See also:FORTROSE (Gaelic for t'rois, " the See also:wood on the promontory ")
, a royal and See also:police See also:burgh, and seaport of the See also:county of See also:Ross and See also:Cromarty, See also:Scotland
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It is situated on the See also:south-eastern See also:coast of the See also:peninsula of the See also:Black Isle, 8 m. due N.N.E. of See also:Inverness, 264 m. by See also:rail
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It is the See also:terminus of the Black Isle See also:branch of the Highland railway; there is communication by steamer with Inverness and also with Fort See also:George, 22 M. distant, by See also:ferry from Chanonry Ness
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See also:Fortrose consists of the two towns of Rosemarkie and Chanonry, about 1 m. apart, which were See also:united into a See also:free burgh by 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 II. in 1455 and created a royal burgh in 1590
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It s a See also:place of consider-able antiquity, a monastery having been established in the 6th See also:century by St Moluag, a friend of See also:Columba's, and St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's
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 built in the 8th century
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In 1124 See also:David I. instituted the bishopric of Ross, with its seat here, and the See also:town acquired some fame for its school of See also:theology and See also:law
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The See also:cathedral is believed to have been founded in 1330 by the countess of Ross (her canopied See also:tomb, against the See also:chancel See also:wall, still exists) and finished in 1485 by See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot See also:Fraser, whose previous See also:residence at See also:Melrose is said to See also:account for the Perpendicular features of his portion of the See also:work
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It was See also:Early Decorated in See also:style, cruciform in See also:plan, and built of red See also:sandstone, but all that is See also:left are the south aisles of the See also:nave and the chancel, with the See also:chapter-See also:house, a two-storeyed structure, See also:standing apart near the See also:north-eastern corner
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The cathedral and See also:bishop's See also:palace were destroyed by 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 of See also:Cromwell, who used the stones for his See also:great fort at Inverness
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Another relic of the past survives in the See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell of 1460
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These ruins See also:form the See also:chief See also:object of See also:interest in the town, but other buildings include the See also:academy and the Black Isle See also:combination poorhouse
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The town is an agricultural centre of some consequence, and the See also:harbour is kept in repair
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Rosemarkie, in the See also:churchyard of which is an See also:ancient See also:Celtic See also:cross, is much resorted to for See also:sea-bathing, and there is a See also:golf course in Chanonry Ness
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The burgh belongs to the Inverness See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs
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