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Longniddry (, ) is a coastal village in East Lothian, Scotland, with an estimated population of in . The Scottish Women's Rural Institute was founded here in 1917. Features Longniddry is primarily a dormitory village for commuters, with good transport links by road and rail (Longniddry railway station is on the North Berwick Line) to the capital, some 12 miles to the West. The village has a number of local, community based resources including local shops and Longniddry Community Centre, which also houses the library. Near to the library is the Scout Hall used by the Longniddry Scout Group. The golf course hosted the Carling-Caledonian Tournament in 1961. Like many coastal towns in East Lothian, Longniddry has a sandy beach beside th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladsmuir
Gladsmuir () is a village and parish in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the A199 and near Tranent and Prestonpans. Description Gladsmuir's principal "claim to fame" relates to its role as the site of the Battle of Prestonpans (1745). Some sources – particularly maps – occasionally refer to the confrontation as the Battle of Gladsmuir. The Jacobite poet William Hamilton (1704–1754) wrote a poem entitled ''Ode on the Battle of Gladsmuir, 1745'' in celebration of the battle. The philanthropist George Heriot, jeweller to James VI, King of Scots and founder of Heriot's Hospital, (later George Heriot's School), in Edinburgh, may have been born in Gladsmuir, his father was. Scottish writer George Godfrey Cunningham (c. 1802–1860) lived at Redcol in Gladsmuir parish. Church Old Gladsmuir Parish Kirk dates from some time between 1650 and the creation of the parish in 1695 and its ruins stand to the north of the current operational church. The replacement church is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Seton
Cockenzie and Port Seton ( ; ) is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton, the 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665. The town had a population of 4,493 in 2001. Since the last census in 2001, many new houses have been built. The population is as of . Cockenzie and Port Seton has continued to grow over the years and is now a dormitory town for Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. Power station To the west of the town, between Cockenzie and Prestonpans is the site of Cockenzie power station, a large coal-fired power station which was a major employer from the 1960s until it closed in 2013, and enabled the town to survive and prosper. Demolition of the main plant is now complete and ownership transferred to East Lothian Council who are now looking for businesses to occupy th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In East Lothian
The List of places in East Lothian is a list for any town, village and hamlet in the East Lothian council area of Scotland. Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum A * Aberlady, Aberlady Bay * Archerfield Estate and Links * Athelstaneford * Auldhame & Scoughall B * Ballencrieff * Bara * Barnes Castle * Barns Ness, * Bass Rock * Battle of Carberry Hill * Belhaven, * Biel * Bilsdean * Birsley Brae * Blindwells *Bolton * Broxburn *Broxmouth C * Canty Bay * Carberry * Castleton * Cockenzie * Cottyburn * Craigleith * Crossgatehall D * Danskine * Dirleton * Doonhill Homestead * Drem *Dunbar * Dunglass E * East Fenton * East Fortune * East Links Family Park * East Linton * East Saltoun * Elphinstone * Elvingston * Eskmills * Eyebroughy F * Fenton Barns, Fenton Tower * Fidra * Fisherrow * Fountainhall G * Garleton * Garvald * Gifford * Gilchriston * Gladsmuir * Gullane, Gullane Bents H * Haddington, Haddington Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longniddry Primary School
Longniddry (, ) is a coastal village in East Lothian, Scotland, with an estimated population of in . The Scottish Women's Rural Institute was founded here in 1917. Features Longniddry is primarily a dormitory village for commuters, with good transport links by road and rail ( Longniddry railway station is on the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollie Hunter
Maureen Mollie Hunter McIlwraith (30 June 1922 – 31 July 2012) was a Scottish writer known as Mollie Hunter. She wrote fantasy for children, historical stories for young adults, and realistic novels for adults. Many of her works are inspired by Scottish history, or by Scottish or Irish folklore, with elements of magic and fantasy. Life Born and raised near Edinburgh in the small village of Longniddry, her final years were spent in Inverness. A portrait of her hangs in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Hunter's debut was ''Patrick Kentigern Keenan'', published by Blackie and Son in 1963 with illustrations by Charles Keeping. In the U.S. it was published in 1963 as ''The Smartest Man in Ireland''. Awards For '' The Stronghold'' Mollie Hunter won the 1974 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. The same novel, published in The Netherlands as "Een toren tegen de romeinen" won the "Zilveren Griffel" (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer. He was the fifth actor to play the fictional secret agent Portrayal of James Bond in film, James Bond in the List of James Bond films, James Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (''GoldenEye'', ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', ''The World Is Not Enough'', and ''Die Another Day'') and in James Bond in video games, multiple video games, such as ''GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game), GoldenEye 007''. After leaving school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration and went on to attend the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career, he rose to popularity in the television series ''Remington Steele'' (1982–1987). After the conclusion of the series, Brosnan appeared in films such as the Cold War spy film ''The Fourth Protocol (film), The Fourth Protocol'' (1987) and the comedy ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993). After achieving worldwide fame for his role as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh MacDiarmid
Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid ( , ), was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. He was a founding member of the National Party of Scotland in 1928 but left in 1933 due to his Marxist–Leninist views. He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain the following year only to be expelled in 1938 for his nationalist sympathies. He would subsequently stand as a parliamentary candidate for both the Scottish National Party (1945) and Communist Party of Great Britain (1964). Grieve's earliest work, including ''Annals of the Five Senses'', was written in English, but he is best known for his use of " synthetic Scots", a literary version of the Scots language that he himself developed. From the early 1930s onwards MacDiarmid made greater use of Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Norman Graham
Sir Norman William Graham, CB FRSE (1913–2010) was a 20th century Scottish civil servant particularly remembered for his senior roles in the Scottish Education Department (SED). He was a major influence on Scottish health and education in the second half of the 20th century. Life He was born in Dundee on 11 October 1913 the son of a marine engineer. He was raised in Glasgow and educated at Hyndland Primary School then Glasgow High School where he was school dux.Scotsman (newspaper) 11 March 2010 He studied History at Glasgow University from 1931, graduating MA (Hons) in 1935 and gaining a second MA in Classics in June 1936. In the autumn of 1936 he joined the Department of Health for Scotland and was Private Secretary to Permanent Secretary Sir William Murrie. This role was based in St Andrews House on the south side of Calton Hill in Edinburgh. However he continued to live in Glasgow, allowing him to pursue golf and rugby with his friends and to oversee the boys' club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Douglas Of Longniddry
George Douglas of Longniddry (floruit 1580-1610) was a Scottish landowner and courtier. Family background He was the son of Francis Douglas of Borg and Elizabeth Fairlie. His father's tutor was John Knox, and he joined Knox in St Andrews Castle in 1547. The lands of this branch of the Douglas family were at Longniddry in East Lothian. Hugh Douglas of Longniddry, his uncle, became a supporter of pro-English policy during the war of the Rough Wooing. When the English army came to Longniddry before the battle of Pinkie in September 1547, the Duke of Somerset heard that Hugh's pregnant wife was in the house. He ordered her to be protected from looters, although William Patten said some of the soldiers from the north of England ignored the order. In November 1547 Hugh Douglas wrote to the Duke of Somerset offering support. When Somerset captured Hailes Castle in February 1548 he made Hugh Douglas its keeper. Their castle at Longniddry was probably demolished on the orders of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvin
John Calvin (; ; ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French Christian theology, theologian, pastor and Protestant Reformers, reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and of God's Monergism, absolute sovereignty in the Christian soteriology, salvation of the human soul from death and Damnation, eternal damnation. Calvinist doctrines were Augustinian soteriology, influenced by and elaborated upon the Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Reformed Christianity, Reformed Church like Continental Reformed, Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, Waldensians, Reformed Baptists, Baptist Reformed, Calvinistic Methodism, Calvinist Methodism, and Reformed Anglican Churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world. Calvin was a tireless polemicist and Christian apolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Knox
John Knox ( – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Church of Scotland. Born in Giffordgate, a street in Haddington, East Lothian, Knox is believed to have been educated at the University of St Andrews and worked as a notary-priest. Influenced by early church reformers such as George Wishart, he joined the movement to reform the Scottish Church. He was caught up in the and political events that involved the murder of Cardinal David Beaton in 1546 and the intervention of the regent Mary of Guise. He was taken prisoner by French forces the following year and exiled to England on his release in 1549. While in exile, Knox was licensed to work in the Church of England, where he rose in the ranks to serve King Edward VI of England as a royal chaplain. He exerted a reforming influence on the text of the ''Book of Common Prayer''. In England, he met and married hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
