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 Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Monymusk Reliquary, a relic of medieval Scotland.
The territorial extent of Scotland is generally that established by the 1237 Treaty of York between Scotland and England and the 1266 Treaty of Perth between Scotland and Norway.
Scotland (Alba in Gaelic) is a nation in northwest Europe and a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scotland   (6191 words)

  
 Scotland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Scotland is separated from England by the Tweed River, the Cheviot Hills, the Liddell River, and Solway Firth.
In the reign of William the Lion Scotland became a fief of England by a treaty extorted (1174) from William by Henry II.
Oil, however, gained prominence in Scotland’s economy during the 1970s, with the growth of North Sea oil extraction companies.
www.bartleby.com /65/sc/Scotland.html   (3081 words)

  
 Scotland national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scotland are one of the few UEFA members that plays most of their matches in a city other than the capital.
¹ - Matt Busby was officially the Scotland Manager, but Trainer Dawson Walker was left in charge of the players due to the tragedy of the Munich Air Disaster in February 1958, in which Busby was seriously injured
Scotland's first non-Scottish manager, Berti Vogts, managed the side from February 2002 until his resignation November 1, 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scotland_national_football_team   (485 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Scotland
Scotland was an independent kingdom until James VI succeeded to the English Crown in 1603; and it continued constitutionally separate from England until the conclusion of the treaty of union a century later.
The proposal was favourably received in Scotland; but while the eight-year-old queen was on her way from Orkney, and the realm was immediately divided by rival claimants to the throne, John de Baliol and Robert Bruce, both descended from a brother of William the Lion.
The concession to Catholics of civil and political liberty by the Emancipation Act of 1829 was preceded and followed in Scotland, as in England, by disgraceful exhibitions of bigotry and intolerance, although many prominent Scotsmen, including Sir Walter Scott, were entirely in its favour.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13613a.htm   (9453 words)

  
 Scotland - Uncyclopedia
While Scotland, the country, is not officially at war with any country, the City of Glasgow and the City of Edinburgh have been at war ever since the latter collided with the former.
It was proposed in 1982 by the burgeoning psychopath Margaret Thatcher that Scotland does not, in fact, exist — that the nation is a mythical land dreamed up by travellers from England who'd been to Carlisle, got drunk, and thought they saw something moving about in the murk up the A74.
the Countries of England and Scotland, the Principality of Wales and the Province of Northern Ireland).
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Scotland   (2146 words)

  
 About Scotland: living, working and doing business in Scotland.
Scotland is a beautiful country, with a wide range of landscapes from the rolling hills of the Borders to the rugged mountains of the north-west Highlands.
Scotland is a vibrant, exciting country, with a wide range of cultures and an extraordinarily rich heritage.
Explore Scotland's rich, varied and colourful history: go back 5,000 years with our timeline and discover some of the things that Scotland has given the world.
www.scottish-enterprise.com /aboutscotland   (280 words)

  
 Scotland: Gateway to Scotland
Scotland was a wealthy country through until the beginning of the 14th Century, when Edward I of England (known as the "Hammer of the Scots") was determined to incorporate Scotland into the English crown.
Scotland has given rise to many more famous people, notable in the arts, literature, the sciences and as inventors, philosophers, architects and so on, than would be expected for a country of such modest size and population.
Scotland is one of four constituent nations which form the United Kingdom (the other three are England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /home/scotland/scotland.html   (1630 words)

  
 Scotland - Wikitravel
Otherwise, Scotland is surrounded by the bracing waters of the North Sea to the east, and the North Atlantic Ocean to the west and north.
Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba [2]) is the northernmost of the four constituent parts that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, sharing a 60 mile (96 km) long land border with England to the south and separated from Northern Ireland by the North Channel of the Irish Sea.
Scotland's history and geography is reflected in the wide range of visitor attractions available, from castles and cathedrals, to stunning countryside, and more modern attractions showcasing Scottish cultural achievements.
wikitravel.org /en/Scotland   (4963 words)

  
 Scotland
Scotland is divided into three physical regions—the Highlands; the Central Lowlands, containing two-thirds of the population; and the Southern Uplands.
Alexander I, king of Scotland - Alexander I, 1078?–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III and St....
Free Church of Scotland - Scotland, Free Church of, the secessionist Presbyterian church established as a result of the great...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0777806.html   (736 words)

  
 Scotland: Hiking in Search of the Water of Life
Water is abundant in Scotland's many rain and spring-fed lochs (lakes) and rivers.
Especially given the chances of variables such as mist rolling in on a steep ridge, how many pints or whiskies I drank the night before (this IS Scotland), the elements, or the state of my own mind and body.
Fresh seafood and whisky rewarded us on Scotland's west coast for a couple of bonus days after Bruach na Frithe.
classic.mountainzone.com /hike/scotland   (1405 words)

  
 GENUKI: Scotland
The Workhouse in Scotland from Peter Higginbotham is a history of the poor law and poorhouses in Scotland.
Many land and property records are held at the National Archives of Scotland of which probably the main ones are the Registers of Sasines, recording the transfer of ownership of land.
GRO Scotland list of the Old Parochial Registers links to an alphabetical list of parishes, with numbers 1 to 901, and has a list showing allocation of numbers to groups of counties.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/sct   (3114 words)

  
 SCI-BYTES: Science in Scotland, 1998-2002
Scotland's world share of science and social-science papers over a recent five-year period, expressed as a percentage of papers in each of 22 fields in the Thomson ISI database.
In that field, as the right-hand column shows, the citations-per-paper impact of research from Scotland exceeded the world average by 29% (3.52 cites per paper for Scotland versus the world baseline of 2.72 cites).
The relative-impact scores for Scotland were also notably high in agricultural sciences (59% above the world average), pharmacology (+57%), ecology/environmental sciences(+38%), and space science (+32%).
www.in-cites.com /research/2004/january_19_2004-2.html   (274 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Scotland
RESIDENTS of Scotland's main cities are less likely to suffer from housebreaking than those in...
MORE than 30,000 people with second homes in Scotland face the prospect of stringent new taxes under plans being considered by the governments in Edinburgh and London.
The wait is over to find out what the public voted as the seven wonders of Scotland
thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm   (476 words)

  
 Metropolitan Police Service
The Official Encyclopedia of Scotland Yard traces the evolution of the service since it was founded by Sir Robert Peel in 1829 to the present day.
Produced with the full co-operation of the Metropolitan Police and including a foreword by its Commissioner Sir Paul Condon, The Official Encyclopedia of Scotland Yard is an invaluable and engaging reference book, offering unprecedented insight into both the force itself and the social, cultural and technological development of Britain in the twentieth century.
This definitive encyclopedia covers 170 years of Scotland Yard's policing history, illustrated with over 250 images from the Metropolitan Police archives.
www.scotlandyard.police.uk /history/encyclopedia.htm   (242 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: Scotland
Scotland Vacations Compare prices, read user reviews of hotels and search for travel deals to Scotland.
This is one of Scotland’s most prolific sites of...
Save up to 40% with Contiki Tours Our Contiki tours to Scotland will save you up to 40% off the price of traveling the same itinerary on your own.
technorati.com /tag/Scotland   (555 words)

  
 Scotland Europa
Scotland Europa is a partnership of public, private and voluntary bodies who have combined to provide a central point of contact for Scotland in Europe.
Scotland Europa - with offices in Glasgow and Brussels, at the heart of the European Union - provides a central point of information, analysis and contacts for Scottish organisations.
We promote Scotland's interests to the key institutions of the EU and we have direct links to the regions of Europe.
www.scotlandeuropa.com   (179 words)

  
 scotland map and information page
Scotland and its offshore islands are the northernmost part of the United Kingdom, and occupy about 37% of the landmass.
Scotland is the home of "Golf," and famous courses like Inverness and St. Andrews come quickly to mind.
Unmatched Scotland is a magnet for visitors, and a most important part of the United Kingdom
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/europe/uks.htm   (489 words)

  
 Scotland Home
RNIB Scotland is campaigning to raise awareness of the need for regular eye testing and for co-ordinated support for those who do lose their sight.
If you want more information on the services RNIB Scotland offers or our current campaigns contact us.
A call for new legislation to help people keep their jobs if they become disabled has been made in the House of Commons by a Scottish MP, with backing from RNIB Scotland.
www.rnib.org.uk /xpedio/groups/public/documents/code/public_rnib003462.hcsp   (681 words)

  
 Cancer Scotland
West of Scotland Cancer Awareness Project The aim of the project is to encourage the ‘at risk’ population, living in the West of Scotland to present earlier to the NHS if they have signs and symptoms of mouth or bowel cancer.
Scottish Association of Prostate Cancer Support Groups (Scotland, UK) the association was founded by prostate cancer patients and their families in April 1999 to a network of regional support groups and raise awareness of prostate cancer.
Scottish Cancer Registry This is part of the Information and Statistics Division of NHS Scotland, section for Cancer intelligence, record linkage, projects, and professional statistical issues.
www.cancerindex.org /clink44s.htm   (589 words)

  
 Scottish Football Association: The Scottish FA: Scotland :
Scotland Under 17 Girls will play England in the Final of the Six Nations Tournament tomorrow.
Scotland Under 21s will have an intensive end to the season, with a training camp and two matches to prepare for their UEFA qualifiers starting in August.
Scotland will face Bulgaria and Japan in the Kirin Cup next month, it was confirmed today by the Japanese FA, who are tournament hosts.
www.scottishfa.co.uk   (332 words)

  
 Southeastern North Carolina Economic Development Information - Scotland County
Just 40 miles from Fayetteville, Scotland County is the home to over 33,000 residents.The Scotland County School System is comprised of eight primary schools, four middle schools, one high school and one school serving special populations.
It is part of the Scotland Health Group corporation, which also includes the Edwin Morgan Center, Hospice of Scotland County, and the Scotland Memorial Foundation.
Just 25 miles from I-95, Scotland County is accessible to US 15, 401, 74, 501, and NC 79.
www.ncse.org /scotland.html   (241 words)

  
 Scottish History - Culture, Battles, Literature and more
Should you be interested in learning about Scotland and the Scots both from an historical perspective and more modern times then here we have brought together various pages and sections of our site to help you learn about us.
This is a huge and very detailed history of the Highlands (not all of Scotland), researched in the 1830's and updated in the 1870's.
This is where we've sourced antiquarian books about Scotland that give a more detailed look at areas and aspects of Scotland and have transcribed them onto the site for you to enjoy.
www.electricscotland.com /history   (722 words)

  
 Travel Scotland Holidays Hotels Tours Cottages and Vacations
Travel Scotland is packed full of useful travel information which will help you plan or dream in detail about a holiday in Scotland.
Travel Scotland offers self catering cottages for rent, hotel and guesthouse accommodation in Scotland, minibus and coach tours as well as self driven itineraries.
Our Guide to Scotland is the most detailed scottish guide online and will help you decide what to see and do before you arrive.
www.travelscotland.co.uk   (571 words)

  
 Scotland County, NC Welcomes You
The Scotland County Board of Commissioners strives to promote the highest quality of life and to create an environment that will make Scotland County the community of choice.
he population of Scotland County is more than 35,000 with nearly 17,000 living in Laurinburg, the County seat.
Agenda: Scotland County Board of Commissioners regular meeting
www.scotlandcounty.org   (361 words)

  
 Medieval Scotland
This is a collection of articles and resources aimed at anyone interested in Scotland between A.D. 500 and 1603, from about when the King of Dál Riata moved from Ireland to Argyll to when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne.
Maps from the Collections of The National Library of Scotland Zoomable images of a large collection of historical maps of Scotland from 1560 to 1769.
Some of the articles discuss not only what was done in Scotland in the Middle Ages but also how modern people might re-create aspects of medieval Scottish culture.
www.medievalscotland.org   (992 words)

  
 Cricket Scotland
Scotland's Fraser Watts and Paul Hoffmann are writing a regular diary from Barbados where the Scotland international squad are currently on a pre-season tour.
Scotland posted a total of 193 for nine in 50 overs at the start of the final match of their Barbados tour.
Scotland now know their opponents in the first match of the revamped ICC Intercontinental Cup series.
www.cricketeurope2.net /SCOTLAND/home.shtml   (825 words)

  
 General Register Office for Scotland
Count ME in Scotland is a project which aims to encourage schools to learn about the national Census and to make use of past and present Census material...
Find the size, location and characteristics of Scotland's population and how this changes.
The online source of civil registration, open census records, old parish registers and wills for Scotland...
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk   (265 words)

  
 Scotland travel hotels Scotland accommodation Scottish hotels - Welcome to Scotland
Use our interactive map of Scotland to explore the dramatic Highlands and Islands, the great cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the picturesque Scottish Borders.
Whether you live in Scotland, are looking forward to a return visit or are planning your first Scottish holiday, we have all the travel and tourism information you'll need.
Welcome to Scotland - Scotland hotels and travel guide - All the tourist information you'll ever need to plan a Scottish holiday.
www.welcome-scotland.com   (201 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: A Brief History
It is an Irish song that contains the words "A Nation Once Again," but the Scots with their own "Scotland the Brave" can now hold their heads high with the re-establishment of control over their own affairs and begrudging English acceptance of their northern neighbors as a nation.
Presented by Peter N. Williams, Ph.D. On Thursday, December 18, 1997, Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar launched one of the most far-reaching changes to the British constitution by presenting a Bill to implement Scotland's first parliament in 300 years.
Thus, a powerful body of Scottish representatives would get together in a Parliament of their own for the first time since the Union with England and the abolition of the Scottish Parliament in 1707.
www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/history_scotland.html   (223 words)

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