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Displaying 1 - 10 of 4112 itemsWood Pigot personal list: Pigot Personal, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1837-38
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. The occupation … Horticultural Society Note: Public Buildings, Institutions and Offices Adair , Jas., Major Nunfield Cottage (Nunholm … Adamson , Robert [Agent (bank)] Bank, British Linen Company - , Irish Street (Irish Street) Note: Bankers - …
Wood Pigot personal list: Pigot Personal, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1825–26
… is given in square brackets. Adams , Wm. [Earthenware and/or China Dealer] 62 Friars Vennel (Friars Vennel) Note: … Anderson, every Wednesday'. Armstrong , Baillie [Member of Committee for the Poors' Hospital] Poors' Hospital (St … &c., Bleachers Cummius , Walter [Teacher] Note: Ladies' Free School Cunningham , Jas. [Clog or Patten Maker] Note: …
Wood Pigot place list: Pigot Places, Dumfries and Maxwelltown, 1837-38
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. Academy, … (Assembly Street) Dumfries Assembly Street, West of England [Insurance] (Assembly Street) Dumfries Astronomical … Troqueer (Rotchell Park) Maxwelltown Bank of Scotland, Commercial - Irish Street (Irish Street) Dumfries Bank of …
Biography: Sir William Jardine of Applegarth
… when the society was only having very irregular meetings and there were no printed Transactions the opportunity has … botanical lectures of Mr. James Scott; while his studies in comparative anatomy, were carried on under Professor John … years into this country, and which grow here very fast and freely. In my stroll adown the Annan—a sweet stream—I …
Biography: Robert Service
… from that office in October 1882. Along with Messrs Robb and Glover-Anderson he was appointed a member of the committee created 'to make the necessary arrangements for … came to have such a high reputation. Educated at the old Free Church School, David Street, Maxwelltown, under Mr …
Wood Pigot place list: Pigot Places, Dumfries and Maxwelltown, 1825-26
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. Academy (Academy … Insurance [Co.] (English Street) Dumfries Bank of Scotland, Commercial - (High Street) Dumfries Note: Merchants, …
Biography: A.E. Truckell, MBE, MA, FMA, FSA, FSA Scot
… on Wednesday 7th March — respecting Alf’s inclinations and no doubt instructions — it was a humanist non-religious … there was a darker side: he had been allowed to develop a competency as a natural left-handed writer — but was … in his hand into his own pocket — for example, many of the coins in the teaching collections were funded by this route …
Biography: Dr Thomas Boyle Grierson
… The Grierson Collection, Thornhill, and Its Dispersal* by A.E.Truckell, M.A., F.M.A., … ABBEY. Forked Bronze object, HOLYWOOD Churchyard. Coins found in Mid-Nithsdale, and presumably part of the … a great impression on the children. He had reduced-fee or free days for children - on one of these, 1st January, 1863, …
Biography: William Lennon (1818-1899)
… William Lennon was elected an ordinary member of Society on 6 … address is initially given as of the Crichton Institution and latterly, after 1879, of Brooke Street, Dumfries. In the … In the reconstituted Society he held office as a Member of Committee and was also a member of the committee appointed …
Biography: G.F. Scott-Elliot, F.R.G.S., F.L.S
… The Late G. F. Scott Elliot Obituary from TDGNHAS , Series III, … Scott Elliot joined this Society as long ago as 1887, and from the very first was an active member, occupying the … and when towards the close of his Presidency he saw the welcome and unmistakeable signs of the incoming tide, it was …