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THORNHILL , a See also:village of the See also:parish of See also:Morton, See also:Nithsdale, See also:Dumfriesshire, See also:Scotland, 14 M. N.N.W. of See also:Dumfries by the See also:Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901), 1132. It is beautifully situated in the midst of See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree-clad hills and watered by the bountiful Nith and such streams as the Carron, Cample and Crichope. Morton 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 lies in the village, and among other buildings are the library and the natural See also:history museum, in the grounds of which there is a statue of See also:Richard See also:Cameron, the covenanter (168o). The weekly sales of livestock are important, and an agricultural show is held every See also:September. Three See also:miles N.N.W. stands Drumlanrig See also:Castle, a seat of the See also:duke of See also:Buccleuch. It is built of red See also:sandstone in the See also:form of a hollow square, and has 145 ft. of See also:outer walls, which are surmounted with turrets, and capped and spired at the angles. The castle was begun in 1679 and finished in 1689, and cost the first duke of See also:Queensberry an immense sum. He is believed to have spent but a single See also:night under its roof. The See also:fourth duke of Queensberry, Old " Q.," incurred the wrath of See also:Robert See also:Burns and See also:Wordsworth by his wanton destruction of the magnificent See also:woods. On the See also:death of " Old Q." without issue in 18ro, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, third duke of Buccleuch, succeeded to the dukedom of Queensberry, and the See also:property has since been adequately cared for. Trees, planted on the most extensive See also:scale, have repaired the ravages of the former owner; the gardens have been laid out with exquisite See also:taste; and the vast policy, intersected by the Nith, is one of the finest parks in Scotland. The ruins of Tibber's Castle, dismantled in 1311 by Robert See also:Bruce, stand in the grounds, about 1 m. from the ducal See also:mansion. Two miles and a See also:half N.N.E. of Thornhill is found' another ruined fortress, that of Morton Castle, interesting as the See also:residence of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Randolph, See also:earl of See also:Moray, See also:regent during the See also:early years of the minority of See also:David II., and as belonging afterwards to a See also:branch of the Douglases, who derived from it the See also:title of earl. About 3 M. south-See also:east of Thornhill stands the ruined castle of Closeburn, once a stronghold of the Kirkpatricks. It was See also:Sir See also:Roger of that ilk who helped " mak sikker " the death of See also:John, " Red " See also:Comyn, of See also:Badenoch (r3o6). In Closebum parish (pop. 1275) occur See also:cairns, tumuli and a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone circle, besides See also:Roman and prehistoric remains. Two See also:mineral See also:wells give the See also:place the
promise of some degree of popular favour, likely to be enhanced by the romantic beauty of its surroundings.
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