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MUSSELBURGH , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh of Midlothian, See also:Scotland, 51 M. E. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway. Pop. (1901), 11,711. The burgh, which stretches for a mile along the See also:south See also:shore of the See also:Firth of Forth, is intersected by the Esk and embraces the See also:village of Fisherrow on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river. Its See also:original name is said to have been Eskmouth, its See also:present one being derived from a See also:bed of mussels at the mouth of the river. While preserving most of the See also:ancient features of its High See also:Street, the See also:town has tended to become a suburb of the See also:capital, its See also:fine See also:beach and See also:golf course hastening this development. The public buildings include 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 (dating from 1762 and altered in 1876), the tolbooth (1590), and the See also:grammar school. Loretto School, one of the foremost public See also:schools in Scotland, occupies the site of the See also:chapel of Our See also:Lady of Loretto, which was founded in 1534 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 Duthie, a See also:hermit from Mt See also:Sinai. This was the favourite See also:shrine of See also:Mary of See also:Guise who betook herself hither at momentous crises in her See also:history. The 1st See also:earl of See also:Hertford destroyed it in 1544, and after it was rebuilt the Reformers demolished it again, some of its stones being used in erecting the tolbooth. In the See also:west end of the town is Pinkie See also:House, formerly a seat of the 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 of See also:Dunfermline, but transformed in 1613 by See also:Lord See also:Seton. It is a fine example of a Jacobean See also:mansion, with a beautiful See also:fountain in the See also:middle of the See also:court-yard. The painted See also:gallery, with an elaborate See also:ceiling, too ft. See also:long, was utilized as a See also:hospital after the See also:battle of Pinkie in 1547. See also:Prince See also:Charles See also:Edward slept in it the See also:night following the fight at See also:Prestonpans (1745). Near the tolbooth stands the See also:market See also:cross, 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:column with a See also:unicorn on the See also:top supporting the burgh arms. At the west end of High Street is a statue of See also:David See also:Macbeth See also:Moir (" See also:Delta," 1798-1851), Musselburgh's most famous son. The antiquity of the town is placed beyond doubt by the See also:Roman See also:bridge across the Esk and the Roman remains found in its vicinity. The See also:chief bridge, which carries the high road from Edinburgh to See also:Berwick, was built by See also:John See also:Rennie in 1807. The See also:principal See also:industries include See also:paper-making, See also:brewing, the making of nets and twine, bricks, tiles and pottery, tanning and oil-refining, besides saltworks and See also:seed-crushingworks. The See also:fishery is confined to Fisherrow, where there is a See also:good See also:harbour. The Links are the See also:scene every See also:year of the Edinburgh See also:race meetings and of those of the Royal Caledonian See also:Hunt which are held every third year. See also:Archery contests also take See also:place at intervals under the auspices of the Royal See also:Company of Archers. Most of the charitable institutions—for instance, the convalescent See also:home, See also:fever hospital, home for girls and Red House home—are situated at Inveresk, about 12 m. up the Esk. About 1 m. south-See also:east is the site of the battle of Pinkie, and 21 M. south-east, on the See also:verge of See also:Haddingtonshire, is Carberry 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, where Mary surrendered to the lords of the See also:Congregation in 1567, the spot being still known as See also:Queen Mary's See also:Mount. Musselburgh joins with See also:Leith and Portobello (the Leith Burghs) in returning one member to See also:parliament.
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