EdinburghLeithThe time ball above the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill in Edinburgh and the time gun on Edinburgh Castle are two of the most famous time signals in the world. The plan to have a time ball on the Nelson Monument had been agreed by the City and Admiralty in 1846. The ...
“Edinburgh North and Leith” is still the parliamentary seat’s name. Edinburgh East: To the east of the city are the seaside suburb of Portobello and the medieval town of Duddingston. Edinburgh South: A popular student neighborhood. There are several places to dine and drink. The Rosslyn...
The great high-decked ships which escorted her sailed into the harbor of Leith, and she pressed on to Edinburgh. A depressing change indeed from the sunny terraces and fields of France! In her own realm were fog and rain and only a hut to shelter her upon her landing. When she reached...
In the United Kingdom, the train Flying Scotsman successfully ran the 392 miles between Edinburgh, Scotland and London, England without stopping, a record at the time for a scheduled rail service. [England | AC]17 Jul 1928 United Kingdom HMS York was launched by the Palmers Shipbuilding ...
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The golf course at Leith (near Edinburgh) was the first to publish a set of rules for the game, and in 1682, was also the site of the first international golf match during which a team pairing the Duke of York and George Patterson playing for Scotland beat two English noblemen. ...
Churchgoing in Edinburgh and Leith, 1836–2016: The Statistical Record Field, Clive 2024 Scottish Church History doi: 10.3366/sch.2024.0119 In the ongoing scholarly debate about the secularisation of Scottish (and British) society, churchgoing is one of the few metrics for which longitudinal data...
Such was the celebrity of the Bon Marché that its name was adopted far beyond Paris. In 1870, for example, the great fire of Constantinople destroyed the most famous store in the city: the Bon Marché. In Edinburgh, in 1875, Cranston & Elliot advertised their Clan Warehouse as ‘the Bon...
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During her service as Royal Yacht conveying members of the Royal Family and various dignitaries, she steamed 1,087,623 nautical miles or 2,014,278 km. LAUNCHED: 1953, April 18 → FATE: Decommissioned December 11, 1997, now a museum ship at Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland....