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Leadhills
Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835. It was originally known as Waterhead. It is the second highest village in Scotland, the highest being neighbouring Wanlockhead, south. It is near the source of Glengonnar Water, a tributary of the River Clyde. Local attractions Library The Leadhills Miners' Library (also known as the Allan Ramsay (poet), Allan Ramsay Library or the Leadhills Reading Society), founded in 1741 by 21 miners, the local schoolteacher and the local minister, specifically to purchase a collection of books for its members’ mutual improvement — its membership was not restricted to the miners; several non-miners, such as William Symington, John Brown (physician, born 1810), John Brown (author of ''Rab and his Friends'') and James Braid (surgeon), James Braid, were also full members — houses an extensive antiquarian book collection, loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leadhills And Wanlockhead Railway
The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway is a narrow gauge railway in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is laid on the trackbed of the former Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch of the Caledonian Railway which led off the main line between and Glasgow at Elvanfoot. Overview The preserved section runs from Leadhills for about towards Wanlockhead and is the highest adhesion railway in the UK. The rack and pinion Snowdon Mountain Railway is higher. Trains are currently Diesel locomotive, diesel worked with the locomotive propelling the train up hill away from Leadhills. The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch, original railway closed in the late 1930s shortly after the mining, mines in Wanlockhead had closed. The railway currently stops at the border of South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway. Operation Trains operate on the Push-pull train, push-pull principle as there are no run round loop facilities at the end of the run. Movements within the main station site at Leadhills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Mining Company House
The Scots Mining Company House, also known as Woodlands Hall, is an early-18th-century mansion house in Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The house was built around 1736 for the manager of the Leadhills mines, which were owned by the Earl of Hopetoun. Its design has been attributed to the architect William Adam. The house is now a category A listed building. The garden, which is largely unchanged since it was laid out in the 18th century, is included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens. History Lead and silver have been mined at Leadhills in the Southern Uplands for centuries. In the 17th century, Sir James Hope (1614–1661) married Anne, daughter of Robert Foulis of Leadhills, and the mines subsequently passed to his descendants the Earls of Hopetoun. The Scots Mining Company, formally The Governor and Company for Working the Mines and Minerals in that part of North Britain called Scotland, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Mining Company
The Scots Mining Company, or Scotch Mines Company,Peter L. Payne (Ed.) (2013) ''Studies in Scottish Business History'page 119-134Routledge. Retrieved February 2015 was formed shortly after the Jacobite rising of 1715 by Sir John Erskine with the intention of better developing the mineral resources of Scotland.John Nichols (1853) ''The Gentleman's Magazine'', Volume 193''A Trip to the Gold Regions if Scotland''p589-597, Publisher R. Newton. Retrieved February 2015 Primary investors were largely garnered from expatriate Scots living in London. History Following its incorporation by royal charter in 1729, the Scots Mining Company procured leases for mines at Leadhills and elsewhere. The company was near bankrupt when, in 1734, the mathematician James Stirling was appointed manager.Colin Russell (2014) ''Who Made the Scottish Enlightenment?'page 391 Xlibris Corporation, Retrieved February 2015 The systems of mining, social organisation and living conditions of the workers that Stir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanlockhead
Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands. It is Scotland's highest village, the village centre being at an elevation of around above sea level. Some sources, including VisitScotland, cite an altitude of but the highest house in the village has been measured at . The village can be accessed via the B797 road, B797, which connects it to the A76 road, A76 near Sanquhar and the A74(M) and M74 motorways, A74(M) motorway at Abington, South Lanarkshire, Abington. History Wanlockhead takes its name from the Wanlock Water, a stream which rises in the remote hollow which forms the setting of the village. The village owes its existence to the lead and other mineral deposits found in the surrounding hills. These deposits were first exploited by the Roman Empire, Romans, and from the 13th century they began to be worked again in the summer. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Symington
William Symington (1764–1831) was a Scottish engineer and inventor during the Georgian era. He is most well known as the builder of the first practical steamboat, the Charlotte Dundas. The engine has been described as ''"without doubt the most compact and efficient marine steam engine up to that time"'' and its design would influence later steamboat and steamship engine designs. While Symington died in poverty after failing to commercialise his steam engine designs, he is still credited as one of the great inventors of the early Industrial Revolution. Early life Symington was born in Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, to a family he described as being "respectable but not wealthy." His father worked as a practical mechanic at the Leadhills mines. Although his parents intended for him to enter the ministry, he intended to use his good education to make a career as an engineer. So, in 1785, he joined his brother George in his attempts to build a steam engine at Wanlockhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Ramsay (poet)
Allan Ramsay (15 October 16867 January 1758) was a Scottish poet (or ''makar''), playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Scottish Enlightenment, Enlightenment Edinburgh. Ramsay's influence extended to England, foreshadowing the reaction that followed the publication of ''Percy's Reliques''. He was on close terms with the leading Intellectual#Man of Letters, men of letters in Scotland and England. He corresponded with William Hamilton (Jacobite poet), William Hamilton of Bangour, William Somervile, John Gay and Alexander Pope. He began writing poetry as a member of the Easy Club and in 1715 became Club Laureate. Ramsay published verses and turned bookseller in 1718, selling poetry collections like ''Wealth and the Woody'', a satire on the South Sea Company. In 1720, he collected and published his poems, establishing a circulating library in 1726. Ramsay edited ''The Tea-Table Miscellany'' and ''The Ever Green'' and is considered as a pastoral writer and editor who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Braid (surgeon)
James Braid (19 June 1795 – 25 March 1860) was a Scottish surgeon, Natural philosophy, natural philosopher, and "gentleman scientist". He was a significant innovator in the treatment of clubfoot, Vertebral column#Curvature, spinal curvature, Genu valgum, knock-knees, Genu varum, bandy legs, and Strabismus, squint; a significant pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, and an important and influential pioneer in the adoption of both hypnotic anaesthesia and History of general anesthesia, chemical anaesthesia. He is regarded by some, such as Kroger (2008, p. 3), as the "Father of Modern Hypnotism"; however, in relation to the issue of there being significant connections between Braid's "hypnotism" and "modern hypnotism" (as practised), let alone "identity", Weitzenhoffer (2000, p. 3) urges the utmost caution in making any such assumption: Also, in relation to the clinical application of "hypnotism", Early life Braid was born on 19 June 1795, the third son, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stirling (mathematician)
James Stirling (11 May Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scotland, Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian". The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after him. He also proved the correctness of Isaac Newton's classification of cubic plane curves. Biography Stirling was born on 11 May 1692 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. at Garden House near Stirling, the third son of Archibald Stirling (1651-1715) and Anna Hamilton, and grandson of Archibald Stirling, Lord Garden, (1617-1668). At 18 years of age he went to Balliol College, Oxford, where, chiefly through the influence of the John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732), Earl of Mar, he was nominated in 1711 to be one of Bishop Warner's exhibitioners (or Snell exhibitioner) at Balliol. In 1715 he was expelled on account of his correspondence with his cousins, who were members of the Keir and Garden fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (; ), is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland. The county is no longer used for local government purposes, but gives its name to the two modern council areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. The county was established as a shire (the area controlled by a sheriff principal, sheriff) in the twelfth century, covering most of the basin of the River Clyde. The area was sometimes known as Clydesdale. In the early fifteenth century the western part of the shire was removed to become Renfrewshire (historic), Renfrewshire. The historic county of Lanarkshire includes Glasgow, but the city had a separate lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy from 1893. A Lanarkshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, which was based in Glasgow until 1964 when it moved to Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh and Aberdeen, with a dense network of branch lines in the area surrounding Glasgow. It was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Many of its principal routes are still used, and the original main line between Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle and Glasgow is in use as part of the West Coast Main Line railway (with a modified entry into Glasgow itself). Introduction In the mid-1830s, railways in England evolved from local concerns to longer routes that connected cities, and then became networks. In Scotland it was clear that this was the way forward, and there was a desire to connect the Central Belt to the incipient English network. There was controversy over the route that such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Adam (architect)
William Adam (1689 – 24 June 1748) was a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur. He was the foremost architect of his time in Scotland,McWilliam, p.57 designing and building numerous country houses and public buildings, and often acting as contractor as well as architect. Among his best known works are Hopetoun House near Edinburgh, and Duff House in Banff. His individual, exuberant style built on the Palladian style, but with Baroque details inspired by Vanbrugh and Continental architecture. In the 18th century, Adam was considered Scotland's "Universal Architect". However, since the early 20th century, architectural critics have taken a more measured view, Colin McWilliam, for instance, finding the quality of his work "varied to an extreme degree". As well as being an architect, Adam was involved in several industrial ventures and improvement schemes, including coal mining, salt panning, stone quarries and mills. In 1731 he began to build up his own estate i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War 1
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
