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QUEENSFERRY
, a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Linlithgow-See also:shire, See also:Scotland
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Pop
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(1901) 185o
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It is situated on the S. See also:side of the See also:Firth of Forth, 9 M. by road N.W. of See also:Edinburgh and about 1 m. from Dalmeny station on the See also:North See also:British railway, and is sometimes called See also:South Queensferry, to distinguish it from the Queensferry on the opposite See also:shore
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Of old it was the See also:ferry giving See also:access to See also:Dunfermline and other places on the north side of the firth, its use in this respect by See also:Margaret, the See also:queen of See also:Malcolm Canmore, originating its name; just as See also:Port See also:Edgar, 1 m
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W., was named after her See also:brother, Edgar Atheling
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The See also:Hawes See also:Inn, which figures in See also:Scott's See also:Antiquary, was the See also:terminus of the run from Edinburgh in the coaching days
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Queensferry became a burgh of See also:royalty in 1363, a royal burgh in 1639 and a police burgh in 1882, and belongs to the See also:Stirling See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs (with Stirling, See also:Culross, Dunfermline and See also:Inverkeithing)
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The See also:principal structures include, besides the small See also:parish See also:
Dalmeny See also:House, the seat of the earl of Rosebery, lies in beautifully wooded grounds about 2 M
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E. of the ferry
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In the See also:park, on the seashore facing See also:Drum Sands, stands Barnbougle See also:Castle, a See also:building of unknown See also:age which became the seat of the Mowbrays in the 12th See also:century
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After passing into the hands of the earls of See also:Haddington, it was See also:purchased in 1662 by See also:Sir See also:Archibald See also:Primrose, an ancestor of the earl of Rosebery
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The castle was thoroughly restored in 1880
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Dundas Castle, 1z m
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S. of Queensferry, was a seat of the Dundases from 1124 to 1875, was besieged in 1449, received a visit from See also:Cromwell in 1651 and was partly rebuilt about 185o
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Hopetoun House, nearly 3 M
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W. of the ferry, was begun about 1696 from the plans of Sir See also:
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