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SANQUHAR , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Dumfriesshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1379. It is situated on the Nith, 26 m.
N.W. of See also:Dumfries by the See also:Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway. It became a burgh of See also:barony in 1484 and a royal burgh in 1596,
and was the See also:scene of the See also:exhibition of the See also:Covenanters' See also:Declaration, attached to the See also:market See also:cross in 168o by See also:Richard See also:Cameron and in 1685 by 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:Renwick. The See also:industries include See also:coal-See also:mining and the making of bricks and tiles, spades and shovels. The 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, measuring 7 M. See also:long by 22 M. broad, is the most extensive in the See also:shire and is the See also:main source of See also:supply for Dumfries and other towns. The See also:cattle and See also:sheep fairs are important, and an agricultural show is held every May. Sanquhar See also:Castle, on a 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 overlooking the Nith, once belonged to the Crichtons, ancestors of the See also:marquess of See also:Bute, but is now a ruin. Eliock See also:House, in the See also:parish, was the birthplace of James (" the Admirable ") See also:Crichton in 156o.
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