Duddingston — DUDDINGSTON, a parish, in the county of Edinburgh; including the villages of Joppa and Easter and Wester Duddingston, and also the late quoad sacra parish of Portobello; and containing 4366 inhabitants, of whom 156 are in Easter, and 200 in… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Duddingston — A view of Duddingston village from across the loch. Duddingston is a former village in the east of Edinburgh, Scotland, next to Holyrood Park. Contents 1 Origins a … Wikipedia
Liste schottischer Lochs — Loch ist das schottisch gälische Wort für einen See oder eine Meeresbucht, einen Fjord (englisch Firth). Das Wort, lɔx, «loch» mit kehligem «ch» ausgesprochen, ist verwandt mit dem altirischen Lough, rekonstruierte indogermanische Wurzel… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Holyrood Park — (also called the Queen s Park or King s Park depending on the current monarch s gender) is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about a mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs,… … Wikipedia
John Thomson (painter) — The Reverend John Thomson (1 September, 1778 28 October, 1840) was the minister of Duddingston Kirk near Edinburgh, Scotland and a distinguished amateur landscape painter.Early lifeThe youngest of eight children, Thomson was born in Dailly,… … Wikipedia
Edinburgh — EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Curling House — For other uses, see Curling House (disambiguation). The old Curling House at Craigie in South Ayrshire. A Curling House was used to store curling stones, brushes and other equipment used to maintain a curling pond and play the game of curling in… … Wikipedia
The Skating Minister — Infobox Painting| title=The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch artist=Henry Raeburn year=1790s type=oil on canvas height=30 width=25 museum=National Gallery of Scotland The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch ,… … Wikipedia
Innocent Railway — The Innocent Railway is now a cyclepath connecting central Edinburgh, at Newington and St. Leonard’s at its west end, with Duddingston, Niddrie and Craigmillar to the east and the path continues on, directly linking Bingham and Brunstane. The… … Wikipedia
List of lochs in Scotland — The following is a list of lochs in Scotland. Loch is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or fiord, cognate with the Irish Gaelic lough , which has been borrowed by Scots and Scottish English to apply to such bodies of water, especially those… … Wikipedia