscription on the See also:south See also:transept See also:wall, was See also:born in See also:Paris, The south front is still beautiful. The See also:west front and a large portion of the north See also:half of the nave and See also:aisle have perished, but the remains include the See also:rest of the nave, the . two transepts, the See also:chancel and See also:chair,, the two western piers of the See also:tower and the sculptured roof of the east end. From east to west it measured 258 ft., the nave is 69 ft. wide and the width of the transepts from north to south is 1151 ft. The nave had an aisle on each See also:side, the north noticeably the narrower, the south furnished with eight chapels, one in. each See also:bay. Both transepts contained an eastern aisle, and the chancel a square chapel at its west end on each side. Over the south transept aisle, which was the chapel of St See also:Bridget, is the See also:clerestory passage, which ran all round the church. The See also:choir extended westwards for three bays beyond the tower and terminated in a 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 See also:rood-See also:screen. Sir Walter Scott has immortalized the east window, in The See also:Lay of the Last See also:Minstrel, but the south window with,its flowing See also:tracery is even finer. In the See also:carving of windows, aisles, cloister, capitals, bosses and doorheads no See also:design is repeated. The See also:heart of Robert Bruce was buried at the high See also:altar, and in the chancel are the tombs of 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:Douglas, the See also:Knight of See also:Liddesdale (1300-
1353), 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 2nd earl of Douglas (1358-1388), the See also:victor of Otterburn; See also:Alexander II.; and See also:Michael Scot " the Wizcd " (r 175-1234)—though some authorities say that this is the toib of Sir See also:Brian Layton, who See also:fell in the See also:battle of See also:Ancrum Moor (1544)+ At the. See also:door leading from the north transept to the See also:sacristy is the See also:grave of See also:Joanna (d. 1238), See also:queen of Alexander II.
The muniments of the abbacy, preserved in the archises of the earl of See also:Morton, were edited by Cosmo Inns for the See also:Bannatyne See also:Club and published in 1837 under the See also:title of See also:Liber sanek See also:Marie de Melros. Among the documents is one , of the earliest Specimens of the Scots See also:dialect. The Chronica de Mailros, preserved among the See also:Cotton See also:MSS., was printed at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford in 1684 by Williath Fulman and by the Bannatyne Club in 1835 under the editorship of See also:John See also:Stevenson.
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