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STRANRAER , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of See also:Wigtownshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901), 6036. It' is situated at the See also:head of See also:Loch See also:Ryan, an See also:arm of the See also:North Channel (Irish See also:Sea), 59 M. S.S.W. of See also:Ayr by the See also:Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway, with a station in the See also:town and at the See also:harbour. It lies 39 M. E. by N. of Larne in Co. See also:Antrim, See also:Ireland, with which there is daily communication by See also:mail steamer. Stranraer, originally called St See also:John's See also:Chapel, became a burgh of See also:barony in 1596, and a royal burgh in 1617. In the centre of the town are the ruins of the See also:castle of the 15th See also:century, occupied for a 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 by John See also:Graham of Claverhouse, See also:Viscount See also:Dundee, when he held the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:sheriff of See also:Galloway (1682). The See also:principal buildings within the See also:parish are the old 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, now used as a volunteer See also:drill hall and armoury; the See also:county buildings, containing the town hall and See also:court See also:house; the See also:academy; reformatory and the Wigtownshire See also:combination poor-house. See also:Dairy utensils and implements are made; there are several nurseries; See also:brewing and' milling are carried on, but the bulk of the See also:trade is in See also:farm and dairy produce. See also:Pier and harbour See also:accommodation has been extended and the See also:shipping is brisk. The See also:oyster beds, for which Loch Ryan was once noted, are not cultivated, but the See also:fisheries (See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:fish and See also:herrings) are still of some consequence. Three See also:miles See also:east of Stranraer is Lochinch, the See also:residence of the See also:earl of See also:Stair, a See also:modern structure in the Scots Baronial See also:style. It stands in grounds 4000 acres in extent, which include the White and See also:Black Lochs and the ruins of Castle See also:Kennedy, finely situated on the See also:isthmus between the lakes. This castle was erected in the reign of 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 VI. for the earls of Cassilis, and passed into the hands of the Stair See also:family in the 17th century. It was struck by See also:lightning in 1716 and burned down and never rebuilt. The See also:estate is famous for its plantations and Dutch gardens, the pinetum containing the most representative collection of araucarias, deodars and other conifers in See also:Europe. A mile south are the See also:green mounds marking the site of the See also:abbey of Saulseat, founded for Premonstratensian monks by Fergus, " See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Galloway, See also:early in the 12th century. It stood on the See also:banks of a small loch and was known as the Monastery of the Green See also:Lake from the See also:mass of confervae with which the See also:water was continually covered. Four miles See also:west by north of Stranraer is situated Lochnaw Castle, the See also:ancient seat of the Agnews, who were hereditary sheriffs of Galloway till 1747, when hereditable jurisdictions were abolished. The five-storied embattled See also:tower in the centre See also:dates from 1426, and the modern mansions from 182o. On the See also:coast, 7i M. south-west of Stranraer by See also:rail, lies Portpatrick, formerly called See also:Port Montgomeric. Owing to its proximity to Ireland (si m. to See also:Donaghadee), it was for more than 200 years a starting-point
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of the mail service between See also:Great See also:Britain and Ireland. In consequence, however, of the frequent violence of the south-See also:westerly See also:gales and other causes, the communication ceased in the See also:middle of the 19th century, and the artificial harbour de-signed by John See also:Rennie has gradually fallen into decay. The town is in repute as a See also:holiday resort for its healthy See also:climate and beautiful situation.
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