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James Campbell (1789-1861)
Rev James Campbell (1789-1861), born in Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire to William Campbell and Agnes, née Riggs, was a Scottish clergyman and established Church of Scotland parish minister of Traquair in Peeblesshire. Career After studying at the University of Glasgow, Campbell was tutor to the family of Robert Nutter Campbell of Kailzie, and to the Hart family of Castlemilk, with whom he travelled extensively throughout continental Europe. In 1820, he was ordained to Traquair parish, serving there for forty-one years until his death, after which his son-in-law, Rev Jardine Wallace, took over as his successor. Letters from continental Europe Rev Campbell's invaluable contribution to Scottish history is the unique series of letters he wrote to his father and family. This correspondence, reposited in Dumfries and currently being digitised and transcribed by the Carsphairn Heritage Initiative charity, describes Campbell's travels to France, Italy, Spain and Holland with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rev James Campbell (1792-1861), Parish Minister Of Traquair
Rev or Rév may refer to: Abbreviations Rev. * Rev., an abbreviation for revolution, as in Revolutions per minute * Rev., an abbreviation for the religious style The Reverend * Rev., the abbreviation for RunRev, Runtime Revolution, a development environment * Rev., an abbreviation for the Book of Revelation * Rev., an abbreviation for Reverse (other), Reverse * Rev., an abbreviation for Revision (other), Revision * Rev., an abbreviation for Revolver * Rev., an abbreviation for Review, as in: ** Chem. Rev. (Chemical Reviews), a peer-reviewed scientific journal ** Phys. Rev. (Physical Review), an American scientific journal Revs * Revs (video game), ''Revs'' (video game), a 1984 Formula Three simulation computer game * Revs (graffiti artist), tag name of a graffiti artist in New York City * The Revs, an Irish rock band * Revs, the nickname for the New England Revolution soccer club in America Acronyms * REV Bremerhaven, a professional hockey team in Germany's 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsphairn
Carsphairn ( gd, An Còrsa Feàrna) is a village in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located about halfway between Dalmellington and St John's Town of Dalry, on the A713 road. Carsphairn annual sheep show is held in the village. Cairnsmore of Carsphairn is to the north east of the village in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills. To the west is the ridge of the Rhinns of Kells in the Galloway Hills. The village has many features ranging from an ancient stone circle to a nuclear listening post (now disused), and includes local amenities such as a shop, tearoom, a primary school and a village hall. Carsphairn Church, Church of Scotland was built in 1815 on site of an earlier church. Additions and alterations in the 1930s include the apse and porch. The Knockengorroch World Ceilidh takes place here annuall History Carsphairn was made an independent parish around 1627, prior to which it had been a part of the Parish of St John's Tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traquair
Traquair ( gd, Cille Bhrìghde) is a small village and civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish in the Scottish Borders; Counties of Scotland, until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road south of Innerleithen at . History Traquair, said to mean "hamlet on the Quair Water", a river which runs northwards from the hill, Slake Law () to drain into the River Tweed north of Traquair. The village was once surrounded by the great Ettrick Forest and is surrounded by many hills in excess of The area was renowned for the rearing of Cheviot sheep. In early times the village bore the name Kirkbryde or Strathquair, the Kirkbryde coming from the local church which was dedicated to Brigid of Kildare, St. Bride, or Bridget. As early as the 12th century, Traquair was of some importance, important enough to be raised to the status of a Sheriffdom. One of the earliest mentions of the area came in 1107 when Traquair House or Tower was known as a hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlemilk
Castlemilk ( gd, Caisteal Mheilc) is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies to the far south of the city centre, adjacent to the Croftfoot and Simshill residential areas within the city to the north-west, the town of Rutherglen - neighbourhoods of Spittal to the north-east and Fernhill to the east, Linn Park and its golf course to the west, and the separate village of Carmunnock further south across countryside. The area was developed by the Glasgow Corporation as a peripheral housing scheme in the 1950s to accommodate 34,000 people from inner-city slum areas such as the Gorbals. The new residents were provided with open spaces, a clean environment and indoor toilets and bathrooms. The modern development grew around Castlemilk House, a stately old mansion built around Cassilton Tower, which was started in 1460 on the site of a 13th-century castle, and was demolished in December 1969. The population had dropped from 37,000 in 1971 to roughly half that number in 1991. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 493,465 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2019 census); its metropolitan area has a population of 1,454,158 inhabitants (2019 census). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 20 French Métropoles, with one of the three strongest demographic growth (2013-2019). Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the SPOT satellite system, ATR and the Aerospace Valley. It hosts the CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST) which is the largest national space centre in Europe, but also, on the military side, the newly created NATO space centre of excellence and the French Space Command and Space Academy. Thales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronounced , "Leghorn" in the . or ). During the , Livorno was designed as an "". Developing c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blackwood & Sons
William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804. It played a key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan, George Tomkyns Chesney, Joseph Conrad, George Eliot, E. M. Forster, John Galt, John Neal, Thomas De Quincey, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, John Hanning Speke and Anthony Trollope, both in books and in the monthly ''Blackwood’s Magazine''. History In 1804 William Blackwood opened a shop in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, for the sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook the Scottish agency for John Murray and other London publishers, and gradually drifted into publishing on his own account, moving in 1816 to Princes Street. On 1 April 1817 the first number of the ''Edinburgh Monthly Magazine'' was published, which on its seventh number became ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine''. "''Maga''," as this magazine soon came to be called, was the organ of the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rev George Campbell Jubilee (unknown Newspaper)
Rev or Rév may refer to: Abbreviations Rev. * Rev., an abbreviation for revolution, as in Revolutions per minute * Rev., an abbreviation for the religious style The Reverend * Rev., the abbreviation for Runtime Revolution, a development environment * Rev., an abbreviation for the Book of Revelation * Rev., an abbreviation for Reverse * Rev., an abbreviation for Revision * Rev., an abbreviation for Revolver * Rev., an abbreviation for Review, as in: ** Chem. Rev. (Chemical Reviews), a peer-reviewed scientific journal ** Phys. Rev. (Physical Review), an American scientific journal Revs * ''Revs'' (video game), a 1984 Formula Three simulation computer game * Revs (graffiti artist), tag name of a graffiti artist in New York City * The Revs, an Irish rock band * Revs, the nickname for the New England Revolution soccer club in America Acronyms * REV Bremerhaven, a professional hockey team in Germany's 2nd Bundesliga league * REV (Conference), the International Conference on Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastwood, Glasgow
Eastwood is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde, and is part of the Newlands/Auldburn ward under Glasgow City Council. Description The Eastwood neighbourhood has a somewhat isolated location, situated in an area of low ground bounded by the Auldhouse Burn and the Glasgow South Western Line railway to the north and west, and with the only main road in and out (B769 Thornliebank Road) forming the eastern boundary on elevated ground, with the higher Mansewood neighbourhood beyond. The only public road in and out of the area itself is Garvock Drive which joins Thornliebank Road. There are multiple pedestrians access points but these all lead to Thornliebank Road. In addition to the burn and railway, between Eastwood and the Carnwadric neighbourhood to the south are a cemetery (''Old Eastwood'') and a set of private playing fields (''Auldhouse'') used by Giffnock Soccer Centre and the Giffnock Soccer Centre Foundation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Service Society
The Scottish Church Society is a Church of Scotland society founded in 1892. Leading founders were Thomas Leishman and William Milligan, and the first secretary was James Cooper. Background Although always a minority within the Church of Scotland, the Society has at times proved influential. It grew out of the Church Service Society (founded 1865), but has not confined itself to interest in liturgies or form. Cooper was identified with a High Church or "Scoto-Catholic" theological approach within Presbyterianism. The Society was active in seeking and achieving Article 1 of the Articles Declaratory of the Constitution of the Church of Scotland, defining the trinitarian nature of the Christian faith and the " catholicity" of the Church. A notable congregation for its historic connections with the Society and with Scoto-Catholicism is Govan Old Parish Church, Glasgow. Current officers Twelve former Presidents of the Society have served as Moderator of the General Assembly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Herbert Story
Robert Herbert Story (28 January 1835 – 13 January 1907) was a Scottish divine and Principal of the University of Glasgow. He attained the highest position in the Scottish church as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1894. Biography Story was born on 28 January 1835 at the manse at Rosneath, Dunbartonshire, the son of Rev Robert Story, the parish minister. He was educated at the universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Heidelberg. In November 1858 he was licensed to preach as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Dumbarton. He was then sent to Canada to improve the Church of Scotland's presence there. In 1859, he was assistant minister at St Andrew's Church, Montreal, but in February 1860 returned to Scotland when he was inducted as minister of his home town of Rosneath in succession to his father. Edinburgh University awarded him a Doctor of Divinity in 1874. He was appointed Junior Clerk of the General Assembly in 1886. From 1885 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gillespie (moderator)
John Gillespie (1836–1912) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1903. Life He was born in Johnstone by Lockerbie in 1836 the third son of Margaret Johnstone and her husband, James Gillespie who farmed at Annanbank, Johnstone. He was educated at Newton Wamphray. After obtaining a Masters in Divinity in Glasgow he served the parish of Mouswald in Dumfriesshire as a minister of the Church of Scotland from 1865 to 1912. The Gillespie Memorial Hall in Mouswald is named after him. From 1892 he served as a county councillor for Dumfriesshire representing the district of Mouswald. A keen supporter of the local farmers he was nicknamed the "Minister for Agriculture". He was Secretary of the Galloway Cattle Society and endowed a silver cup at the Royal Highland Show for best Galloway cattle The Galloway is a Scottish breed of beef cattle, named after the Galloway region of Scotland, where it originated during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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