Mergefrom Cramond Roman Fort date November 2008 infobox UK place static image Image Cramond Harbour.jpg 240px static image caption small Cramond Harbour small country Scotland official name Cramond population ... miles 535 km Boxing the compass SSE Cramond is a seaside village now part of suburban Edinburgh ... River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth . The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence ... of the Scottish economist John Law economist John Law . Etymology The Cramond Roman Fort Roman fort or station at Cramond was known to the Romans as Alaterva , according to a stone altar dug up in the grounds of Cramond House that is dedicated to the mothers of Alaterva and of the fields , the Latin ... the end of the Roman occupation, Cramond passed into the hands of the Votadini , who spoke Cumbric ... its name. Cramond is derived from the compound Caer Amon , meaning fort on the river , referring ... history Pre Roman Archaeological excavations at Cramond have uncovered evidence of habitation dating ... around their territories according to the season of the year. ref name hunter gatherers Cramond Heritage ... at Cramond by order of Emperor Antoninus Pius , who had given them the task of establishing a fort ... between 208 and 211. The medieval parish church of Cramond parish which retains its late medieval western ... at Cramond was recorded afterwards, the remains of the fort itself were only rediscovered in 1954 ... industrial workshops and a native settlement. In 1997 the Cramond Lioness was uncovered in the harbour ... to have survived in Scotland. Medieval period Image Cramond map.jpg thumb 200px A map showing the parish of Cramond in 1794. After the departure of the Romans, little is known about the state of Cramond ... J. Wood, who wrote a dark cloud of obscurity again settled over the parish of Cramond, of which ... Wood 1794 , p. 12 ref A tower house , Cramond Tower , probably built in the early 15th century ... Bishops of Dunkeld , of whose diocese Cramond was a part. It was made structurally sound and converted ... more details
The title of Lord of Cramond was a title in the Peerage of Scotland . It was created on 23 February 1628 for Dame Elizabeth Richardson. On the death of the fifth lord in 1735, it became extinct. Lords and Ladies of Cramond 1628 Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond d. 1651 Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond 1627 1674 Henry Richardson, 3rd Lord Cramond 1650 1701 William Richardson, 4th Lord Cramond 1654 1719 William Richardson, 5th Lord Cramond 1715 1735 extinct References Rayment DEFAULTSORT Cramond Category Lordships of Parliament Category Extinct lordships of parliament ... more details
Image Cramond Tower.jpg thumb Cramond Tower Cramond Tower is a fifteenth century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north west of Edinburgh , Scotland. History The castle was at one stage part of the bishop of Dunkeld s residence. It became the property of John Inglis, an English merchant, in 1662. His grandson moved to the nearby Cramond House and the tower was abandoned. By the twentieth century it had become ruinous and dangerous, but it was subsequently restored and reoccupied. ref name Lindsay Lindsay, p.167 ref Description The castle was originally a four storey rectangular tower, with a first floor hall. There is a vaulted basement room, approached from the main entrance. A pitched roof has been re erected as part of the restoration. ref name Lindsay Notes reflist References Lindsay, Maurice 1994 The Castles of Scotland . Constable. ISBN 0 09 473430 5 External links http www.rampantscotland.com castles blcastles cramond.htm Photograph of Cramond Tower Category Castles in City of Edinburgh Category Category B listed buildings Category Listed buildings in Edinburgh Category Listed castles in Scotland coord 55.9773 N 3.2995 W display title scotland castle stub ... more details
File Cramond Lion geograph.org.uk 1341230.jpg thumb right Cramond Lioness The Cramond lioness is a Roman Britain Roman era sculpture recovered in 1997 from the mouth of the River Almond, Lothian River Almond at Cramond , Edinburgh , Scotland . It depicts a bound male prisoner being killed by a lioness. The upper torso and head of the prisoner are shown, with the giant lioness behind him, sinking her teeth into his skull. The work is interpreted as a Roman sculpture imported to Scotland to serve as part of the tomb of a Roman military commander or dignitary, and connected to the nearby Cramond Roman Fort . The location of such a tomb, and how the sculpture reached its location in the river are unknown. ref cite web url http www.rcahms.gov.uk pls portal canmore.newcandig details gis?inumlink 183719 title Cramond Ferry work CANMORE publisher Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland ref The sculpture is presently housed at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. In 2003, plans were unveiled for the lioness to be housed in a new archaeological centre at the Roman Fort in Cramond, ref cite web url http heritage.scotsman.com theromans Lion to take pride of.2454848.jp title Lion to take pride of place at Roman ruins date 21 August 2003 work The Scotsman accessdate 2009 12 09 ref although this proposal was still at the initial planning stage in 2008. ref cite web url http thescotsman.scotsman.com scotland Roman fort will be centrepiece.4439316.jp title Roman fort will be centrepiece of new tourist attraction date 29 August 2008 work The Scotsman accessdate 2009 12 09 ref References reflist External links http www.nms.ac.uk our collections collection highlights cramond lioness.aspx Cramond Lioness , National Museum of Scotland http www.aocarchaeology.com discoveries news cramond.htm Cramond Roman Fort , AOC Archaeology Images of the http www.dkimages.com discover DKIMAGES Discover Home Geography Europe Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh General General 038.html ... more details
file Cramond Island.jpg thumb 380px Cramond Island and the walkway seen from the shore file Cramond Island and causeway from air.JPG thumb 380px Cramond Island and the walkway seen from the air Cramond Island Scottish Gaelic Eilean Chathair Amain is one of several islands that lie in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland , near Edinburgh . As its name implies, it lies off Cramond . It is convert 1 3 mi long and covers convert 7.7 ha , ref cite web url http www.scottish places.info features featurefirst1593.html title Overview of Cramond Island publisher Geo.ed.ac.uk date accessdate 2010 08 22 ref ref name Wilson Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland Edinburgh, 1882 Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone ref and is currently part of the Dalmeny House Dalmeny Estate. Strictly speaking it is not a true island at all, but a tidal island being connected to the mainland at low tide. There is a paved path, exposed at low tide, which allows easy access. This path runs at the foot of a row of concrete pylons on one side of the causeway which were constructed as a submarine defence boom and are one ... can catch people unawares, leaving them stranded. ref name cramond revellers cite news url http ... of the crossing. It is a popular recreation area. History file Cramond island farm.JPG left thumb The ruined farmstead on Cramond Island There is evidence to suggest that the island may have had special ... one stone burial cist was found. As nearby Cramond was a Roman Empire Roman outpost, it is likely ..., but Cramond is one of the most archaeologically rich sites, along with Trimontium Newstead Trimontium near Melrose, Scotland Melrose . Throughout most of its history, Cramond Island was used for farming .... World War II file Cramond island ww2 defences.jpg thumb WW2 era fortifications on Cramond Island At the outbreak of World War II, Cramond Island, along with other islands in the Forth, was fortified ... fr Cramond cosse nn Cramond Island ... more details
Summary A map of the parish of Cramond, from the 1794 book The Antient and Modern state of the Parish of Cramond , by John Philip Wood. Licensing PD old 100 ... more details
Mergeto Cramond date November 2008 infobox UK feature official name Cramond Roman Fort static image name Roman fort cramond.jpg static image caption Site of the Roman fort at Cramond shire county state Edinburgh country Scotland nation UK map name Scotland Edinburgh os grid reference NT1976 latitude 55.977446 longitude 3.296687 Cramond Roman Fort is a Roman Britain Roman Era archaeological site at Cramond , Edinburgh , Scotland . An archaeological center is under development for the location, which will house the Cramond Lioness http heritage.scotsman.com theromans Lion to take pride of.2454848.jp . External links Commons category Cramond Roman Fort position left http www.aocarchaeology.com discoveries news cramond.htm Cramond Roman Fort Category History of Edinburgh Category Roman military occupation in southern Scotland Category Roman forts in Scotland Edinburgh stub Scotland struct stub UK archaeology stub AncientRome stub ... more details
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Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond 1576 77 &ndash 1651 was an English writer and Peerage peeress . ref name Peerage George Cokayne , The Complete Peerage , 1887 98 ref Born Elizabeth Beaumont, she was the eldest child of Sir Thomas Beaumont the brother of Huntingdon Beaumont and his wife, Catherine. ref name Peerage ref Monument, St Botolph church, Aldersgate , London ref On 27 November 1594, she married John Ashburnham knighted in 1604 at Stoughton, Leicestershire , and they had ten children including the next John Ashburnham MP . ref name Peerage ref Parish register, Stoughton, Leicestershire ref Sir John s death in 1620 left the family in financial difficulty, but Lady Ashburnham was considerably influential at noble court court due to Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham mother of James I of England King James s favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham being her cousin. She procured a baronet cy for her son in law, Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet Edward Dering , in 1627 and a letter to Buckingham, that year, indicates she enjoyed the company of his wife, Katherine Villiers ... Lord Cramond Lady Cramond in the Peerage of Scotland , on 29 February 1628 with a special remainder ..., Public Record Office ref In 1645, Lady Cramond s collection of prayers, A Ladies Legacie to her Daughters ... Shakespeare Library , manuscript V.a.511 ref Lady Cramond died in 1651 and was buried next to her first ..., 2nd Lord Cramond Thomas . Notes and references reflist Victoria E. Burke, Richardson , Elizabeth, suo jure baroness of sic Cramond 1576 7 1651 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford ... s reg sct succession box title Lord Cramond Lady Cramond before New creation after Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond Thomas Richardson years 1628 1651 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cramond, Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1651 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cramond, Elizabeth Richardson, 1st ... more details
Elizabeth Beaumont may refer to Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond , nee Beaumont Betty Beaumont , artist hndis Beaumont, Elizabeth ... more details
Elizabeth Richardson may refer to Elizabeth Richardson, 1st Lady Cramond 1576 77 1651 , English writer and peeress Elizabeth Hadley Richardson See also Richardson surname hndis Richardson, Elizabeth ... more details
River Almond can refer to two rivers in Scotland River Almond, Lothian , which goes by Livingston and Cramond River Almond, Perth and Kinross , a tributary of the River Tay a tree Andira inermis River almond Andira inermis , a type of tree native to Central and South America disambig ... more details
Sir John Inglis of Cramond, 2nd Baronet 23 September 1683 3 March 1771 was United Kingdom Postmaster General Postmaster General for Scotland , the son and heir of Sir James Inglis, 1st Baronet of Cramond, Edinburghshire by his spouse Anne, daughter of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet of that Ilk. He succeeded his father in 1688. Sir John married Anne, daughter of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston , Lord Justice Clerk , and had issue four sons below and five daughters. Sir Adam Inglis, 3rd Baronet 1714 1772 , d.s.p. Sir John Inglis, 4th Baronet c.1716 1799 Patrick Inglis, a merchant in Edinburgh. Rear Adm. Charles Inglis 1731 1791 References rayment b The Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland , by Messrs. John and John Bernard Burke, second edition, London, 1841, p.627. start box s reg sct bt succession box before Sir James Inglis, 1st Baronet James Inglis title Inglis Baronets Baronet br of Cramond years 1688 1771 after Sir Adam Inglis, 3rd Baronet Adam Inglis end box DEFAULTSORT Inglis, John, 2nd Baronet Category 1683 births Category 1771 deaths Category Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia baronet stub ... more details
No footnotes date June 2009 File Cottages, Davidson s Mains geograph.org.uk 10099.jpg thumb Cottages Davidsons Mains is a former village which is now a suburb of Edinburgh , Scotland . It is adjacent to the areas of Barnton, Edinburgh Barnton , Cramond , Silverknowes , Blackhall, Edinburgh Blackhall and Corbiehill House O Hill. The neighbourhood has a wide variety of residential classes ranging from lower middle to upper middle class Fact date June 2009 . Within the village is a variety of shops and businesses, ranging from cobblers to large supermarkets, as well as food outlets of various kinds. The village is also served by four churches, two banks, a veterinary surgery, a doctor s surgery, two dental surgeries and a primary school. The area is currently served by three bus routes run by Lothian Buses the 42 which travels via Tesco between Edinburgh Park and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh the 21 which travels to the Gyle Centre via Clermiston and to Leith in the other direction the 41 which travels from Cramond to Morningside, Edinburgh Morningside . External links http www.dmpc.org.uk Davidson s Mains Parish Church Church of Scotland Areas of Edinburgh coord 55 57 55.40 N 3 16 27.58 W display title Edinburgh geo stub Category Areas of Edinburgh ... more details
Cramond Angling Club , with both Day and Season Tickets available. The mouth of the Almond at Cramond formerly had a small passenger ferry. In 1997 the ferryman discovered the Cramond Lioness , a Roman ... of Scotland, accessed November 20, 2009. http www.fishalmond.co.uk Cramond Angling Club http www.fishforth.co.uk ... more details
Ronald Rae is a British sculptor born in Ayr , Scotland , in 1946. Works, by hand, in granite . His largest work to date is the 20 tonne Lion of Scotland . Solo exhibitions ref Ronald Rae Sculpture 2006 Bramble Press ISBN 0952359952 ref include Regents Park , London 1999 2002 and Holyrood Park , Edinburgh . 2006 2007 Collections Public works include Widow Woman , ref http www.jerwoodsculpture.org ?lid 2096 Widow Woman stone sculpture in Jerwood sculpture Collection, Ragley Hall, UK ref purchased for the permanent collection ref http www.jerwoodsculpture.org ?lid 2113 Jerwood Sculpture Collection biography of Ronald Rae ref of the Jerwood Foundation and presently at Jerwood Sculpture, Ragley Hall. In April 2009 Rae s eight tonne sculpture Fish was installed on the Waterfront at Cramond ref http news.scotsman.com edinburgh Neighbours chip in to net.5098132.jp ref after a successful fundraising campaign by the Cramond Community. The sculpture was carved from a 460 million year old granite stone in the grounds of Cramond Kirk over a period of eight months. In February 2008 the highly emotive sculpture Fallen Christ ref http www.iona.org.uk news.php?id 44 ref was sited outside the MacLeod Centre on the Isle of Iona and dedicated to the memory of Jim Hughes a well loved member of the Iona Community. Other public works include O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast at Milton Keynes Railway Station, ref http www.mkweb.co.uk art displayarticle.asp?id 294 ref five sculptures depicting The Tragic Sacrifice of Christ in Rozelle Park, Alloway and Abraham at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital , Return of the Prodigal at Aviva, Perth, Famine and Mark of the Nail at St.John s Church,Edinburgh, The Good Samaritan at Riverside Park, Glenrothes, Sheep at Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Livingston, Sacred Cow at Victoria Quays, Sheffield, Insect and Celtic Cross at Erdington Railway Station, Birmingham, Elephant and Rhino at Dormston Art Centre, Dudley, Hiroshima Departed at the Japanese Peace Park, ... more details
File Kineddar Church Location.jpg 250px thumb Kinneddar kirkyard with the raised mound giving the location of the ancient church of Kinneddar Kinneddar Castle in Moray , Scotland was the residence of the Bishop of Moray bishops of Moray from c.1187 and its first documented incumbent was Bishop Richard 1187 &ndash 1203 . Bishop Archibald enlarged or rebuilt the castle in c. 1280 and it continued to be used by the bishops until the late 14th century. Ref name RCAHMS Royal Commission on the ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Archaeological Notes Canmore ID 16459 ref ref Cramond, Records of Elgin , pp. 16&ndash 7. Cramond cites the primary source, the Registry of Moray where Bishop Bur arrests a ship on 7 June 1383 in the tidal Loch Spynie delivering cargo to the burgesses of Elgin. Bur was sailing from his residence at Kinneddar Castle to the church of Urquhart. ref Nothing now exists of the castle except one fragment of a rubble wall that is integrated into the Kinneddar kirkyard boundary wall. ref name Oram 122 Oram, Moray & Badenoch , p. 122 ref Loch Spynie , then open to the sea and much larger than its present size, came close to the castle and its marshes surrounded the castle enclosure on three sides. ref name Oram 122 The ruinous structure still existed in 1734 and was described as being a central tower enclosed by two concentric hexagonal walls which made it unique in Scottish terms. Ref name RCAHMS Adjacent to the castle grounds stood the ancient kirk of Kinneddar which became the second cathedral of Moray following the move of the cathedra bishop s seat from Birnie Kirk Birnie . The Pictish sculptures found in the vicinity of the castle and kirkyard point to the area being an important 8th century Christian centre and may have been a principal location for the conversion of the Picts . ref Oram, Moray & Badenoch , p. 98 ref Notes Reflist References Refbegin Cite book last1 Cramond first1 William title The Records of Elgin date 1908 ... more details
Horatio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend IPA en ta nz nd pron 14 December 1630 10 December 1687 , known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet , of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an England English politician. Townshend was the younger son of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet , He succeeded his elder brother in the baronetcy in 1648. Townshend was a supporter of Charles II of England King Charles II and played an important role in the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Norfolk UK Parliament constituency Norfolk from 1656 to 1658, in 1659 and 1660 and was Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk between 1661 and 1676. In 1661 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Townshend , of Lynn Regis in the County of Norfolk, and in 1682 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Townshend , of Raynham in the County of Norfolk. Lord Townshend died in December 1687, aged 56, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Charles , who became a prominent statesman. Other descendants of Townshend include George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend , Charles Townshend and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney . References Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David editors . Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 edition . New York St Martin s Press, 1990. rayment s start s par en s bef before Unknown s ttl title Member of Parliament for Norfolk UK Parliament constituency Norfolk br small with Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond The Lord Cramond small years 1660 &ndash 1661 s aft after Thomas Richardson, 2nd Lord Cramond The Lord Cramond br Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Hare, Bt s hon s bef before Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton The Earl of Southampton s ttl title Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk years 1661 &ndash 1676 s aft rows 2 after Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth The Viscount Yarmouth s vac last Edwin Rich br Parliamentary s ttl title Vice Admiral of Norfolk years 1663 &ndash 16 ... more details
. The inpatient unit, Cramond Clinic, was named after Professor William Cramond the foundation Chair ... at the University of Adelaide . Cramond pioneered the delivery of mental health care to renal patients at TQEH in the 1960s ref Cramond WA. Court JH. Higgins BA. Knight PR. Lawrence JR. Psychological ... more details
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk . Richard Southwell courtier Sir Richard Southwell bef. 1544 &ndash aft. 1547 James Boleyn Sir James Boleyn bef. 1558&ndash 1561 William Woodhouse Sir William Woodhouse bef. 1562&ndash 1564 Christopher Heydon Sir Christopher Heydon bef. 1573&ndash 1579 Sir Dru Drury bef. 1584&ndash 1617 Sir Phillip Woodhouse, 1st Baronet 1617 Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 1617&ndash 1636 Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 1636&ndash 1646 Interregnum Sir Philip Wodehouse, 3rd Baronet 1660&ndash 1681 Henry Richardson, 3rd Lord Cramond 1681&ndash 1689 Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 1689&ndash 1701 For later custodes rotulorum, see Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk . References refbegin http www.history.ac.uk office custodes.html Institute of Historical Research refend Custodes Rotulorum Category Lists of custodes rotulorum Norfolk ... more details
Richard de Prebenda 1210 was an early 13th century bishop of Dunkeld . He had previously been a clerk position clerk of King William I of Scotland William of Scotland and was appointed to the bishopric in 1203. Records indicate a commission of Pope Innocent III attempting to resolve a dispute between Richard and the prior of St Andrews regarding control of the church of Meigle . He died in May, 1210, at Cramond in Midlothian , and was buried on the island of Inchcolm Innse Choluim . References John Dowden Dowden, John , The Bishops of Scotland , ed. J. Maitland Thomson, Glasgow, 1912 start box s rel succession box before John the Scot bishop of Dunkeld John title Bishop of Dunkeld after John de Leicester years 1203&ndash 1210 end box Bishops of Dunkeld DEFAULTSORT Prebenda, Richard de Category 12th century births Category 1210 deaths Category Bishops of Dunkeld Category 13th century Roman Catholic bishops Scotland reli bio stub ... more details
John de Leicester or Johannes de Lacester 1214 was an early 13th century bishop of Dunkeld . Before becoming bishop, he had been archdeacon of Lothian . He was elected to the Diocese bishopric on 22 July 1211. As bishop elect, he is present when King William I of Scotland William of Scotland paid homage to King John of England in 1212. He had been consecrated by June of 1212, when a letter from Pope Innocent III to Walter Capellanus Walter , bishop of Glasgow , and Radulf of Brechin Radulphus , bishop of Brechin , writes of the election and consecration of John, archdeacon of Lothian. John s episcopate would only last a few years he died on 7 October 1214. His death occurred at Cramond , Midlothian , and was buried on Inchcolm . References John Dowden Dowden, John , The Bishops of Scotland , ed. J. Maitland Thomson, Glasgow, 1912 start box s rel succession box before Richard de Prebenda title Bishop of Dunkeld after Hugh de Sigillo years 1211 2&ndash 1214 end box Bishops of Dunkeld DEFAULTSORT Leicester, John de Category 12th century births Category 1214 deaths Category Bishops of Dunkeld Category 13th century Roman Catholic bishops ... more details
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