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    Balmerino is a small village and former monastic centre in Fife, Scotland. It is the home of Balmerino Abbey and the former abbots of Balmerino who were...
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  • The title of Lord Balmerino (or Balmerinoch) was a title in the Peerage of Scotland; it was created in 1606 and forfeited in 1746 on the attainder and...
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  • Balmerino (11 November 1972 – 30 May 1996) was a bay Thoroughbred stallion that was foaled at Cambridge in the Waikato region of New Zealand. He later...
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  • Balmerino Abbey, or St Edward's Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery which has been ruinous since the 16th century. It was...
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    Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerino and 5th Lord Cupar (1688 – 18 August 1746) was a Scottish nobleman and Jacobite, or supporter of the claim of the...
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    kilometres (1.2 mi) south-east of Balmerino, and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Bottomcraig. The village is home to Balmerino Primary School and the Morison...
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  • The Abbot of Balmerino (later Commendator of Balmerino) was the head of the Cistercian monastic community and lands of Balmerino Abbey, Fife, founded...
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    Balmerino Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church in Bottomcraig, Fife, Scotland. The church sits in the centre of the small village where...
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  • John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino (died 28 February 1649) was a Scottish aristocrat, convicted in a celebrated trial of the 1630s which became a crux...
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  • James Elphinstone, 1st Lord Balmerino (1553?-1612) was a Scottish nobleman and politician, disgraced in 1609. He was the third son of Robert Elphinstone...
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  • This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Balmerino in Fife, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML...
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    is a village in Fife, Scotland located near Balmerino and The Gauldry. The village is home to Balmerino Parish Church, built in 1811, and the former...
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  • Lord Balmerino got in trouble for historic charges of involving the king in correspondence with Robert Bellarmine. In December 1608 Balmerino believed...
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    restricted largely to a few Scots Episcopalians such as Lords Pitsligo and Balmerino. Instead they began to focus on populist themes such as opposition to...
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  • the matriarch of the Aird clan, and long-time family friend of Lord Balmerino a.k.a. Archie Blair. The characters of the book all have a problem to...
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    reedbed in Britain. Balmerino Broughty Ferry Dundee Invergowrie Kingoodie Monifieth Newburgh Newport-on-Tay Tayport Woodhaven Wormit Balmerino Abbey Broughty...
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    Strathmartine Liff Burnside of Duntrune Kellas Kingennie Bucklerheads Balmerino Wormit Newport-on-Tay Areas of Dundee: Ardler Balgay Balgowan Ballumbie...
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  • Almus entered religious life as a monk at Melrose Abbey, Scotland, before being appointed abbot at Balmerino Abbey. St. Almus Catholic Online v t e v t e...
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    passed to the Elphinstone family. Sir James Elphinstone was made Lord Balmerino in 1604 and in 1673 the lands of Restalrig and Calton were erected into...
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    The 450-year-old Spanish chestnut tree at Balmerino in Fife, Scotland...
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    Contemporary engraving depicting the executions of Kilmarnock and Balmerino at Tower Hill, on 18 August 1746...
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  • football club Lord Coupar, a title associated with another title, Lord Balmerino Paddy Coupar, a Scottish rugby league player Thomas Coupar, a Scottish...
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    James gave him his own. Tried in London on 29 July, Kilmarnock, Lord Balmerino and the Earl of Cromartie were found guilty of treason and sentenced to...
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    the rest transported to the colonies. The Jacobite lords Kilmarnock, Balmerino and Lovat were beheaded in April 1747, but public opinion was against...
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    of the Court of Session 1593–1604 Succeeded by James Elphinstone, Lord Balmerino Political offices Preceded by 3rd Earl of Montrose Lord Chancellor of...
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    Mary Stuart for the English throne. Mary sent John Hay, Commendator of Balmerino, to speak to Elizabeth; Elizabeth demanded Darnley's return, and gave...
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    another William, was said to be a benefactor to the monks of Balmerino Abbey. Balmerino was founded in 1229, long after the likely lifetime of this William...
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  • Virgin Mary. The school had eight houses named after abbeys in Scotland: Balmerino, Melrose, Jedburgh, Lindores, Paisley, Kelso, Iona and Dunkeld. In July...
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    No Charles Oliphant, 7th Lord Oliphant No John Elphinstone, 4th Lord Balmerino No Walter Stuart, 6th Lord Blantyre Linlithgow No William Hamilton, 3rd...
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  • dowager, she devoted her time to the foundation of a Cistercian abbey at Balmerino in Fife. It was completed in 1229, and she often visited it as a guest...
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