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QUEENSFERRY , a royal and See also: police See also:burgh of See also:Linlithgow-See also: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 and about 1 m. from Dalmeny station on the See also:North See also:British railway, and is sometimes called See also:South Queensferry, to distinguish it from the Queensferry on the opposite See also:shore. Of old it was the See also:ferry giving See also: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 See also:Edgar, 1 m. W., was named after her See also:brother, Edgar Atheling. The See also:Hawes See also:Inn, which figures in See also:Scott's See also:Antiquary, was the See also:terminus of the run from Edinburgh in the coaching days. Queensferry became a burgh of See also:royalty in 1363, a royal burgh in 1639 and a police burgh in 1882, and belongs to the See also:Stirling See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs (with Stirling, See also:Culross, Dunfermline and See also:Inverkeithing). The See also:principal structures include, besides the small 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 of Dalmeny (the best example of pure See also:Norman in Scotland), the Countess of See also:Rosebery Memorial 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 (erected in 1893 by the See also:earl of Rosebery), a library and See also:reading-See also:room, and a public
hall which also does See also:duty as a See also: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 in ago. There is a
large oil-See also: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 Sands, stands Barnbougle See also:Castle, a See also:building of unknown See also:age which became the seat of the Mowbrays in the 12th See also:century. After passing into the hands of the earls of See also:Haddington, it was See also:purchased in 1662 by See also:Sir See also:Archibald See also: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
- 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: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, a little to the See also:west, gave the See also:title of See also:duke to a See also: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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