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    Fidra (archaically Fidrey or Fetheray) is a currently uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, 4 kilometres (2+1⁄2 miles) northwest of North Berwick...
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    opposition from conservation groups. Bass Rock Craigleith Cramond Eyebroughy Fidra Inchcolm Inchgarvie Inchkeith Inchmickery with Cow and Calf Lamb Isle of...
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  • The Phaedra complex (/ˈfiːdrə, ˈfɛdrə/) is an informal, non-scientific designation to the sexual desire of a stepmother for her stepson, though the term...
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    approximately 100 by 50 metres (330 ft × 160 ft), between the islands of Fidra and Craigleith in the Firth of Forth, off the east coast of Scotland. The...
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  • Fidra Books is a publisher based in Edinburgh specialising in reissues of bygone children's books, mainly those from the 1940s onwards. The firm was set...
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  • The Phaedrus (/ˈfiːdrəs/; Greek: Φαῖδρος, translit. Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several...
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    In Greek mythology, Phaedra (/ˈfiːdrə, ˈfɛdrə/; Ancient Greek: Φαίδρα, romanized: Phaídra) was a Cretan princess. Her name derives from the Greek word...
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    of the Islands of the Forth are near the town and visible from it: e.g. Fidra, Lamb, Craigleith, and the Bass Rock; the last-named hosts a thriving colony...
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  • years after writing Treasure Island) and christened it "Treasure Island" Fidra in the Firth of Forth, visible from North Berwick where Stevenson had spent...
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    are the Bass Rock (also known simply as "The Bass"), Craigleith, Lamb, Fidra and Eyebroughy. A second group lie in the inner Firth of Forth. Inchkeith...
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  • north-west coast, near the island of Handa Castle Tarbet, on the island of Fidra in the Firth of Forth Tarbet Isle, in Loch Lomond Tarbert (disambiguation)...
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  • inland towards Dirleton village and The Fidra heading towards the coast and the island bird sanctuary of Fidra. Elite female golfer Catriona Matthew, now...
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    several ministerial posts during his political career. "Shiela Stuart". Fidra Books. Retrieved 30 September 2022. "Restaurant review: Hawke & Hunter,...
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    there'. Also in the 12th century, a religious establishment was founded at Fidra, an island off Dirleton; that chapel or priory was dedicated to St. Nicholas...
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  • FitzRoy". Fidra Books. Retrieved 8 August 2007. Orders to Poach, Introduction by Olivia FitzRoy's sister, Barbara Ormrod. Edinburgh: Fidra Books, 2006...
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    to protect the country from infectious diseases, including the plague. Fidra, an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, has the...
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  • lifetime. A Pony for Jean (1936) We Met Our Cousins (1937). Republished by Fidra Books in 2006 with a twenty-page biography of the author by her daughter...
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  • Almond, River Esk, River Leven Islands: Bass Rock, Craigleith, Eyebroughy, Fidra, Inchcolm, Inchgarvie, Inchkeith, Inchmickery, Isle of May, Lamb The Pentland...
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  • Phaedrus (/ˈfiːdrəs, ˈfɛdrəs/), son of Pythocles, of the Myrrhinus deme (Greek: Φαῖδρος Πυθοκλέους Μυῤῥινούσιος, Phaĩdros Puthokléous Murrhinoúsios; c...
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    Scottish Seabird Centre, near the important bird sanctuaries on Bass Rock, Fidra and the surrounding islands. The area is home to huge colonies of gannets...
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  • Hjkr 10 Fidra  Sweden Support cruiser Hjkr 10 Fidra 1 1939-1945 Civilian cargo ship called in to service by the Royal Swedish Navy. Fidra was rebuilt...
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    located on the island of Fidra, East Lothian, within the Firth of Forth, Scotland. A castle was constructed on the island of Fidra in the 12th century by...
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    Gaius Julius Phaedrus (/ˈfiːdrəs/; Greek: Φαῖδρος; Phaîdros), or Phaeder (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier...
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    of the Forth. To the west are Craigleith, and the Lamb, Fidra and finally to the west of Fidra, the low-lying island of Eyebroughy. These are also mainly...
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    day-to-day management of this site. Children's play area View of Fidra Island from Yellowcraig Fidra Island Lighthouse "Broad Sands Beach, East Lothian". Ordnance...
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  • basis for the map of the fictional Treasure Island – a claim shared by Fidra in East Lothian. In the 1950s, a Canadian sociologist, Erving Goffman, undertook...
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    1895–1926. Macmillan. p. 67. Introduction by Elinor Lyon, The House in Hiding, Fidra Books, Edinburgh, 2006, p. v. More details can be seen in the 'In traditional...
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    islands off the coast north of North Berwick, the largest of these being Fidra, Lamb, Craigleith and Bass Rock. Only two towns are landlocked, Tranent...
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    States Navy 23 October 1940 A Caldwell-class destroyer that was beached off Fidra, Scotland, and sunk as a target. 56°03′N 0°45′W / 56.050°N 0.750°W /...
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  • Charles Booth's Survey of London". 21 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2018. "Fidra Books - Anne Digby". www.fidrabooks.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018. Law, Katie...
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