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TRANENT , a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Haddingtonshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901), 2584. It lies 92 M. E. of See also:Edinburgh by road and r m. S.E. of See also:Prestonpans station on the See also:North See also:British railway. The See also:town possesses the See also:oldest See also:coal-See also:mining See also:charter (1202-1218) in See also:Great See also:Britain, and the mines and quarries in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood provide the See also:staple See also:industry. A fragment of a 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, said to have been built in the 11th See also:century, still stands. Of the See also:palace of the Setons which stood in the parish there are no remains. It was demolished towards the See also:close of the 18th century and a See also:modern See also:mansion was erected on its site.
In the neighbouring See also:village of Ormiston, in 1885, a See also:granite See also:obelisk was erected in memory of See also:Robert See also:Moffat (1795—1883), a native, the See also:South See also:African missionary and See also:father-in-See also:law of See also:Livingstone. At Ormiston 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, a seat of the See also:marquess of See also:Linlithgow, there is a See also:yew 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, beneath which the reformer See also:George See also:Wishart (1513—1546) used to preach. Hard by is the village of Pencaitland, divided into an eastern and a western portion by the See also:Tyne. The parish church in See also:Easter Pencaitland probably See also:dates from the 13th century. The See also:aisle may belong to the See also:original See also:building, but the See also:rest is of the 16th century, excepting the small See also:belfry of the 17th century. The old See also:house of Pencaitland stands in the grounds of Winton See also:Castle, which' was erected by the 3rd See also:earl of Winton in 162o but forfeited by the 5th earl, who was involved in the Jacobite rising of 1715. Five See also:miles south-See also:east of Tranent is the village of Salton (or Saltown), where See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Burnet, afterwards See also:bishop of See also:Salisbury, had his first See also:charge (1665). At his See also:death he bequeathed the parish 20,000 marks for the clothing and educating of poor See also:children. He was See also:tutor to See also:Andrew See also:Fletcher, who was See also:born at Salton in 1655 and buried there in 1716. At Fletcher's instigation 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 Meikle, a neighbouring millwright, went to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland to learn the construction of the See also:iron-See also:work of See also:barley See also:mills, and the See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill which he erected at Salton after his return not only gave Salton barley a strong hold on the See also:market, but was also for See also:forty years the only mill of its See also:kind in the British Isles. Meikle's son Andrew (1719—1811), inventor of the threshing See also:machine, carried on his See also:trade of millwright at See also:Houston Mill near See also:Dunbar. Andrew Fletcher, also of Salton (1692—1766), See also:nephew of the See also:elder Andrew, became See also:lord See also:justice clerk in 1735 under the See also:style of Lord See also:Milton. By his See also:mother's See also:energy the See also:art of See also:weaving and dressing holland See also:linen was introduced into the village. She travelled in Holland with two skilled See also:mechanics who contrived to learn the secrets of the See also:craft. The British Linen See also:Company laid down their first bleachfield at Salton under Lord Milton's patronage. Salton also See also:lays claim to having been the birthplace of the poet 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 Dunbar.
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