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Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Kirkcudbright, former county, Scotland: see Kirkcudbrightshire. ...

Kincardine, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Kincardine, former county, Scotland: see Kincardineshire. ...

William, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia)William, king of Scotland: see William the Lion. ...

Scotland, Free Church of

(Encyclopedia)Scotland, Free Church of, the secessionist Presbyterian church established as a result of the great disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland. The cause of the separation lay in the demand of the l...

Renfrew, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Renfrew, former county, Scotland: see Renfrewshire. ...

Selkirk, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Selkirk, former county, Scotland: see Selkirkshire. ...

Banff, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Banff, former county, Scotland: see Banffshire. ...

Perth, former county, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Perth, former county, Scotland: see Perthshire. ...

Eden, rivers, England and Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Eden, name of several rivers in England and Scotland. The principal one rises in Cumbria, N England, and flows 65 mi (105 km) NW past Carlisle, into Solway Firth. The Vale of Eden is a rich farming re...

David I, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia)David I, 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria,...