DUNBLANE
, a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:left See also:bank of See also:Allan See also:Water, a tributary of the Forth, 5 m
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N. by W. of See also:Stirling by the Caledonian railway
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Pop
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(1901) 2516
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It is a See also:place of See also:great antiquity, with narrow streets and old-fashioned houses
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The leading See also:industry is the manufacture of woollens
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The See also:cathedral is situated by the See also:side of the See also:river, and was one of the few ecclesiastical edifices that escaped injury at the hands of the Reformers
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The first 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 is alleged to have been erected by See also:Blane, a See also:saint of the 7th See also:century, but the cathedral as founded by See also:David I. in 1141, and almost entirely rebuilt about 1240 by See also:Bishop Clemens
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Excepting the See also:tower, which is See also:Early See also:Norman and was probably incorporated from the earlier structure, the See also:building is of the Early Pointed See also:style
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It consists of a See also:nave (130 ft. See also:long, 58 ft. wide, 50 ft. high), aisles, See also:choir (8o ft. long by 30 ft. wide), See also:chapter-See also:house and tower
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See also:Ruskin considered that there was " nothing so perfect in its simplicity " as the See also:west window, the See also:design of which resembles a See also:leaf
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After the decline of See also:episcopacy the building was neglected for a long See also:period, but the choir, which contains some carved See also:oak stalls of the 16th century, was restored in 1873, and the nave roofed and restored in 1892-1895, under the direction of See also:Sir Rowand See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson, the architect
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From the 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 of the See also:Reformation the choir had been used as the See also:parish church, but since its restoration the whole cathedral has been devoted to this purpose
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The new oak roof is emblazoned with the arms of the Scottish and later See also:British monarchs, and of the old earls of Strathearn
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Several members of the families of Strathearn and Strathallan were buried in the cathedral, and three stones of See also:blue See also:marble in the See also:floor of the choir are supposed to See also:mark the See also:graves of See also:Lady See also:Margaret See also:Drummond (b
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1472), See also:mistress of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James IV., and her two sisters, daughters of See also:Lord Drummond, who were mysteriously poisoned in 1501
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An See also:ancient See also:Celtic See also:cross, 62 ft. high, stands in the See also:north-western corner of the nave
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See also:Robert See also:Leighton was the greatest of the bishops of Dunblane, and held the see from 1661 to 1670
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The library of 1500 volumes which he bequeathed to the See also:clergy of the See also:diocese is housed in a building with an outside See also:stair, See also:standing near the cathedral, and the Bishop's Walk by the river also perpetuates his memory
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Of the bishop's See also:palace only a few ruins remain
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The battlefield of See also:Sheriffmuir is about 22 M
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E. of the See also:town
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A mile and a See also:half S. of Dunblane is the See also:estate of Keir which belonged to Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Stirling-See also:Maxwell, the historian and See also:art critic
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The See also:duke of See also:Leeds derives the See also:title of one of his viscounties from Dunblane
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