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Public Document Pack CHEVIOT AREA FORUM WEDNESDAY, 3RD JUNE, 2015 A MEETING of the CHEVIOT AREA FORUM will be held in the ASSEMBLY HALL, JEDBURGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HIGH STREET, JEDBURGH TD8 6DQ on WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE 2015 at 6.30 pm. J. J. WILKINSON, Clerk to the Council, 27 May 2015 BUSINESS 1. Welcome and Introductions. 2. Apologies for Absence. 3. Order of Business. 4. Declarations of Interest. 5. Minute. (Pages 1 - 10) 2 mins Minute of the meeting of Cheviot Area Committee of 1 April 2015 to be noted. (Copy attached.) 6. Police Force of Scotland - 'J' Division Spotlight. 20 mins Update report by Police Inspector detailing ongoing work and initiatives in the Cheviot area. 7. Health and Social Care - Engagement by NHS Borders Representative. 10 mins 8. Scottish Fire & Rescue Service. Update report detailing ongoing work and initiatives in the Cheviot Area. (a) Update report detailing ongoing work and (Pages 11 - 10 mins initiatives in the Cheviot Area. 14) (Copy attached.) (b) Presentation on engagement/consultation with 20 mins stakeholders on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Plan for 2016-2019 9. Presentation - 'An Introduction to Borders Sport & Leisure Trust' 30 mins by Ewan Jackson (CEO) and Emily McGowan (Marketing & Business Development Manager). 10. Revenue, Capital and SB Local Works. (Pages 15 - 22) 10 mins Consider update on the progress of the planned programme of revenue and capital works, the work undertaken by the SB Local Squad and the proposed SB Local Small Schemes for the current financial year in the Cheviot area. (Copy attached) 11. Open Questions. -
Congregational Polity and Associational Authority: the Evolution of Nonconformity in Britain, 1765-1865
Congregational Polity and Associational Authority: The Evolution of Nonconformity in Britain, 1765-1865 Cullen Thomas Clark Department of History and Politics School of Arts and Humanities University of Stirling A thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Supervised by Professor David W. Bebbington 31 July 2015 I, Cullen Thomas Clark, declare that this thesis has been composed by me and that the work which it embodies is my work and has not been included in another thesis. Signed: Cullen Thomas Clark, 31 July 2015 ii Acknowledgements A PhD thesis is not the product of an individual person. Numerous people and institutions are instrumental in its completion. This thesis is no different. The librarians and staff of the Bodleian Library, the Hampshire Records Office, Winchester, the John Rylands University Library, Manchester, the Lancashire County Archives, Preston, the National Library of Scotland, New College Library, Edinburgh, and the University of Birmingham Library and Archives have all provide valuable help along the way, providing advice and direction when dead ends seemed to appear. My sincere appreciation goes to Dr David Wykes and the staff of Dr Williams’s Library who graciously guided me through their vast collections and provided valuable insights. Equally hospitable was Carrise Berryhill at Abilene Christian University, who spent endless hours indulging my fascination with the Stone-Campbell Movement’s relationship to the Scotch Baptists and the British Churches of Christ. A very special word of thanks goes to Revd Emma Walsh and the staff of the Angus Library at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, for her admirable and sacrificial assistance. -
The Kirk in the Garden of Evie
THE KIRK IN THE GARDEN OF EVIE A Thumbnail Sketch of the History of the Church in Evie Trevor G Hunt Minister of the linked Churches of Evie, Firth and Rendall, Orkney First Published by Evie Kirk Session Evie, Orkney. 1987 Republished 1996 ComPrint, Orkney 908056 Forward to the 1987 Publication This brief history was compiled for the centenary of the present Evie Church building and I am indebted to all who have helped me in this work. I am especially indebted to the Kirk’s present Session Clerk, William Wood of Aikerness, who furnished useful local information, searched through old Session Minutes, and compiled the list of ministers for Appendix 3. Alastair Marwick of Whitemire, Clerk to the Board, supplied a good deal of literature, obtained a copy of the Title Deeds, gained access to the “Kirk aboon the Hill”, and conducted a tour (even across fields in his car) to various sites. He also contributed valuable local information and I am grateful for all his support. Thanks are also due to Margaret Halcro of Lower Crowrar, Rendall, for information about her name sake, and to the Moars of Crook, Rendall, for other Halcro family details. And to Sheila Lyon (Hestwall, Sandwick), who contributed information about Margaret Halcro (of the seventeenth century!). TREVOR G HUNT Finstown Manse March 1987 Foreword to the 1996 Publication Nearly ten years on seemed a good time to make this history available again, and to use the advances in computer technology to improve its appearance and to make one or two minor corrections.. I was also anxious to include the text of the history as a page on the Evie, Firth and Rendall Churches’ Internet site for reference and, since revision was necessary to do this, it was an opportunity to republish in printed form. -
HYSTERIA at the EDINBURGH INFIRMARY: the CONSTRUCTION and TREATMENT of a DISEASE, 1770-1800 by GUENTER B
Medical History, 1988, 32: 1-22. HYSTERIA AT THE EDINBURGH INFIRMARY: THE CONSTRUCTION AND TREATMENT OF A DISEASE, 1770-1800 by GUENTER B. RISSE* I In the introduction to his History of sexuality, Michel Foucault pointed to the eighteenth century as the period in which sexuality became a medical concern and women were, in his words, subjected to "hysterization".' By this term, Foucault probably meant that medicine began to pay greater attention to female bodily functions, trying to explain anew women's behaviour and physical complaints within the prevailing theoretical frameworks of the time. Thus, Foucault's seemingly novel "medicine of hysteria" replaced traditional and popular views based on humours, vapours, and the effects of a wandering womb. In his view, this was just one aspect of the medicalization imposed on eighteenth-century life with its inherent shifts in power relationships which constitutes one of the central motifs in his writings.2 The present investigation started out as an effort to organize a rich source ofprimary clinical material: lecture notes and patient case histories from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh during the late-eighteenth century.3 The analysis focused on hospitalized patients labelled as suffering from "hysteria", trying to document and perhaps clarify Foucault's ideas on the subject. Using such historical evidence, this study made some rather unexpected discoveries. It not only exposed the ambiguities inherent in the construction of disease entities, but also refuted Foucault's account of the sexualization ofworking-class women, at least for late-eighteenth-century Edinburgh. Before presenting the archival data, however, it will be useful briefly to consider the views regarding women's health and especially hysteria prevalent in the medical literature during the latter part of the eighteenth century. -
Borders Family History Society Sales List February 2021
Borders Family History Society www.bordersfhs.org.uk Sales List February 2021 Berwickshire Roxburghshire Census Transcriptions 2 Census Transcriptions 8 Death Records 3 Death Records 9 Monumental Inscriptions 4 Monumental Inscriptions 10 Parish Records 5 Parish Records 11 Dumfriesshire Poor Law Records 11 Parish Records 5 Prison Records 11 Edinburghshire/Scottish Borders Selkirkshire Census Transcriptions 5 Census Transcriptions 12 Death Records 5 Death Records 12 Monumental Inscriptions 5 Monumental Inscriptions 13 Peeblesshire Parish Records 13 Census Transcriptions 6 Prison Records 13 Death Records 7 Other Publications 14 Monumental Inscriptions 7 Maps 17 Parish Records 7 Past Magazines 17 Prison Records 7 Postage Rates 18 Parish Map Diagrams 19 Borders FHS Monumental Inscriptions are recorded by a team of volunteer members of the Society and are compiled over several visits to ensure accuracy in the detail recorded. Additional information such as Militia Lists, Hearth Tax, transcriptions of Rolls of Honour and War Memorials are included. Wherever possible, other records are researched to provide insights into the lives of the families who lived in the Parish. Society members may receive a discount of £1.00 per BFHS monumental inscription volume. All publications can be ordered through: online : via the Contacts page on our website www.bordersfhs.org.uk/BFHSContacts.asp by selecting Contact type 'Order for Publications'. Sales Convenor, Borders Family History Society, 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP, mail to : Scotland Postage, payment, and ordering information is available on page 17 NB Please note that many of the Census Transcriptions are on special offer and in many cases, we have only one copy of each for sale. -
5. the Lives of Two Pioneering Medical Chemists.Indd
The West of England Medical Journal Vol 116 No 4 Article 2 Bristol Medico-Historical Society Proceedings The Lives of Two Pioneering Medical-Chemists in Bristol Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808) and William Herapath (1796-1868) Brian Vincent School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS. Presented at the meeting on Dec 12th 2016 ABSTRACT From the second half of the 18th century onwards the new science of chemistry took root and applications were heralded in many medical-related fields, e.g. cures for diseases such as TB, the prevention of epidemics like cholera, the application of anaesthetics and the detection of poisons in forensics. Two pioneering chemists who worked in the city were Thomas Beddoes, who founded the Pneumatic Institution in Hotwells in 1793, and William Herapath who was the first professor of chemistry and toxicology at the Bristol Medical School, located near the Infirmary, which opened in 1828. As well as their major contributions to medical-chemistry, both men played important roles in the political life of the city. INTRODUCTION The second half of the 18th century saw chemistry emerge as a fledgling science. Up till then there was little understanding of the true nature of matter. The 1 The West of England Medical Journal Vol 116 No 4 Article 2 Bristol Medico-Historical Society Proceedings classical Greek idea that matter consisted of four basic elements (earth, fire, water and air) still held sway, as did the practice of alchemy: the search for the “elixir of life” and for the “philosophers’ stone” which would turn base metals into gold. -
Feasibility Study for a Proposed Scottish Borders National Park 16
2017 | Feasibility study for a proposed Scottish Borders National Park 16 Feasibility study for a proposed Scottish Borders National Park First Bus © VisitScotland/Paul Tomkins Bluebells near Minto © Malcolm R Dickson Grass sledging at Born in the Borders © Duncan Bryden Prepared by Duncan Bryden – Bryden Associates 2017 | Feasibility study for a proposed Scottish Borders National Park 17 5. Todiscusstheprosandconsofwhere,in principle,theboundariesmightlie,andthe consequencesofincludingorexcluding 1 thetownsintheareawithinthedesignated NationalPark. Introduction 6. Togiveapreliminaryassessmentof proceduresandpossibletimescalesfor legislatingforandthenprocuringand implementingaproposedScottishBorders NationalPark. 7. Toadequatelyaddressthepointsraisedby ScottishBordersCouncil(seeAppendix7) andindicatewhereinthestudythesepoints are addressed. 1.3 Nonamehasbeenagreedfortheprojectand termslikeBordersNationalParkorSouthern 1.1 Thisindependentstudyhasbeen BordersNationalParkareworkingtitles.Itis commissionedbytheCampaignforaScottish acceptedthat‘AScottishBordersNational Borders NationalParktoexaminetheevidence Park’maybethenamethatdeliversthe forandfeasibilityoftheproposalthatanarea greatestbenefitstothewholearea. oftheScottishBordersbeformallyconsidered fordesignationasanewNationalPark. 1.4 Themapaccompanyingthestudybrief coversaproposedNationalParkareaof 1.2 TheCampaignforaScottishBordersNational approximately1000km2inthesouthern Parkidentifiedsevenobjectivesforthisstudy. sectionoftheScottishBordersCouncilarea comprisingTeviotandLiddesdale,Cheviot -
Section 1 – Oxygen: the Gas That Changed Everything
MYSTERY OF MATTER: SEARCH FOR THE ELEMENTS 1. Oxygen: The Gas that Changed Everything CHAPTER 1: What is the World Made Of? Alignment with the NRC’s National Science Education Standards B: Physical Science Structure and Properties of Matter: An element is composed of a single type of atom. G: History and Nature of Science Nature of Scientific Knowledge Because all scientific ideas depend on experimental and observational confirmation, all scientific knowledge is, in principle, subject to change as new evidence becomes available. … In situations where information is still fragmentary, it is normal for scientific ideas to be incomplete, but this is also where the opportunity for making advances may be greatest. Alignment with the Next Generation Science Standards Science and Engineering Practices 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems Ask questions that arise from examining models or a theory, to clarify and/or seek additional information and relationships. Re-enactment: In a dank alchemist's laboratory, a white-bearded man works amidst a clutter of Notes from the Field: vessels, bellows and furnaces. I used this section of the program to introduce my students to the concept of atoms. It’s a NARR: One night in 1669, a German alchemist named Hennig Brandt was searching, as he did more concrete way to get into the atomic every night, for a way to make gold. theory. Brandt lifts a flask of yellow liquid and inspects it. Notes from the Field: Humor is a great way to engage my students. NARR: For some time, Brandt had focused his research on urine. He was certain the Even though they might find a scientist "golden stream" held the key. -
Belhelvie; Birse; Broomend, Inverurie; Cairn- Hill, Monquhitter
INDEX PAGE Aberdeenshire: see Ardiffiiey, Crudeii; Amber Object s: Necklace s :— Barra HillMeldrumd Ol , ; Belhelvie; from Dun-an-Iardhard, Skye, . 209 Birse; Broomend, Inverurie; Cairn- ,, Huntiscarth, Harray, Orkney5 21 , hill, Monquhitter; Cairnhill Quarry, ,, Lake near Stonehenge, Wilt- Culsalmond; Castlehill of Kintore; shire, .....5 21 . Colpy; Crookmore, Tullynessle; Cul- ,, Lanarkshire (amber and jet) . 211 salmond ; Culsalmond, Kirk of; Fy vie; Amphora, Handle of, found at Traprain Gartly; Glenmailen; Huntly; Huiitly Law, Haddingtonshire, ... 94 Castle; Kintore; Knockargity, Tar- Amulet, Stone, foun t Udala d , North Uist land ; Leslie; Logie Elphinstone; (purchase), ...... 16 Newton of Lewesk, Eayne; Rayne; Anderson, Archibald, death of, ... 3 Slains ; Straloch; Tarland; Tocher- Anderson , presentG. , . RevS . sR . Roman ford ; WMteside; Woodside Croft, melon-shaped Bead, .... 256 Culsalmond. Anglian Cross-shaft, Inscription 011, from Aberfeldy, Perthshire Weeme ,se . Urswick Church8 5 , Yorkshire . , Abernethy, Fife Castle se , e Law. IslesAnguse th f , o Sea , ...lof 1 6 . Adair's Maps, ....... 26 Animal Remains from Traprain Law, Adam, Gordon Purvis, presents Tokef no Haddingtonshire, Report on, . 142 Lead, ........ 152 Anne, Silver Coins of, found at Montcoffer, Advocates' Library, Edinburgh . Map,MS s Banffshire, ...... 276 in, .......5 2 . Anniversary Meeting, ....1 . Adze, Stone, from Nigeria (donation), . 63 Antonine Itinerary, Roads in, . 21, 23, 32, 35 Ainslie, County Maps by, .... 28 Antoninus Pius, Coi , nof ...9 13 . Airieouland Crannog, Wigtownshire, Per- Antony, Mark, Coin of, ..... 137 forated Jet Ring from, .... 226 Anvil Stone foun t Mertouna d , Berwick- Alexander III., Long single cross Sterling shire, . ' . .312 of, (donation) .....5 25 . Aqua Vitae in Scotland, Note on the Early Alexander, W. Lindsay, death of,..3 . -
Nitrogen, and the Demise of Phlogiston III
Rediscovery of the Elements Daniel Rutherford, Nitrogen, and the Demise of Phlogiston III James L. Marshall, Beta Eta 1971, and Virginia R. Marshall, Beta Eta 2003, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5070, [email protected] In the previous HEXAGON “Rediscovery” article, the life and work of Joseph Black (1728–1799) was introduced.1g As a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Black discovered fixed air (carbon dioxide) and characterized magnesium as a Figure 2. Map of Edinburgh, Scotland. The chemical discoveries of Black and Rutherford were performed at substance separate from calcium, and thus may the “Old College” in Edinburgh, which is not identified on this modern map, because it demolished and be considered the discoverer of that calcareous replaced by buildings of the “New College,” on South Bridge (N55° 56.85 W03° 11.17). Rutherford, later a element. Afterwards, he became professor at professor of botany at the University of Edinburgh, maintained the Botanic Gardens at “Leith Walk” the University of Glasgow, where he developed (see Figures 4,5); today’s Royal Gardens are located 2 km west. The locations of the homes of Black and the concept of latent heat. He returned to the Rutherford are known, but they no longer exist. The modern campus is 2.7 km south of the “New Campus.” University of Edinburgh in 1766 as the head of chemistry. (Figure 1). Scotland.1a Other students of Black attained The characterization of “malignant air.” Black as a professor at Edinburgh. Upon his prominent positions at Oxford University.2b Daniel Rutherford described the discovery of return to Edinburgh (Figure 2), Black turned Another of his students was Daniel Rutherford this new air in his 1772 M.D. -
A U C T I O N O F Tweed Autumn Salmon Fishing
P O S T A L ~ E M A I L ~ O F F E R S A U C T I O N C O N D I T I O N S (PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY) 1. A rod may be shared by up to two people, but no more than this. th 2. Fishing is with fly only from 15 September. Before that, spinning will be Name: ……………………………..………..…………………..……………..…….…………. allowed. 3. Fish may be kept but not sold. 4. In line with general fishing practice, no refunds will be given if any day’s Address: ……………………………………..…..……………………………..….…..……… fishing is lost under any circumstance. A U C T I O N 5. All bids must be made in whole Pounds Sterling and, if successful, payment ……………………………………………………..…………….……..……………...………….. should be made in Pounds Sterling also. The addition of any pence will invalidate the bid. O F ………………………………………...…….…… Postcode: .……………….…..……….… 6. Successful bidders will pay The Tweed Foundation direct. 7. Payment must be received within 14 days of being notified of a successful Telephone: Home: ……..……………..…….. Mob: ..……..…………...…………… offer. Payment will be by cheque made payable to The Tweed Foundation, or by Bank Transfer - contact the office for details to pay by this method. If TWEED AUTUMN SALMON full payment has not been received within two weeks of notification, the sale Email address: .………………………...……………...…….…..…………………………. may be rescinded without any notice being given to the buyer. FISHING 8. All successful bidders will be notified in writing within two weeks of the I wish to make an offer for the fishing Lots as indicated overleaf Auction and the bidder will be put in contact with the donor, and/or their appropriate agent or boatman, once payment has been received. -
The Interaction of Scottish and English Evangelicals
THE INTERACTION OF SCOTTISH AND ENGLISH EVANGELICALS 1790 - 1810 Dudley Reeves M. Litt. University of Glasgov 1973 ProQuest Number: 11017971 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a com plete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest ProQuest 11017971 Published by ProQuest LLC(2018). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States C ode Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness to the following: The Rev. Ian A. Muirhead, M.A., B.D. and the Rev. Garin D. White, B.A., B.D., Ph.D. for their most valuable guidance and criticism; My wife and daughters for their persevering patience and tolerance The staff of several libraries for their helpful efficiency: James Watt, Greenock; Public Central, Greenock; Bridge of Weir Public; Trinity College, Glasgow; Baptist Theological College, Glasgow; University of Glasgow; Mitchell, Glasgow; New College, Edinburgh; National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh; General Register House, Edinburgh; British Museum, London; Sion College, London; Dr Williams's, London. Abbreviations British and Foreign Bible Society Baptist Missionary Society Church Missionary Society London Missionary Society Ii§I I Ii§I Society for Propagating the Gospel at Home SSPCK Scottish Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge CONTENTS 1.