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Displaying 181 - 190 of 613 itemsVolume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 3
… W. 4 Protest at the proposed Removal of the Last Stone of the Megalithic Circle which once stood at Greystone Flat [Mention only] Author: Not declared 4 … of the Glenkens Author: M'Andrew, J. 7 Cuculus Canorus [The Common Cuckoo] [Summary only] Author: Adamson, W. 10 An …
TDGNHAS Card: 3088-9
… Duchess Bridge near Langholm is one of Scotland’s earliest surviving cast-iron bridges. It spans the River Esk within the policies of the one-time Buccleuch mansion of Langholm Lodge in Dumfries and Galloway, and it was cast and erected …
TDGNHAS Card: 3085-7
… For a period of nearly one hundred years the senior customs officers … smuggling up the Solway Firth. These king’s boats were comparatively small when compared with the revenue cutters …
TDGNHAS Card: 3091-4
… (hereafter the Dike) is unique in Scotland: not only is it one of the earliest man-made national borders but, being the … out in June, July and November 2016 which sought to make good these omissions as well as to update the findings of the earlier surveys. A full account of the long and complex history of the Debateable Land is beyond the scope …
People List: Presidents
… 19/10/1899, Rev. Sir Emilius Laurie , Bart. 19/10/1899 to 26/10/1900, W.J.H. Maxwell of Munches 26/10/1900 to 17/10/1902, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert E. Maxwell , … F.L.S. 20/10/1909 to 18/10/1929, Sir Hugh S. Gladstone , M.A., F.Z.S., F.R.S.E., F.S.A.Scot 18/10/1929 to …
TDGNHAS Card: 3082-26
… Mr Unwin took advantage of an organised group visit to the Antipodes to go plant-hunting in the South Island of New Zealand … of 30 degrees C when … Botany … Proceedings … 3082-26 …
TDGNHAS Card: 3091-1
… paper re-explores the relationship between the cults of Monenna and Ninian in the wake of the significant … as has previously been suggested. Medieval and early modern writers were aware of a potential for confusion … between the names. This may have led to the saints becoming associated with one another and, in some locations, …
TDGNHAS Card: 3090-6
… at Dumfries and Galloway Archives, and covering the period from June 1870 to December 1879. Co-operative societies … as attempts by groups of working people to provide good-quality food supplies for themselves at affordable … and Britain as a whole. … History … Co-operative Movement … Commerce … Recent (Social) … 3090-6 …
Biography: Mr John Neilson
… the purchase of the Theatre Royal. He also found time to produce a number of plays including the first in the refurbished theatre. A great enthusiast for travel, he visited a large number of European countries and latterly … facets of the arts where he made sure of including everyone in the conversations. After giving up as Treasurer he …
TDGNHAS Card: 3086-7
… 1739 they sold the family properties, Over and Nether Kelwood and Bourlands. The family took their designation from the lands of Over Kelwood, but used the name ‘of Craigs’, that being the house on … as deduced by Reid is not correct in some details, although one must pay tribute to his scholarship. Only two of the …