See also:

• BALQUHIDDER (Gaelic, " the farm in the back-lying country ")

BALQUHIDDER (Gaelic, " the See also:

• FARM

farm in the back-lying See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country ")  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village and See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of See also:

• PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . Pop. of parish (1901) 605 . The village lies 2 m . W. of the station of the same name on the Caledonian railway from See also:

• CALLANDER

Callander to See also:

• OBAN

Oban, and 274 M . N.W. of See also:

• STIRLING
• STIRLING, JAMES (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

Stirling . It is situated at the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end of See also:

• LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Voil, a See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the Braes of See also:

• BALQUHIDDER (Gaelic, " the farm in the back-lying country ")

Balquhidder . The Maclaurins acquired the See also:

• DISTRICT

district as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century and occupied it for several See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years until ousted by the Macgregors, a neighbouring See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan, who had repeatedly raided their lands, and in 1558 slew the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief and many of his followers . Balquhidder was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of some of the exploits of Rob See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy, who died there in 1734 . His See also:

• GRAVE

grave in the old kirkyard is marked by a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone ornamented with, See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude See also:

• CARVING

carving, executed probably centuries before his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . Another See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient stone is said traditionally to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the grave of See also:

• ANGUS, EARLS OF

Angus, the See also:

• COLUMBAN (543-615)

Columban missionary, who was the first to carry on See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• WORK

work in this See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands .