JEDBURGH
, a royal and See also:police See also:burgh and See also:county-See also:town of See also:Roxburghshire, See also:Scotland
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Pop. of police burgh (1901), 3136
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It is situated on Jed See also:Water, a tributary of the See also:Teviot, 56: m
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S.E. of See also:Edinburgh by the See also:North See also:British railway, via Roxburgh and St Boswells (49 M. by road), and ro m. from the border at Catcleuch Shin, a See also:peak of the Cheviots, 1742 ft. high
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Of the name Jedburgh there have been many variants, the earliest being Gedwearde (800), Jedwarth (1251), and Geddart (1586), while locally the word is sometimes pronounced Jethart
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The town is situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Jed, the See also:main streets See also:running at right angles from each See also:side of the central See also:market-See also:place
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Of the renowned See also:group of Border abbeys—Jedburgh, See also:Melrose, Dryburgh and See also:Kelso—that of Jedburgh is the stateliest
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In 1118, according to tradition, but more probably as -See also:late as 1138, See also:David, See also:prince of Cumbria, here founded a priory for Augustinian monks from the See also:abbey of St Quentin at See also:Beauvais in See also:France, and in 1147, after he had become 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, erected it into an abbey dedicated to the Virgin
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Repeatedly damaged in Border warfare, it was ruined in 1544–45 during the See also:English invasion led by See also:Sir See also:Ralph Evers (or See also:Eure)
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The See also:establishment was suppressed in 1559, the revenues being temporarily annexed to the See also:Crown
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After changing owners more than once, the lands were See also:purchased in 1637 by the 3rd See also:earl of See also:Lothian
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Latterly five of the bays at the See also:west end had been utilized 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, but in 1873–1875 the 9th See also:marquess of Lothian built a church for the service of the parish, and presented it to the heritors in See also:exchange for the ruined abbey 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 to prevent the latter from being injured by See also:modern additions and alterations
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The abbey was built of Old Red See also:sandstone, and belongs mostly to the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th centuries
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The See also:architecture is mixed, and the abbey is a beautiful example of the See also:Norman and Transition styles
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The See also:total length is 235 ft., the See also:nave being 1331 ft. See also:long and 591 ft. wide
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The west front contains a See also:great Norman See also:porch and a See also:fine See also:wheel window
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The nave, on each side, has nine pointed See also:arches in the See also:basement See also:storey, nine See also:round arches in the See also:triforium, and See also:thirty-six pointed arches in the See also:clerestory, through which an See also:arcade is carried on both sides
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The See also:tower, at the intersection of the nave and transepts, is of unusually massive proportions, being 3o ft. square and fully too ft. high; the network See also:baluster round the See also:top is modern
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With the exception of the north piers and a small portion of the See also:wall above, which are Norman, the tower See also:dates from the end of the 15th See also:century
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The whole of the See also:south See also:transept has perished
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The north transept, with See also:early Decorated windows, has been covered in and walled off, and is the See also:burial-ground of the Kerrs of Fernihirst, ancestors of the marquess of Lothian
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The earliest tombstone is dated 1524; one of the latest is the recumbent effigy, by G
.
F
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See also:Watts, R.A., of the 8th marquess of Lothian (1832-1870)
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All that is left of the See also:choir, which contains some very early Norman See also:work, is two bays with three tiers on each side, corresponding to the See also:design of the nave
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It is supposed that the See also:aisle, with Decorated window and groined roof, south of the See also:chancel, formed the See also:grammar school (removed from the abbey in 1751) in which See also:Samuel See also:Rutherford (1600-1661), See also:principal of St See also:Mary's See also:College, St See also:Andrews, and 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 See also:Thomson, author of The Seasons, were educated
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The See also:door leading from the south aisle into a herbaceous See also:garden, formerly the See also:cloister, is an exquisite copy of one which had become greatly decayed
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It was designed by'S1r 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, under whose superintendence restoration in the abbey was carried out
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The See also:castle stood on high ground at the south end of the burgh, or " town-See also:head." Erected by David I., it was one of the strong-holds ceded to See also:England in 1174, under the treaty of See also:Falaise, for the See also:ransom 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 the See also:Lion
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It was, however, so often captured by the English that it became a menace rather than a See also:protection, and the townsfolk demolished it in 1409
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It had
occasionally been used as a royal See also:residence, and was the See also:scene, in See also:November 1285, of the See also:revels held in celebration of the See also:marriage (solemnized in the abbey) of See also:Alexander III. to Joleta, or See also:Yolande, daughter of the See also:count of See also:Dreux
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The site was occupied in 1823 by the county See also:prison, now known as the castle, a castellated structure which gradually See also:fell into disuse and was acquired by the See also:corporation in 1890
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A See also:house exists in Backgate in which Mary See also:Queen of Scots, resided in 1566, and one in Castlegate which Prince See also:Charles See also:Edward occupied in 1745
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The public buildings include the grammar school (built in 1833 to replace the successor of the school in the abbey), founded by William Turnbull, See also:bishop of See also:Glasgow (d
.
1454), the county buildings, the See also:free library and the public 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, which succeeded to the See also:corn exchange destroyed by See also:fire in 1898, a loss that involved the museum and its contents, including the See also:banners captured by the Jethart weavers at See also:Bannockburn and See also:Killiecrankie
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The old market See also:cross still exists, and there are two public parks
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The See also:chief See also:industry is the manufacture of woollens (blankets, See also:hosiery), but See also:brewing, tanning and See also:iron-See also:founding are carried on, and See also:fruit (especially See also:pears) and garden produce are in repute
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Jedburgh was made a royal burgh in the reign of David I., and received a See also:charter from See also:Robert I. and another, in 1566, from Mary Queen of Scots
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Sacked and burned 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 after time during the Border strife, it was inevitable that the townsmen should become keen fighters
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Their cry of " Jethart's here!" was heard wherever the fray waxed most fiercely, and the Jethart See also:axe of their invention—a See also:steel axe on a 4-ft. See also:pole—wrought havoc in their hands
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" Jethart or Jeddart See also:justice," according to which a See also:man was hanged first and tried afterwards, seems to have been a hasty generalization from a solitary fact—the See also:summary See also:execution in James VI.'s reign of a gang of rogues at the instance of Sir See also:George See also:Home, but has nevertheless passed into a See also:- PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)
proverb
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Old Jeddart, 4 M
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S. of the See also:present town, the first site of the burgh, is now marked by a few grassy mounds, and of the great Jedburgh See also:forest, only the See also:- VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)
venerable oaks, the "Capon See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
Tree" and the "King of the See also:Woods" remain
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Dunion 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 (1095 ft.), about 2 in. south-west of Jedburgh, commands a fine view of the See also:capital of the county
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