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Charles Orr (rugby Union)
Charles Edward Orr (21 November 1866 – 6 April 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p137 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for West of Scotland. Provincial career He was capped by Glasgow District to play Edinburgh District in the inter-city fixture of 5 December 1885. He played for Glasgow again in their match against North of Scotland District on 2 January 1886. He was capped by the West of Scotland District to play the East of Scotland District on 29 January 1877. He scored a try for the West district.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18870131/144/0007 International career He was capped sixteen times for between 1887 and 1892. Family He was the brother of Jack Orr John B. Orr Jr. ( – July 25, 1974) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives and as the Mayor of Metropolitan Dade County from 1972 to 1974. Background Orr earned a Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neilston
Neilston ( sco, Neilstoun, gd, Baile Nèill, ) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, southwest of Barrhead, south of Paisley, and south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Neilston is a dormitory village with a resident population of just over 5,000 people. Neilston is mentioned in documents from the 12th century, when the feudal lord Robert de Croc, endowed a chapel to Paisley Abbey to the North. Neilston Parish Church—a Category B listed building—is said to be on the site of this original chapel and has been at the centre of the community since 1163. Little remains of the original structure. Before industrialisation, Neilston was a scattered farming settlement composed of a series of single-storey houses, many of them thatched. Some domestic weaving was carried out using local flax. Water power from nearby streams ground corn and provided a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
