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Displaying 551 - 560 of 1885 itemsTDGNHAS Card: 3021-2
… 27th November, 1936. Mr Duncan spoke interestingly and informatively on the problems of bird watching, ringing, etc., and on … also on secondary sexual charcteristics and protective colouring. Mr Duncan submitted f … Ornithology … 3021-2 …
TDGNHAS Card: 3076-7
… of toponyms in south-west Scotland, discusses Ptolemy's Vindogara, Elvan Water near Wanlockhead, Tarelgin near Ayr and Troquhain near New Galloway, which have Brittonic names explicable as 'white ridge', 'salt …
TDGNHAS Card: 3078-28
… Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 20th February 2004 by Ian Gow, … Mr Gow outlined the history of the Gordon family of Liverpool merchants who moved to the area in the 1870s. After renting ac … Proceedings …
TDGNHAS Card: 3023-42
… The lecturer described the events that led to the proposed creation of the Glen Trool Park, the active interest of the Forestry Commission, and the possibilities of its development. Many …
TDGNHAS Card: 3082-4
… The name of the river Sark has been obscure, but evidence from Welsh and Breton suggests it is a Cumbric form meaning 'lover'. … Etymology … 3082-4 …
TDGNHAS Card: 3043-8
… Mediaeval … Early Mediaeval … Post-mediaeval archaeology … 3043-8 …
TDGNHAS Card: 3079-16
… of fragments of a mail garment found during the excavations at the mediaeval church of Barhobble, Wigtownshire … Mediaeval … 3079-16 …
TDGNHAS Card: 3079-18
… McDowall Selby, and grandfather, Robert Bird Selby, who served successively as medi … Genealogy … Archaeology (Non-British) … … (General) … Neolithic … Bronze Age … Iron Age … Early Mediaeval … Roman and Romano British … Parish History … …
TDGNHAS Card: 3085-7
… the senior customs officers at the port of Dumfries believed that the establishment of a king’s boat at Carsethorn … smuggling up the Solway Firth. These king’s boats were comparatively small when compared with the revenue cutters stationed round the …
TDGNHAS Card: 3081-10
… In the 1790s Kirkcudbright was developed by an initiative inaugurated and overseen by the Burgh Council and inspired by a touch of …