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Displaying 221 - 230 of 1961 itemsTDGNHAS Card: 3089-4
… that there was a pre-reformation parish of Irving, which took its name from the local family and was later incorporated into the present parish of Kirkpatrick Fleming in … and also why Kirkpatrick Fleming was so named. It becomes clear that all the contemporary evidence points …
TDGNHAS Card: 3090-4
… Lit by gaslight and powered by steam, by 1815 the cotton-spinning mills of Ancoats in Manchester represented … 1993, p.24). Remarkably, the founders of these two mill complexes, partners John Kennedy (1769–1855) and James … all came from Kells parish in the Glenkens district of Galloway. The industrial revolution, which transformed Britain …
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… are available for consultation at the Annan, Moffat, Newton Stewart and Stranraer Libraries and a full run is held … Dumfries. Recent issues may be available for purchase. To check on availability contact the Society's Librarian , … Holdings of the Transactions , although not necessarily complete, are held within the Copyright Libraries, within …
Wood Pigot place list: Wood Places, Stranraer, 1843
… Note: East side of the extension of Lewis street leading to the road to Stoneykirk. Anne House Note: East side of … Simpson'. Clay Hole (Now part of Agnew Terrace) Note: Roadway running parallel to shore on west side of map. Commercial Hotel (George Street) Note: South side. Nat. …
… About 40 members and guests attended this meeting to hear a lecture by Dr Larry Griffin, Principal Research … Goose . The first part of the lecture was devoted to ongoing research on the white-fronted geese, whose global … possible cause for the decline in numbers was thought to be competition for nest sites with Canada Geese, which have …
Biography: Emilius Laurie
… THE REVEREND SIR JOHN ROBERT LAURIE EMILIUS BAYLEY (took the surname LAURIE in 1886) He was born in London on 16th May 1823 and died at Maxwelton, Dumfriesshire, on 3rd December 1917, aged 94. The 3rd … a noted cricketer and was described by Arthur Haygarth, the compiler of Scores and Biographies, as 'a fine free hitter'. …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 10
… Donations [1893, 12th October] Author: Council, The 1 Obituary: Mr James Williamson … Author: Council, The 2 Antiquarianism as the Handmaid of History Author: Reid, R.T. 5 Donations [1893, 10th November] … Investigations of the Roman Wall between the Tyne and Solway Author: Murray, A.D. 45 A Note on Birds Author: Corrie, …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 81
… Dragonflies and Damselflies breeding in Dumfries and Galloway 1975–2006 by Barbara Mearns 1 The Breeding Birds of the Solway Islands by Richard & Barbara Mearns 7 … Roman Camp, Newbie by Thomas Rees and Douglas Gordon 57 Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland Part 7: Pennygant …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 83
… William Little (1797?–1867), A Preliminary Account of his Entomological Activities by E. Geoffrey Hancock, Ronald M. … Landscapes: Monastic Granges in Dumfriesshire and Galloway by Derek Hall 55 Evidences for 'Lost' Thirteenth-Century … and Geoffrey Stell 91 Smuggling and Kirkcudbright Merchant Companies in the Eighteenth Century by Frances Wilkins 105 …
Biography: Alexander Robertson
… Prize, and in the same year won a bursary Competition to Edinburgh University, first place in the John Welsh … Alex and Mary Robertson enjoyed many holidays abroad. Visits to Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Yugoslavia, or wherever … the language. They would travel light, touring out-of-the-way places (and of course, the classical sites) using local …