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Displaying 11 - 20 of 4112 itemsWood Pigot personal list: Wood Personal, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1819
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. Affleck , Mr Palmerston (Terregles … 65 years [Lochrutton Memorials, No 63] Affleck , Mr Whitesands (Whitesands) Dumfries Note: Mr Affleck's Timber yard' …
Biography: William Fleming Cormack
… William Fleming Cormack (Bill) the second son of Mr and Mrs David Cormack was born at Royal Bank house in … antiquarian societies. His association with this society commenced with his election in 1951 — following in the … Surface Finds on Burnswark'. Ibid, p.189. 1962 'Two Coins from Glenluce Sand Dunes and One from Dryfesdale'. …
Meeting: Three talks by members
… Anne Fairn and Eileen Toolis — Survey of Gardens and Designed Landscapes around Dumfries: … knowledge of designed landscapes. The elements of the study comprise investigation of the location, ownership, size, …
Biography: George W. Shirley
… lost one who may properly be described as its re-founder. Coming to the town in 1903 as the first Librarian of the … the Society was in low water. The subscription was only 5s, and for the most part the annual Transactions , though … with the spirit of disinterested service to others, he gave freely and generously of his help and experience to others, …
Biography: Richard Rimmer
… In modern parlance Richard Rimmer appears to have been 'head-hunted' … at a meeting of council, late n the 1887-88 session and on the 5th October 1888 immediately following he was … to your presidential chair. When your wish that I should become the President of this Society was first intimated to …
… Seventy-eight members and guests of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History … plan for a railway through Dumfries was in pre-steam-locomotive 1809 when James Hollingworth surveyed a route south …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 4
… [1883, 5th October] Author: Council, The 1 Successful outcome of Protest against proposed changes to the Old Bridge … of Wild Flowers in Tynron during the Summer Months of 1882 and 1883 Author: Shaw, J. 8 Notes on the National Collection … Lecture - Mention only] Author: Rutherford, J. 155 Some Points of Insect Physiology [Special Lecture - Mention only] …
… Nic Card of the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology addressed a joint meeting of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society and the … the Rising Tide Project set up in 2005 and the Royal Commission's aerial surveying, which brought to light the …
… What's so special about the Solway Firth? was the title of the talk given by Pam Taylor and Nic Coombey to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural … and coastal area". Pam has had a lifelong involvement in community and environmental projects and has been with …
… Architectural Heraldry in Dumfries and Galloway was the … which is older than the building and must therefore have come from some earlier building. This is termed an ‘orphan’ …