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    Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement...
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    Dryburgh Abbey Bridge was a cable-stayed footbridge of significant historical interest erected near Dryburgh Abbey, in the Borders of Scotland. It connected...
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    Dryburgh Abbey Hotel is a baronial country house, located on the banks of the River Tweed, in Dryburgh about 5 km south east of Melrose in the Scottish...
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    Dryburgh is a village in the Borders region of Scotland, within the county of Berwickshire. It is most famous for the ruined Dryburgh Abbey. Dryburgh...
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  • life in favour of monasticism, entering the Premonstratensian house of Dryburgh Abbey as a young man and becoming a priest there in 1165 at the age of twenty-five...
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    General Hospital, aged 91. His body was buried in the Haig family plot at Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders. The simple grave lies in front of his father's grave...
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    Dryburgh Abbey in Berwickshire, Scotland. The spirit was associated with a hermit woman who took up residence in a vault among the ruins of the abbey...
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    founded Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders area of Scotland, which was followed by other communities at Whithorn Priory, Dercongal Abbey and Tongland Abbey all...
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    from which granted Walter's family the hereditary right of burial in Dryburgh Abbey). Walter was, through the Haliburtons, a cousin of the London property...
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    founded Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders area of Scotland, which was followed by other communities at Whithorn Priory, Dercongal Abbey and Tongland Abbey all...
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  • Dryburgh is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. Dryburgh may also refer to: Dryburgh (Dundee district), Scotland Dryburgh Abbey, near...
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  • Dryburgh Bridge may refer to the following footbridges over the Tweed in Scotland: Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, a cable-stayed footbridge (1817–1818), replaced...
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    The Abbot of Dryburgh (later, Commendator of Dryburgh) was the head of the Premonstratensian community of canons regular of Dryburgh Abbey in the Scottish...
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    Borders abbeys (established by David I of Scotland) along its way: Kelso Abbey, Jedburgh Abbey, Melrose Abbey and Dryburgh Abbey. These abbeys were homes...
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    dropped by a later generation, in a charter confirming a grant of land to Dryburgh Abbey in 1225, Henry is described as 'Henricus de Aynstrother dominus ejusdem'...
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    after his arrival at Abbotsford, on 25 November 1854. He was buried at Dryburgh Abbey, beside his son and father-in-law. His obituary in The Times, dated...
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    House Cheviot Hills Cessford Burn Coldingham Bay Dawyck Botanic Garden Dryburgh Abbey – Historic Scotland Duns Castle Edin's Hall Broch Ettrick Forest Eyemouth...
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    Little Law Dodcleugh Drumelzier Drumlanrig Tower Dryburgh, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, Dryburgh Bridge Dryhope, Dryhope Tower Dun Law Dunglass...
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    fort of Trimontium, Abbotsford House the home of Sir Walter Scott, and Dryburgh Abbey where he was buried in 1832. The Corn Exchange, which was designed by...
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    bridges were cable-stayed construction, including the 1817 footbridge Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, James Dredge's patented Victoria Bridge, Bath (1836), and the...
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    leaves tomorrow—I hope for ever." In 1824, he exhibited another view of Dryburgh Abbey at the British Institution and sent two works to the first exhibition...
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    Castle Craigcrook Castle Culzean Castle Delgatie Castle Dornoch Castle Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Dunstaffnage Castle Duns Castle Duntrune Castle Edinample Castle...
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    between Dryburgh Abbey and Old Melrose Abbey. It was sacked in 1545, and rebuilt in 1581. It was added to in 1690, with stone quarried from Dryburgh Abbey, in...
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    been created for the King's favourite, Hugh de Morville (who founded Dryburgh Abbey), which covered an extensive amount of territory, although Thomson states...
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    the 28th Laird of Bemersyde and head of Clan Haig. He is buried at Dryburgh Abbey. He was father to Nigel Haig. "Lieut.-Colonel Haig". The Times. 17 April...
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    The Port Folio, in 1810. Early British chain bridges included the Dryburgh Abbey Bridge (1817) and 137 m Union Bridge (1820), with spans rapidly increasing...
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    chapel at Dryburgh, Scotland, in 522 which he used as a base for several years. This later became the site of a monastery: Dryburgh Abbey. He actively...
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  • joined the Privy Council in June 1584, and was made Commendator of Dryburgh Abbey in 1584 and 1585, replacing David Erskine. This was a position giving...
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    became commendator of Dryburgh Abbey, and in 1511 he tried unsuccessfully to obtain the commendatorship of the wealthy Kelso Abbey. The lands and possessions...
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  • reportedly around 3,370 miles (5,420 km) in length, and weighed 13,500 tons. Dryburgh Abbey - Built in 1881, 2311 tons, Cargo ship, renamed Kut Sang, Kichisho Maru...
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