EDINBURGH
, a See also:city and royal See also:burgh, and See also:county of itself, the See also:capital of See also:Scotland, and county See also:town of See also:Edinburghshire or Midlothian, situated to the See also:south of the See also:Firth of Forth, 396 m. by See also:rail N. of See also:London
.
The old Royal See also:Observatory on Calton See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill stands in 55° 57' 23" N. and 12° 43' o5" W
.
Edinburgh occupies a See also:group of hills of moderate height and the valleys between
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In the centre is a bold See also:rock, crowned by the See also:castle, between which and the new town lies a See also:ravine that once contained the Nor' See also:Loch, but is now covered with the gardens of Princes See also:Street
.
To the See also:east rises Calton Hill (355 ft.) with several conspicuous monuments, the city See also:prison and the Calton See also:cemetery
.
On the south-east, beyond the Canongate limits, stands the hill of See also:Arthur's Seat (822 ft.)
.
Towards the See also:north the site of the city slopes gently to the Firth of Forth and the See also:port of See also:Leith; while to the south, Liberton Hill, Blackford Hill, See also:Braid Hills and Craiglockhart Hills roughly See also:mark the city See also:bounds, as Corstorphine Hill and the See also:Water of Leith do the western limits
.
The views of the city and environs from the castle or any of the hills are very beautiful, and it is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque capitals in the See also:world
.
Its situation, See also:general See also:plan and See also:literary associations suggested a comparison that gave Edinburgh the name of " the See also:modern See also:Athens "; but it has a homelier See also:nickname of " Auld Reekie," from the See also:cloud of See also:smoke (reek) which often hangs over the See also:low-lying quarters
..
See also:Chief Buildings.—Of the castle, the See also:oldest See also:building is St See also:Margaret's See also:chapel, believed to be the chapel where See also:Queen Margaret, wife of See also:Malcolm Canmore, worshipped, and belonging at latest to the reign of her youngest son, See also:David I
.
(1124-1153)
.
Near it is the See also:parliament and banqueting See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, restored (1889-'892) by the generosity of 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 See also:Nelson (,817--1887) the publisher, which contains a See also:fine collection of Scottish See also:armour, weapons and regimental See also:colours, while, emblazoned on the windows, are the heraldic See also:bearings.of royal and other figures distinguished in See also:national See also:history
.
Other buildings in the See also:palace Yard include the apartments occupied by the See also:regent,
See also:Mary of See also:Guise, and her daughter Mary, queen of Scots, and the See also:room in which 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 VI. was See also:born
.
Here also are deposited the Scottish See also:regalia (" The Honours of Scotland "), with the See also:sword of See also:state presented to James IV. by See also:Pope See also:Julius II., and the jewels restored to Scotland on the See also:death (1807) of See also:Cardinal See also:York, the last of the Stuarts
.
The See also:arsenal, a modern building on the See also:west See also:side of the rock, is capable of storing 30,000 stand of arms
.
In the armoury is a collection of arms of various See also:dates; and on the See also:Argyll See also:battery stands a huge piece of See also:ancient See also:artillery, called See also:Mons Meg, of which repeated mention is made in Scottish history
.
Argyll See also:Tower, in which See also:Archibald, 9th See also:earl of Argyll, spent his last days ('685), was also restored in 1892 by Mr William Nelson
.
Holyrood Palace was originally an See also:abbey of canons See also:regular of the See also:rule of St See also:Augustine, founded by David I. in 1128, and the ruined See also:nave of the abbey 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 still shows parts of the See also:original structure
.
Connected with this is a See also:part of the royal palace erected by James IV. and James V., including the apartments occupied by Queen Mary, the See also:scene of the See also:murder of See also:Rizzio in 1566
.
The abbey suffered repeatedly in invasions
.
It was sacked and burnt by the See also:English under the earl of See also:Hertford in 1544, and again in 1547
.
In a See also:map of 1544, preserved among the See also:Cotton See also:MSS. in the See also:British Museum, the pres$nt north-west tower of the palace is shown See also:standing apart, and only joined to the abbey by a low See also:cloister
.
Beyond this is an irregular group of buildings, which were replaced at a later date by additions more in accordance with a royal See also:residence
.
But the whole of this latter structure was destroyed by See also:fire in a65o while in occupation by the soldiers of See also:Cromwell; and the more modern parts were begun during the .See also:Protectorate,, and completed in the reign of See also:Charles II, by See also:Robert Milne, after the designs of See also:Sir William See also:Bruce of Kinross
.
They include the picture See also:gallery, 15o ft. in length, with 1o6 mythical portraits of Scottish See also:kings, and a See also:triptych (c
.
1484) containing portraits of James III. and his queen, which is believed to have formed the See also:altar-piece of the collegiate church of the See also:Holy Trinity, founded by the widowed queen of James II. in 1462, demolished in 1848, and afterwards rebuilt, 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 for stone, in See also:Jeffrey Street
.
The picture gallery is associated with the festive scenes that occurred during the See also:short residence of See also:Prince Charles in 1745; and in it the See also:election of representative peers for Scotland takes See also:place
.
Escaping from See also:France at the revolution of 1789, the See also:comte d'See also:Artois, afterwards Charles X. of France, had apartments granted for the use of himself and the emigrant nobles of his See also:suite, who continued to reside in the palace till See also:August 1799
.
When driven from the See also:French See also:throne by the revolution of 183o, Charles once more found a See also:home in the ancient palace of the Stuarts
.
See also:George IV. was received there in 1822, and Queen See also:Victoria and the prince See also:consort occupied the palace for brief periods on several occasions, and in 1903 See also:Edward VII., during residence at See also:Dalkeith Palace, held his See also:court within its walls
.
A See also:fountain, after the original See also:design of that in the quadrangle of See also:Linlithgow Palace, was erected, in front of the entrance by the prince consort
.
The royal vault in the Chapel Royal, which had fallen into a dilapidated See also:condition, has been put in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order; Clockmill See also:House and grounds have been added to the See also:area of the See also:parade ground, and the abbey precincts generally and the approaches to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Park have been improved
.
With the abolition of imprisonment for See also:debt in 1881 the privileges of See also:sanctuary came to an end
.
Parliament House, begun in 1632 and completed in 1640, in which the later assemblies of the Scottish estates took place until the See also:dissolution of the parliament by the See also:Act of See also:Union of 1707, has since been set apart as the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-place of the supreme courts of See also:law
.
The See also:great hall, with its fine open-timbered See also:oak roof, is adorned with a splendid stained-See also:glass window and several statues of notable men, including one (by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:Francois See also:Roubiliac) of See also:Duncan See also:Forbes of See also:Culloden, See also:lord See also:president of the, court of session (1685-,747), and now forms the ante-room for lawyers and their clients
.
The surrounding buildings, including the court-rooms, the See also:Advocates' and the Signet See also:libraries, are all modern additions
.
The Advocates' library is the finest in Scotland
.
Founded in 1682, at the instance of Sir George See also:Mackenzie, king's See also:advocate under
.
Charles IL, and then See also:dean of the See also:faculty, it is regarded as the national library, and is one of the five entitled by the See also:Copyright Act to receive :a copy of every See also:work published in Great See also:Britain
.
The General See also:Register House for Scotland, begun in 1994 from
publisher, has interesting See also:historical and literary associations, The regent See also:Moray, the See also:marquess of See also:Montrose, and See also:Napier of Merchiston were buried within its walls and are commemorated by monuments, and among the memorial tablets is one to
..
R
.
L
.
See also:Stevenson by See also:Augustus St Gaudens
.
The See also:choir (restored in 1873 by public subscription) is a fine example of 15th-See also:century
See also:architecture, and the See also:Gothic See also:crown surmounting the central tower forms one of the most characteristic features in every view of the city
.
Just outside the church in Parliament Square, the supposed See also:grave of See also:John See also:Knox is indicated by' a stone set in the See also:pavement bearing his See also:initials, and in the pavement to the west a See also:heart indicates the site of the old Tolbooth,l which figures prominently in See also:Scott's Heart of Midlothian
.
Other churches having historical associations are the two Greyfriars churches, which occupy the two halves of one building; Tron church, the scene of midnight hilarity at the new See also:year; St See also:Cuthbert's church; St See also:Andrew's. church in George Street, whence set out, on a memorable See also:day in 1843, that See also:long procession of ministers and elders to Tanfield Hall which ended in the See also:founding of the See also:Free Church; St George's church in See also:Charlotte Square, a See also:good example of the work of Robert See also:Adam
.
The See also:United Free Church claims no buildings of much historic See also:interest, but St George's Free was the scene of the ministrations of Dr Robert S
.
See also:Candlish (1806-1873), Dr See also:Oswald Dykes (b
.
1835), & National Portrait Gallery
.
Dr See also:Alexander See also:Whyte (b
.
1837), a See also:man of great
y
.
National Gallery
to University Medical See also:College mark and See also:influence in the city, and his successor
:[
.
See also:Donaldson's See also:Hospital
us
.
He,,ots Hospital See also:Hugh See also:Black (b
.
1868)
.
Preachers like Robert
:3
.
See also:Gillespie School See also:Watson's See also:Colley/
G Candlish, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Guthrie (1803.1873), See also:Marcus
1~
.
George
as
.
Royal Infirmary (.See also:Dods (b
.
1834), occupied many pulpits, besides
:6
.
See also:Post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office
.,
.
St.BI nards Well those of the particular congregations whom each
:8
.
Wauer,ey station
lq
.
Caledonian station served
.
The most imposing structure belonging
ao
.
Register Office
to the Scottish Episcopal Church isSt Mary's
smervmauer x
.
See also:cathedral, built on ground and chiefly from funds See also:left by the Misses See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker of Coates, and opened for See also:worship in 187g
.
It is in the See also:Early Pointed See also:style, by Sir 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 Scott, is 278 ft. long, and is surmounted by a See also:spire 275 ft. high
.
The old-fashioned See also:mansion of East Coates, dating from the 17th century, still stands in the See also:close, and is occupied by functionaries of the cathedral
.
. St John's Episcopal church at the west end of Princes Street was the scene of the ministrations of Dean See also:Ramsay, and St See also:Paul's Episcopal church of the Rev
.
Archibald See also:Alison, See also:father of the historian
.
The See also:Catholic Apostolic church at the See also:foot of See also:Broughton Street is architecturally noticeable, and one of its features is a set of mural paintings executed by Mrs See also:Traquair
.
The Central Hall atTollcross testifies to Methodist See also:energy
.
John Knox's house at the east end of High Street is kept in excellent repair, and contains several articles of See also:furniture that belonged to the reformer
.
The See also:Canon-See also:gate Tolbooth adjoins the See also:parish church, in the See also:burial-ground of which is the tombstone raised by See also:Burns to the memory of Robert See also:Fergusson, and where Dugald See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, Adam See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith and other men of See also:note were buried
.
Almost opposite to it stands Moray House, from the See also:balcony of which the 8th earl of Argyll watched Montrose led to See also:execution (165o)
.
The city See also:gaol, a castellated structure on the black rock of Calton Hill, forms one of the most striking See also:groups of buildings in the town
.
In the See also:Music Hall in George Street, See also:Carlyle, as lord See also:rector of the university, delivered his stimulating address on books to the students, and See also:Gladstone addressed the See also:electors in his Midlothian See also:campaigns
.
St See also:Bernard's Well, on the Water of Leith, was embellished and restored (1888) at the cost of Mr William Nelson
.
A sum of £See also:ioo,000 was bequeathed by Mr Andrew See also:- USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
- USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)
Usher (1826-1898) for a hall to be called the Usher Hall and to supplement
1 The original Tolbooth was completed in 15o1, but a new one took its place in 1563-1564, and was subsequently altered
.
At first occupied by the parliament and courts of See also:justice, it served later as a prison, and was removed in 1817
.
0 Ys
1
.
Castle
a
.
Holyrood Palace
3
.
St.Glles' Cathedral
{
.
St.Mary's Cathedral
6
.
Catholic Apostolic Church 6
.
Parliament House i.'I.mmerslty & Museum
designs by Robert Adam, stands at the east end of Princes Street
.
It contains, in addition to the ancient national records, adequate See also:accommodation, in fireproof See also:chambers, for all Scottish See also:title-deeds, entails, contracts and mortgages, and for general See also:statistics, including those of births, deaths and marriages
.
The Royal Institution, in the Doric style, surmounted by a See also:colossal stone statue of Queen Victoria by ' Sir John Steell, formerly furnished See also:official accommodation for the See also:Board of Trustees for Manufactures and the Board of See also:Fishery, and also for the school of See also:art, and the libraries and public meetings of the Royal Society (founded in 1783), and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland(founded in r78o)
.
-In 1910 it was renamed and appropriated to the uses of the Royal Scottish See also:Academy of See also:Painting, See also:Sculpture and Architecture, which was instituted in 1826, and incorporated by royal See also:charter in 1838, on the See also:model of the Royal Academy in London
.
It is situated on the See also:Mound close to the National Gallery, of which the prince consort laid the See also:foundation stone in 1850
.
These collections, especially See also:rich in See also:Raeburn's See also:works, include also Alexander See also:Nasmyth's portrait of Robert Burns, See also:Gainsborough's "The Hon
.
Mrs
.
See also:Graham" (see PAINTING, See also: