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PRESTONPANS , a See also:police See also:burgh and watering-See also:place of See also:Haddingtonshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:Firth of Forth, 91 M. E. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway. Pop. (1901), 2614. A mile to the See also:east of the See also:village is the site of the See also:battle of the 21st of See also:September 1745, in which See also:Prince See also:Charles See also:Edward and his highlanders gained a See also:complete victory over the royal forces under See also:Sir See also:John See also:Cope. See also:Colonel 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:Gardiner was mortally wounded after an heroic stand, and an See also:obelisk in the grounds of his See also:house at Bankton, See also:close to the battlefield, commemorates his valour, while the ballad of See also:Adam See also:Skirving (1719-1803), " Hey, Johnnie Cope!" has immortalized the rout of Cope.
Until the beginning of the 19th See also:century, the See also:salt See also:trade was prosecuted with See also:great success, the pans having been laid down as See also:long ago as 1185, but the See also:industry has declined. There are manufactures of See also:fire-bricks, tiles and pottery, besides See also:brewing and See also:soap-making. In the vicinity there is an extensive See also:coal-See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field. See also:Fisheries are still of importance, although the See also:bed of Pandore oysters (an esteemed variety) has lost something of its former fertility. There are harbours at See also:Morrison's Haven to the See also:west and at Cockenzie and See also:Port See also:Seton to the north-east, which practically See also:form one village, with a See also:population of 1687. The See also:cross of the See also:barony of See also:Preston See also:dates from 1617. Schaw's See also:Hospital See also:Trust, at one 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 intended for the See also:education and See also:maintenance of the See also:children of poor parents, has been modified, and the See also:bequest is used to provide See also:free education and bursaries, while the See also:building has been leased by the trustees of See also:Miss See also:Mary See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray, who bequeathed 20,000 (afterwards increased to 30,000) for the training of poor children as domestic servants.
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