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YARROW , a See also:river and See also:parish of See also:Selkirkshire, See also:Scotland. The river, issuing from St See also:Mary's See also:Loch, flows for 14 M. E. by N. to the See also:Tweed, which it joins about 3 M. below the See also:county See also:town. The stream and vale are famous in See also:poetry. Only a fragment remains of Dryhope See also:Tower, on Dryhope See also:Burn, the See also:home of Mary See also:Scott, " the See also:flower of Yarrow," whom See also:Walter Scott of Harden married about 1576. On See also:Douglas Burn, a See also:left-See also:hand tributary, are the ruins of the keep of " the See also:good " See also:Sir 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 Douglas, the friend of See also:Robert See also:Bruce; and Blackhouse, See also:Mount Benger and the See also:farm of Altrive are all connected with James See also:Hogg. Near Broadmeadows 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 Douglas, the See also:knight of See also:Liddesdale, was murdered by his kinsman (1353) in revenge for the See also:death of Sir See also:Alexander See also:Ramsay of See also:Dalhousie at Hermitage See also:Castle. The See also:body See also:lay for a See also:night in Lir.-See also:dean 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, now in ruins, near See also:Selkirk, before its See also:burial in See also:Melrose See also:Abbey. On the right See also:bank are the ruins of See also:Newark Castle, built by James III. in 1466 as a See also:hunting seat, afterwards the See also:property of the Scotts of See also:Buccleuch. It was burned by the See also:English in 1548, but the tower was restored. On the right See also:side of the Yarrow is Bowhill, a seat of the See also:duke of Buccleuch.
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