DORNOCH
, a royal' and See also:police See also:burgh and See also:county See also:town of See also:Sutherlandshire, See also:Scotland
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Pop
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(1901) 624
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It lies on the See also:north See also:shore of Dornoch See also:Firth, an See also:arm of the North See also:Sea, 74 M
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S.S.E. of See also:Mound station on the Highland railway by See also:light railway
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Its dry and bracing See also:climate and See also:fine See also:golf course have brought it into See also:great repute as a See also:health and See also:holiday resort
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Before the See also:Reformation it was the see of the bishopric of See also:Caithness and See also:Sutherland
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The See also:cathedral, built by See also:Bishop See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert de See also:Moravia (See also:Moray) (d
.
1245), the last See also:Scot enrolled in the See also:Calendar of Scottish See also:saints, was damaged by See also:fire in 1570, during the See also:raid of the See also:Master of Caithness and See also:Mackay of Strathnaver, and afterwards neglected till 1837, when it was restored by the 2nd See also:duke of Sutherland, and has since been used as the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church
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Noticeable for its high roof, See also:low See also:tower and See also:dwarf See also:spire, the church consists of an aisleless See also:nave, See also:chancel (adorned with See also:Chantrey's statue of the 1st duke) and transepts
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It is the burying-See also:place of the Sutherland See also:family and contains the remains of sixteen earls
.
Of the See also:ancient See also:castle, which was also the bishop's See also:palace, only the See also:west tower exists, the See also:rest of the structure having been destroyed in the out-rage of '570
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The county buildings adjoin it
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Dornoch became a royal burgh in 1628, and, as one of the See also:Wick burghs, returns a member to See also:parliament
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It was the See also:scene of the last See also:execution for See also:witchcraft in Scotland (1722)
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At Embo, 2 M
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N.N.E., a
See also:modern palace
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