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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 732 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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QUEENSFERRY , a royal and See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh of See also:

Linlithgow-See also:

SHIRE

shire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (1901) 185o. It is situated on the S. See also:

side of the See also:

Firth of Forth, 9 M. by road N.W. of See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh and about 1 m. from Dalmeny station on the See also:

North See also:

BRITISH

British railway, and is sometimes called See also:

South Queensferry, to distinguish it from the Queensferry on the opposite See also:

SHORE

shore. Of old it was the See also:

ferry giving See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to See also:

Dunfermline and other places on the north side of the firth, its use in this respect by See also:

Margaret, the See also:

queen of See also:

Malcolm Canmore, originating its name; just as See also:

PORT

Port See also:

Edgar, 1 m. W., was named after her See also:

BROTHER

brother, Edgar Atheling. The See also:

Hawes See also:

INN

Inn, which figures in See also:

Scott's See also:

ANTIQUARY

Antiquary, was the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the run from Edinburgh in the coaching days. Queensferry became a burgh of See also:

ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

royalty in 1363, a royal burgh in 1639 and a police burgh in 1882, and belongs to the See also:

Stirling See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

GROUP

group of See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary burghs (with Stirling, See also:

CULROSS (locally pronounced Coo-rus)

Culross, Dunfermline and See also:

INVERKEITHING

Inverkeithing). The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal structures include, besides the small See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church of Dalmeny (the best example of pure See also:

Norman in Scotland), the Countess of See also:

ROSEBERY, ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE, 5TH

Rosebery Memorial See also:

Hall (erected in 1893 by the See also:

EARL

earl of Rosebery), a library and See also:

READING

reading-See also:

ROOM

room, and a public hall which also does See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty as a See also:

TOWN

town hall. A Carmelite friary appear to underlie the whole of the See also:

state. They were originally was converted into an Episcopal See also:

CHAPEL

chapel in ago. There is a large oil-See also:

WORKS

works in the parish.

Dalmeny See also:

House, the seat of the earl of Rosebery, lies in beautifully wooded grounds about 2 M. E. of the ferry. In the See also:

park, on the seashore facing See also:

DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

Drum Sands, stands Barnbougle See also:

Castle, a See also:

BUILDING

building of unknown See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age which became the seat of the Mowbrays in the 12th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. After passing into the hands of the earls of See also:

Haddington, it was See also:

PURCHASED

purchased in 1662 by See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald See also:

PRIMROSE

Primrose, an ancestor of the earl of Rosebery. The castle was thoroughly restored in 1880. Dundas Castle, 1z m. S. of Queensferry, was a seat of the Dundases from 1124 to 1875, was besieged in 1449, received a visit from See also:

Cromwell in 1651 and was partly rebuilt about 185o. Hopetoun House, nearly 3 M. W. of the ferry, was begun about 1696 from the plans of Sir See also:

William See also:

Bruce of Kinross and completed by See also:

Robert See also:

Adam. It is the seat of the See also:

marquess of Linlithgow. See also:

ABERCORN, JAMES HAMILTON 1ST EARL OF (c. 1575–1618)

Abercorn, a little to the See also:

west, gave the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke to a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Hamiltons. It was the site of an See also:

ancient monastery, and from 681 to 685 the see of the earliest bishopric in Scotland.

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