Biggar Castle was a 12th-century castle in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It appears to have been abandoned by the 14th century. The motte and bailey...
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Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford. Biggar was born on 14 March 1955 in Castle Douglas, Scotland. He was educated at Monkton Combe School...
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support, King David I gave the lands of Biggar to Baldwin, a Fleming leader. He built a motte and bailey castle, which can still be seen north-west of...
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Boghall Castle was a 14th-century castle to the south of Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Boghall became ruinous in the 19th century. The courtyard...
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Clan Fleming (section Clan castles)
descended from Baldwin of Biggar. They moved to Boghall Castle in the fourteenth century. Boghall Castle, on the south side of Biggar, Lanarkshire, mostly...
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killed in World War I. John Biggar (born 1964), mountaineer who has made various first ascents in the Andes Nigel John Biggar CBE (born 14 March 1955) is...
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lands of Pettinain were situated between Baldwin's lands of Biggar and the Lanark Castle, from where Baldwin administrated the entire region. It is very...
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This is a list of castles in South Lanarkshire. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in South Lanarkshire Coventry...
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Governor of Dumbarton Castle by his nephew, Malcolm Fleming of Biggar. In 1425 the castle was attacked by James the Fat, youngest son of Murdoch Stewart...
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Shieldhill Castle is a category B listed building located near Biggar in South Lanarkshire. The building dates back to 1199 and is currently being run...
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Lanark Strathaven Bothwell Uddingston Stonehouse Kirkmuirhill Lesmahagow Law Biggar North Lanarkshire West Lothian Scottish Borders Dumfries and Galloway East...
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quartered in September 1306. Oliver Castle was inherited by his daughter Joan who married Sir Patrick Fleming of Biggar. The estate remained with his successors...
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Crawfordjohn Castle, was a 12th-century castle, constructed by John, stepson of Baldwin de Biggar, near Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The...
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The Biggar station is a heritage railway station operated by Via Rail in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada. Biggar received its first railway service in 1907...
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behind in a chest. The castle was rebuilt and extended to the south in the late 16th century. A surviving oak bed, now at Biggar Museum, was made for Margaret...
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was disputed by King Robert III, who granted them to Sir David Fleming of Biggar, as well as by George Douglas, Earl of Angus, who had been granted the rights...
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Queen of Scots, his young family was harassed at his houses at Biggar and Cumbernauld Castle by Regent Lennox's men. It was reported: "they wald noct suffir...
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Fasque House (redirect from Fasque Castle)
Liverpool whose family (originally called Gledstanes) had been farmers in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, before becoming wine merchants in Leith in the years...
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and Biggar on the island. The song has been recorded by Fiddler's Dram and Martin Wyndham-Reed. Public houses located on Walney are The Castle (Biggar Bank)...
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Clan Campbell (section Castles)
Retrieved 18 December 2013. Forbes, Robert, Bishop of Ross; Blaikie, Waltar Biggar (1895). The Lyon In Mourning : or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals...
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(thirty kilometres) in length, and runs southwest from Edinburgh towards Biggar and the upper Clydesdale. The name is first recorded for the farm of Pentland...
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people. Andes portal Cordillera Blanca Biggar, John (2020). The Andes - A Guide for Climbers and Skiers (5th ed.). Castle Douglas. ISBN 978-0-9536087-6-8. Gates...
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Robert's allies Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, and Sir David Fleming of Biggar to become the main political force in the Lothians and Scottish Marches...
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Marquess of Bute (section Cardiff Castle)
and Company Ltd., pp. 203–4 "Rothesay Castle". Historic Scotland. A Guide to Rothesay Castle. Rothesay: Biggar & Co. 1870. p. 21. "House". Mountstuart...
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charter of 1562. Barbara Hamilton died in August 1577 at Boghall Castle near Biggar. According to her will, some of her jewellery was in a coffer at the...
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2022, p. 131. Parry 1983. Rotberg 1988, p. 150. Biggar 2016. Flint 2009. Magubane 1996, p. 109. Castle 2016. Karen Attiah (25 November 2015). "Woodrow...
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Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal): 431. Biggar, John (2020). The Andes a guide for climbers (5th ed.). Castle Douglas, Scotland. ISBN 978-0-9536087-7-5...
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with Shallcross choosing to propose to 27-year-old travel nurse Kaity Biggar. They moved in together in Austin, Texas in July 2023 and plan to marry...
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'Raid of Hoddom.' The Regent's army and the royal artillery were taken to Biggar, where his allies were commanded to muster on 10 June and proceed on to...
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around 200 nests remain. A surviving oak bed at Biggar Museum, was made for Margaret Fawside of Fa'side Castle, who married Patrick Levingstoun of Saltcoats...
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