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Ramshorn Cemetery
The Ramshorn Cemetery is a cemetery in Scotland and one of Glasgow's older burial grounds, located within the Merchant City district, and along with its accompanying church, is owned by the University of Strathclyde. It has had various names, both official and unofficial: North West Parish Kirkyard; St David's Kirkyard; and Ramshorn and Blackfriars. The latter name tells of its link to Blackfriars Church, linking in turn to the pre-Reformation connection to the Blackfriars Monastery in Glasgow. The burial ground was used from 1719 to 1915. In the 20th century it was remodelled along the lines of the London Improvements Act, moving most stones to the perimeter to create a usable park area. Apart from some flat stones still remaining in-situ this has largely disconnected the stones to the actual spot of interment. In 1813 the body of Janet McAlister was stolen from the graveyard, being found with 4 others in College Street Medical School. In 1824 the church of St David was bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramshorn Cemetery, Glasgow
The tiny hamlet of Ramsor (Methodist spelling) in North Staffordshire played a significant part in the origins of Primitive Methodism. Listed in the Domesday Book as Ramshorn, this ancient hamlet is a typical example of the depopulation of the countryside. Very little now remains of this village apart from a few farms and cottages. The Primitive Methodist Chapel is the only surviving public building. Ramsor, spelling the name as it was pronounced, is the usual spelling in Primitive Methodist documents while Ramshorn is still the official spelling. The variant spellings will be used here to distinguish these. Because of the importance of Ramsor in Primitive Methodism, this article a) Sets out some background information on ''Ramshorn'', and b) Illustrates the place of ''Ramsor'' in Primitive Methodist history. Ramsor Ramshorn Ramshorn is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and this gives the official standard spelling used in maps, road signs, censuses, etc. Only a few far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Wardlaw
Ralph Wardlaw (22 December 1779 – 15 December 1853) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and writer. He was known as an abolitionist campaigner. Life He was born in Dalkeith, just south of Edinburgh, but his family moved to Glasgow when he was six months old. His father was a prosperous merchant and civic magistrate, whilst his mother was the daughter of the Rev. James Fisher and the granddaughter of Ebenezer Erskine, two of the founding ministers of the United Secession Church. At the age of eight he was enrolled at the High School of Glasgow for four years, before being accepted as a student of theology at the University of Glasgow, aged twelve. Despite his strong familial connections to the Secession Church, shortly after his University studies were complete he turned to Independent Congregationalism, as introduced to Scotland (from England) by James and Robert Haldane. He was ordained in 1803 by Rev. Greville Ewing, the popular minister of Lady Glenorchy's church, shortly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourist Attractions In Glasgow
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Tourism numbers declined as a result of a strong economic slowdown (the late-2000s recession) between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and in consequence of the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered until the COVI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Establishments In Scotland
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Stevens Of Bellahouston
Moses Steven of Bellahouston FRSE (1806–1871) was a 19th Scottish advocate and philanthropist. Life He was born in Polmadie House in Govan on 21 December 1806 the son of Moses Steven (sic) of Polmadie (1748-1831). His father was originally a farmer in Drymen but had become a very successful linen merchant in Glasgow under the name of Buchanan, Stevens & Co. In 1824 his father bought the Bellahouston estate from the heirs of Thomas Rowan. The ancient house of Dumbreck House on the site was replaced by a new villa known as Bellahouston House. He studied law at Glasgow University and qualified as an advocate in 1828. In 1847 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was John Shank More. During his life he funded Bellahouston Church and created a new parish there. He died in Bellahouston House on 27 June 1871. He is buried with his parents in Ramshorn Cemetery. The stone lies on the west wall but mentions only his father. He never married and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rodger
Robert Rodger MP (c.1650–c.1720) was a 17th/18th century Scottish merchant who twice served as Lord Provost of Glasgow including the critical junction of the Act of Union 1707 when the overarching power translated to London. He served as MP for Glasgow Burghs 1708-1710. Life He was born in Glasgow the son of William Rodger, a skinner (leather-maker) and Burgess of the city. His father left Glasgow and went to Ireland in 1655 but did not take his family with him. As a merchant Robert traded with the Americas and the West Indies. He was a Burgess from 1680 and rose to be Treasurer of the City from 1693. He was Bailie multiple times from 1695 onwards, Dean of Guild 1697-1699. In 1707 he succeeded John Aird as Lord Provost of the city, and after a period of interchange every two years between Aird and Rodgers (the position being held for a duration of two years) ended his second term in 1713. In the year of Union (1707) he undertook a census of the city and the population w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ranken (moderator)
Alexander Ranken (1755–1827) was an 18th/19th century Church of Scotland minister and historian, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1811. Life He was born in the village of Currie just south of Edinburgh on 28 February 1755. He was presumably educated at the Church School in Currie which was run by Rev James Craig who had previously been a master at George Heriot's School. He certainly studied at Edinburgh University. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in April 1779. He was assistant to Rev Henry Moncrieff-Wellwood at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh 1779 to 1781, before being ordained as minister of Cambusnethan in August 1791. On 5 July 1785 he was presented by the Glasgow Magistrates and Council to the North West Parish in Glasgow also known as St David's Church or (more commonly to the locals) as the "Ramshorn Church", standing adjacent to the ancient Ramshorn Cemetery. He was formally translated to this new position in September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Provand
Andrew Dryburgh Provand (23 March 1838 – 18 July 1915) was a Scottish merchant strongly linked to Manchester; he was also a Liberal Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown from 1886 to 1900. Background Provand was the son of George Provand, a Glasgow merchant and his wife Ann Reid Dryburgh. He never married. Career He won the seat in 1886, but lost it fourteen years later at the 1900 general election to future Prime Minister, Bonar Law. He unsuccessfully contested the same seat again in 1906. During his time in Parliament, he was involved in debates over land taxation. He died on 18 July 1915 and is buried in the graveyard at the Ramshorn Church (now known as Ramshorn Cemetery The Ramshorn Cemetery is a cemetery in Scotland and one of Glasgow's older burial grounds, located within the Merchant City district, and along with its accompanying church, is owned by the University of Strathclyde. It has had vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Monteith
Henry Monteith of Carstairs (1764–1848) was a Scottish businessman and Tory politician who twice served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1814 to 1816 and 1818 to 1820, and as MP for Linlithgow 1820 to 1826 and 1830 to 1831. Life He was born the sixth son of James Monteith (b. 1734) a merchant-weaver making cambric on Bishop Street in the Anderston district of Glasgow, and his wife, Rebecca Thomson. His eldest brother, John Monteith, had Scotland's first steam-driven power loom factory in Pollokshaws. The family were originally from the Aberfoyle area and had fought off raids from Rob Roy. He studied at Glasgow University graduating in 1776. Trained in the family weaving business he owned his own factory Henry Monteith & Company by 1785. In 1802 he opened a second factory making handkerchiefs in the Barrowfield district, and when James died later that year also took over his power loom factory in Pollokshaws. His workforce peaked in 1804 with a huge 6000 employees. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Smith
Madeleine Hamilton Smith (29 March 1835 – 12 April 1928) was a 19th-century Glasgow socialite who was the accused in a sensational murder trial in Scotland in 1857. Background Smith was the first child (of five) of an upper-middle-class family in Glasgow; her father, James Smith (Glasgow architect), James Smith (1808–1863) was a wealthy architect, and her mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of leading neo-classical architect David Hamilton (architect), David Hamilton. She was born at the family home 81 Wellington Place in Glasgow. In 1855 the family moved from India Street to 7 Blythswood Square, Glasgow, living in the lower half of a house owned by her maternal uncle, David Hamilton, a yarn merchant. The house stands at the crown of the major development led by William Harley on Blythswood Hill, and they also had a country property, "Rowaleyn", near Helensburgh. Smith broke the strict Victorian morality, Victorian conventions of the time when, as a young woman in earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
