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  Marchmont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marchmont is roughly a mile to the south of the Old Town, separated from it by The Meadows and Bruntsfield links.
To the west it is bound by Bruntsfield, to the south by The Grange, and Sciennes to the East.
Marchmont is said to have the highest percentage of English residents in Edinburgh.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marchmont   (479 words)

  
 Earls of Marchmont - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
MARCHMONT The 1st earl of Marchmont was Sir Patrick Hume or Home (1641-1724), son of Sir Patrick Hume, bart.
In 1690 he was made a peer as Lord Polwarth; in 1696 he became lord high chancellor of Scotland, and in 1697 was created earl of Marchmont.
His two sons having predeceased their father, the earldom became dormant, Marchmont House, Berwickshire, and the estates passing to Sir Hugh Purves, bart., a descendant of the 2nd earl, who took the name of Hume-Campbell.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Earls_Of_Marchmont   (447 words)

  
 Care Centre Details
Marchmont Care Centre is part of Sue Ryder Care - a national charity devoted to the care of people with a wide range of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.
Marchmont was built between 1750-54 for Hugh, third and last Earl of Marchmont.
Marchmont is registered to care for the young physically disabled and is establishing itself as a specialist centre for the care of people with neurological and genetic disorders, in particular Huntington's Disease.
www.suerydercare.org /carecentres/home.asp?id=9   (310 words)

  
 The Marchmont Humes
In 1697 he was created Earl of Marchmont, Viscount Blasonberry, and Baron Polwarth, and was made one of the Commissioners of the Treasury and Admiralty, and subsequently filled the office of Lord High Commissioner both to the Parliament of 1698 and to the General Assembly in 1702.
The Earl of Marchmont was undoubtedly possessed of eminent abilities and extensive attainments, and was held in esteem by his contemporaries.
Lord Marchmont sat for thirty-four years in the House of Lords as one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and took an active part in the business of the House, in which his abilities, experience, and learning gave him great weight He died in 1794 at the age of eighty-six.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/families/marchmont_humes.htm   (4656 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Sport - Marchmont to dedicate Trophy win to Sardesai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
MARCHMONT will take to the field on Monday against Edinburgh at Newfield in the final of the Parks Cricket Trophy hoping to honour club stalwart Roger Sardesai with a win.
Marchmont have stabilised after dropping down to Division Two of the George More and Co East League this season but have illuminated this campaign with various knock-out trophy successess.
If Marchmont do lift the silverware then it will roll back the years to before Edinburgh began dominating the tournament as part of a dramatic rise through the divisions to the forefront of the Capital scene.
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=809722003   (582 words)

  
 Marchmont CC Website Overview
Marchmont 1st XI vs Crammond 1st XI, Cavalry Park, 1pm
Marchmont 2nd XI vs Kismet 1st XI, Away, 1.30pm
President's XI vs Marchmont 1st(ish) XI, Cavalry Park, 1.30pm
www.homestead.com /marchmontcc/overview.html   (141 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Edinburgh - Marchmont neighbourhood party aims to reunite community
Residents in the Marchmont area asked the Scottish Executive last month to put a ban on any more students being allowed to live in homes in the area.
The rising student population in Marchmont has become such a problem for householders that residents are campaigning to stop any more homes being licensed for multiple occupancy.
Residents say the number of HMO licences being granted in the Marchmont area of the capital is completely out of proportion.
news.scotsman.com /edinburgh.cfm?id=551792005   (721 words)

  
 Edinburgh Student Newspaper : News : Marchmont bombed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
However, residents of the predominantly student area will be relieved to learn that the bomb squad’s assignment was to remove several old army shells, and not to foil a UK terrorist attack.
The escalating fear was confirmed by recent research by the University of Dundee, which claimed that half of parents in Scotland are worried that their children will be hurt in a terrorist attack.
She told Student: “It is not everyday that a bomb disposal unit, encircled by police and army officers, are stationed on your street.
www.studentnewspaper.org /view_article.php?article_id=20040427182933   (312 words)

  
 Promoting workplace learning with ICT: modes and models for organisational change
Project partners reflect the multilayered Marchmont approach and include national private and public sector organisations from the media, trades unions, industry-specific and government training bodies, as well as regional higher and further education institutions that actively investigate the potential of ICT for transforming organisational cultures in SMEs.
Marchmont also hosts joint workshops with UfI and works closely with their special interest cluster groups on SME learning and learner support.
Marchmont regional partners reflect the strengths and interests of a cross section of public sector bodies, including training providers in the shape of higher and further education institutions and economic development agencies with expertise in business growth.
www.leeds.ac.uk /educol/documents/00001611.htm   (4636 words)

  
 Herbert Marchmont
Herbert Marchmont was a member of the chorus and understudy during the first run of The Mikado at the Savoy, going on for Frederick Bovill as Pish-Tush in July 1886.
The Mikado was dropped in March 1890 in favor of The Gondoliers, Marchmont as Luiz, and Yeomen was abandoned temporarily in April.
It appears that Marchmont was in the chorus for Utopia and for most of the other operas added in 1894 and 1895.
math.boisestate.edu /GaS/whowaswho/M/MarchmontHerbert.htm   (395 words)

  
 Monitoring and Evaluation of the Edinburgh City Car Club - Chapter Four : The Car Club in Practice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
It is unclear how many of the members at March 2000 were based in Marchmont and Sciennes and how many lived in the areas in which another 19 parking stations were to be launched in April 2000.
Figure 8 shows the average hours use of each vehicle in Marchmont and Sciennes and this as a percentage of the period for which vehicles were available for hire – 16 hours per day.
This aspect of the members bears out the early impressions gained from the public meetings in Marchmont (see page 10) that the early adopters would be more likely to substitute their use of private cars with Car Club cars than to reduce their use of cars.
www.scotland.gov.uk /cru/kd01/blue/carclub-08.asp   (6707 words)

  
 Marchmont comments "rash, misguided and inflammatory" - Scottish Borders Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
SBC’s plan for Marchmont is centred on the needs and wishes of the people who live there.
Scottish Borders Council, NHS Borders and Sue Ryder Care are unanimous that Marchmont is not financially viable nor appropriate as a building to meet the needs of its 22 current residents.
Marchmont residents said they would prefer to live in smaller, separate units, where they have their own space, their own gardens, a greater degree of privacy and maximum independence.
www.scotborders.gov.uk /news/6126.html   (467 words)

  
 Overview of Marchmont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
A district of the City of Edinburgh, Marchmont lies to the south of the Meadows, a mile (1.5 km) south of the city centre.
Marchmont is characterised by its desirable Victorian bay-windowed flats in fine sandstone tenement blocks.
Marchmont was 'home' to Inspector Rebus, the detective in the novels of Ian Rankin (b.1960).
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst7878.html   (132 words)

  
 MARCHMONT WEB - Marchmont Community Website - Edinburgh, Scotland
In a friendly residential area of Edinburgh, lies the charming neighbourhood of 'Marchmont'.
Located on the southern edge of Meadows (a vast, leafy park in the heart of Edinburgh) is the pride of local businesses and residents alike.
Marchmont is full of interesting businesses and shops with something to offer everyone from clean, comfortable accommodation, pleasant local stores, charming restaurants and of course, welcoming local pubs.
www.marchmontweb.com   (86 words)

  
 India Infoline News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
The Marchmont group was incorporated in March 2001 to provide customized corporate finance and strategy services to corporates and individuals.
Marchmont is headed by Ajit Menon and Dr Graham Sharp (based in London).
Menon is the Founder and Director of Marchmont and has a rich experience in the corporate finance and advisory business spanning almost 20 years.
www.indiainfoline.com /news/news.asp?dat=73039   (943 words)

  
 Grave Matters Marchmont Farm
MARCHMONT FARM is now a division of Claiborne Farm and was the former home of Catesby Clay.
The farm is also the final resting place of prominent Claiborne sires who have not been buried in the main farm cemetery.
Marchmont also is the burial site of many of the prominent broodmares who are owned by the farm or it's clients.
www.tbheritage.com /TurfHallmarks/Graves/cem/GraveMattersMarchmont.html   (204 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: John Marchmont's Legacy (Oxford World's Classics): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
John Marchmont's Legacy deserves to take its place alongside them for its plot charged with drama and mystery, its eerie atmosphere, and above all its depiction of an extraordinary woman.
The two main female characters are wildly different; Olivia Arundel, a woman of strong passions, whilst Mary Marchmont is a rather colourless insipid figure.
Miss Braddon is an acquired taste, her language may seem dated and arcane to the modern reader, but nontheless it is a cracking good read.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0192833219   (394 words)

  
 Marchmont Airpark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
Marchmont Airpark is a pilots dream come true.
Pilots and non-pilots live together enjoying the North Carolina weather.
The development was part of the old southern Marchmont Plantain.
marchmont.org   (69 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Marchmont Street Guide | Marchmont Street London, WC1N, England, UK | London Streets by Street | ...
Marchmont Street is located in the borough of Camden
The nearest underground station to Marchmont Street is 'Russell Square ' which is about 3 minutes to the South.
Situated in one of the capital’s most popular locations right in the heart of Bloomsbury, this hotel is just minutes from the fashionable Covent Garden and has just undergone a major £20 million refurbishment.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/marchmont_street_b2b.html   (603 words)

  
 Young Immigrants to Canada (including home children) -Bilbrough and Wallace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
When Miss Macpherson began to bring children to Canada Ellen Bilbrough came with her to manage the Canadian home that was established in Belleville, Ontario.
The home was called Marchmont and Ellen remained there until her death in 1902.
Marchmont was first used by Annie Macpherson for all of the children she brought to Canada.
ist.uwaterloo.ca /~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/bilbrough.html   (231 words)

  
 MARCHMONT, EARLS OF - Online Information article about MARCHMONT, EARLS OF
Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
chancellor of Scotland, and in 1697 was created earl of Marchmont.
father, the earldom became dormant, Marchmont House, Berwickshire, and the estates passing to Sir Hugh Purves, hart., a descendant of the 2nd earl, who took the name of Hume-Campbell.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAL_MAR/MARCHMONT_EARLS_OF.html   (617 words)

  
 Marchmont Arms - Hemel Hempsted Hertfordshire
is the old stately home of the Earl of Marchmont 1708 to 1794.
This very grand building, with its extensive gardens, is an ideal place to spend a summers day, with a wide variety of food and beverages on offer.
The Marchmont is situated in Piccotts End, just outside Hemel Hempstead's Old Town, just off the A4147 or Leighton Buzzard Road.
www.pub-explorer.com /herts/pub/marchmontarmshemelhempsted.htm   (208 words)

  
 Tutor Marchmont, Edinburgh Tutors
You can view the list of tutors in Marchmont, Edinburgh and the rest of eastern Scotland without the navigation aids by clicking on the link.
Areas include Marchmont, newington, meadowbank, leith, barnton, flhall, clermiston, newington, craiglockart, fairmilehead, New Town, and Tollcross.
Marchmont, Edinburgh tutors cover subjects including Chemistry Biology Computing English Language, Public speaking Drama and acting.
www.aplustutors.co.uk /scotland/edinburgh/marchmont   (151 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Marchmont Road Guide | Marchmont Road London, TW10, England, UK | London Streets by Street | London ...
Marchmont Road is located in the borough of Richmond upon Thames
The nearest underground station to Marchmont Road is 'Richmond ' which is about 16 minutes to the North West.
There are 2 London streets also called Marchmont Road:
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/marchmont_road_39f.html   (115 words)

  
 Marchmont Productions | Professional Video London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
Run by independent film producers Marchmont Films, we are based in central London with a team of experienced directors, writers and crew.
At Marchmont Productions we have the imagination and expertise to help you make the most of these creative and inspiring media.
Whether you need a persuasive promotional video, a motivating training film or imaginative events coverage, Marchmont Productions can help you achieve results by overseeing your project every step of the way - from initial concepts to final delivery.
www.marchmontproductions.com   (143 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: John Marchmont's Legacy: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
Her popularity as a novellist of the suspenseful, shocking and unexpected was surpassed only by Wilkie Collins (The Moonstone; The Woman in White).
The central character in "John Marchmont's legacy" is Olivia Marchmont, a woman driven by intense passions, and unable to accept that the man she loves cannot return her feelings.
Olivia is a wonderful portrait of a woman stifled by the conventions of Victorian society and the limited scope for a woman of intelligence and ambition.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0192833219   (857 words)

  
 Overview of Marchmont House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
Marchmont House was built in 1754 for Hugh Hume, the 3rd (and last) Earl of Marchmont (1708-94), by Thomas Gibson, although it is often mistakenly attributed to William Adam.
Replacing the nearby Redbraes Castle, of which little now remains, Marchmont is located a mile (1.5 km) south of Polwarth in the Scottish Borders.
This fine country house comprises two floors and a basement level, and has been renovated and remodelled by architects such as William Burn (1834) and Sir Robert Lorimer (1913-20).
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst6615.html   (228 words)

  
 Marchmont Observatory - Research for the learning age
Marchmont Observatory - Research for the learning age
The Marchmont Observatory aims to improve evidence based policy and practice in the field of lifelong learning through analysis, good practice capture and dissemination, networking, learning programmes and research.
Marchmont Observatory, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LU
www.marchmont.ac.uk   (68 words)

  
 Marchmont Films   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-21)
With our experience of producing entertaining and insightful work, Marchmont Films is in an excellent position to help corporate & public sector organisations convey their key messages.
Whether hosting an event, training staff or promoting a new product, we have the skills to write, direct and edit your video project.
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
www.marchmontfilms.com /corporate.php   (194 words)

  
 Marchmont Terrace in Shaker Heights, OH
Marchmont Terrace in Shaker Heights, OH Marchmont Terrace
Marchmont Terrace is conveniently located in the heart of Shaker Heights.
This luxury 5-story elevator building overlooks the Shaker Heights Country Club golf course.
rent.com /rentals/ohio/cleveland-and-vicinity/shaker-heights/439404   (151 words)

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