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Sentence Examples The commission has now set up an infrared camera in the Dumfries roost so that the bats' behaviour can be observed from below. On Friday, we returned from a short break in the Lake District to find an email from a farm in Dumfries which has Tamworth weaners available. He joined the Dumfries Volunteers in 1795, and died the following year of rheumatic heart disease. Dumfries in south-west Scotland was listed among the worst offenders with its familiar row of chain store brands. They re-start early on Saturday with a full day of rallying before returning to Dumfries for the finish later in the evening. When it comes to dissatisfaction with levels of health and fitness, Dumfries and Galloway again tops the poll, according to Scottish Opinion. I'm a policewoman with Dumfries and Galloway constabulary, so I'm used to doing driving courses and being around cars. Here are our new arrivals, the 3 Tamworth boar weaners we picked up from Dumfries today. Spaghetti may be everywhere but flat leaf parsley is still not widely available in Dumfries. Nevertheless, the cost to clean up and disinfect farms in Dumfries and Galloway was 39,000 per farm. The fruit of their union, William, acquired the lordship of Nithsdale and the sheriffship of Dumfries. This followed two accidents on Friday, in which two people died in a three-car pile-up in Dumfries and Galloway and an elderly man was killed in a collision in Midlothian. It follows reports that they failed to declare income from the sub-let of their constituency offices in Eastwood and Dumfries for at least a year. He was just reading it as it appeared on autocue and quite enjoyed the royal references to Balmoral and Dumfries House. Underground mining for coal is poised to make a comeback in Scotland with plans for two drift mines into the vast Canonbie reserves in Dumfries and Galloway. No positive information has been obtained of the era and circumstances in which the town of Dumfries was founded. Some writers hold that Dumfries flourished as a place of distinction during the Roman occupation of North Great Britain. The district around Dumfries was for several centuries ruled over and deemed of much importance by the invading Romans. Lincluden Abbey and its grounds are now within the Dumfries urban conurbation boundary. Dumfries was very much on the frontier during its first 50 years as a burgh and it grew rapidly as a market town and port. Show More Sentences The English fugitives met the gates of Dumfries Castle that remained firmly closed in their presence. After Caerlaverock eventually succumbed, Edward passed through Dumfries again as he crossed the Nith to take his invasion into Galloway. Edward held court in Dumfries at which he grudgingly agreed to an armistice. On 30 October, the truce solicited by Pope Boniface was signed by Edward at Dumfries. Letters from Edward, dated at Dumfries, were sent to his subordinates throughout Scotland, ordering them to give effect to the treaty. Once Edward received word of the revolution that had started in Dumfries, he again raised an army and invaded Scotland. Opposite the fountain in Dumfries High Street, adjacent to the present Marks and Spencer, was the Commercial and later the County Hotel. Work progressed quickly, and on 17 June 1940, the 18 Maintenance Unit was opened at Dumfries. The pilot, Oberleutnant Martin Piscke was later interred in Troqueer Cemetery in Dumfries town, with full military honours. Within a few miles of Dumfries are the villages of Tinwald, Torthorwald and Mouswald all of which were settled by vikings. Roger White, CEO of soft drinks group A G Barr is a local lad who went to Dumfries Academy. William Charles Wells, predecessor to Charles Darwin on the theory of natural selection was another schooled in Dumfries. Geologist Robert Harkness was schooled in Dumfries and subsequently resided in the town. Sir Frank Williams of F1 motor racing fame was educated at St Joseph's College, Dumfries as was Charles Forte, Baron Forte. Ray Wilson, lead singer of Stiltskin and later Genesis was born in Dumfries as were fellow musicians Geoffrey Kelly and Ian Carr. Opera singer Nicky Spence was born in Dumfries as was Britain's Got Talent singer Andrew Johnston. Dumfries has produced a steady stream of professional footballers and managers. Dominic Matteo was born in Dumfries but moved to England while still a young boy. Another racing driver, David Coulthard was born in Dumfries and raised in nearby Twynholm. Curling world champions David Murdoch, Euan Byers and Craig Wilson were all born in Dumfries. Show More Sentences John Mayne was born in Dumfries in 1759 and contributed in the field of poetry. Archibald Gracie, shipping magnate and business tycoon in USA, was from Dumfries. The architect George Corson who worked mainly in Leeds, England, was born in Dumfries and articled to Walter Newall in the town. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, UK Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827, was quartered in Dumfries in 1796 during his military service. John Richardson, naturalist, explorer and naval surgeon was born in Dumfries as was John Craig, mathematician, and polymath James Crichton. Benjamin Bell after being born in Dumfries went on to become considered the first Scottish scientific surgeon. Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart left Dumfries to go on and found the University of Sydney Medical School. James Braid, surgeon and pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy, practised in Dumfries from 1825 to 1828 in partnership with William Maxwell. A Church of Scotland minister of Troqueer in Dumfries produced eleven children of whom some have made a notable mark. As with the rest of the British Isles and Scotland, Dumfries experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. Like the rest of Dumfries and Galloway, of Scotland's three major geographical areas Dumfries lies in the Southern Uplands. The river Nith runs through Dumfries toward the Solway Firth in a southwards direction splitting the town into East and West. With the River Nith on two sides and the Lochar Moss on another, Dumfries was a town with good natural defences. Dumfries remains a centre of local government for a much bigger area than just the town itself. Until 1995 Dumfries was also home to the council for the local district of Nithsdale. Dumfries also lends its name to the lieutenancy area of Dumfries, which is similar in boundaries to the former Dumfriesshire county. Dumfries lies in the UK Parliament constituency of Dumfries and Galloway which is represented by Alister Jack of the Scottish Conservative Party. For Scottish Parliament elections, Dumfries is in the South Scotland electoral region and split between two constituencies. North West Dumfries is the only ward that solely covers areas within the town itself, with the others incorporating outlying areas. Dumfries has a long history as a county town, and as the market town of a surrounding rural hinterland. Show More Sentences The shellshocked Dumfries couple netted PS450 on a HotPicks entry, prizes of PS80 and a tenner on the main draw, then a PS4,535,773 jackpot. Bruce and his supporters killed a rival for the throne, John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch on 10 February 1306 at Greyfriars Church in Dumfries. Dumfries and Galloway was the only Region in the whole of the United Kingdom that had the Olympic Torch pass through it twice. The two unitary authorities of Dumfries and Galloway in the west and the Scottish Borders in the east cover almost all of the Southern Uplands. The 7stanes are seven mountain biking centres spanning the south of Scotland, from the heart of the Scottish Borders to Dumfries and Galloway. Doyle's father died in 1893, in the Crichton Royal, Dumfries, after many years of psychiatric illness. At 14, he left home for Dumfries Academy, again under the watch of Alexander and Mary Ann. In the suburb of Summerhill, Dumfries, the majority of the streets have names with Burns connotations. MacDiarmid grew up in the Scottish town of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway. Duns Scotus received the religious habit of the Friars Minor at Dumfries, where his uncle, Elias Duns, was guardian. On 10 February 1306, Bruce participated in the murder of Comyn, at Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries. Bruce and his party then attacked Dumfries Castle where the English garrison surrendered. He is best known for having been stabbed to death by Robert the Bruce before the altar at the church of the Greyfriars at Dumfries. On 10 February 1306 Robert the Bruce participated in the killing of John Comyn before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries. Dumfries was a civil parish and became the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries got its nickname 'Queen of the South' from David Dunbar, a local poet, who in 1857 stood in the general election. The term doonhamer followed, to describe those that originate from Dumfries. The Doonhamers is also the nickname of Queen of the South who represent Dumfries and the surrounding area in the Scottish Football League. Located on top of a small hill, Dumfries Museum is centred on the 18th century windmill which stands above the town. During the second world war, aerial navigation was taught at Dumfries also at Wigtown and nearby Annan was a fighter training unit. Show More Sentences The museum is run by the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Group and is the only private aviation museum in Scotland. The Theatre Royal, Dumfries was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. Dumfries Art Trail brings together artists, makers, galleries and craft shops with venues accessible all year round. Of those is listed only the Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith. The club house and holes 1 to 7 and 17 and 18 are on the side nearest to Summerhill, Dumfries. The David Keswick Athletic Centre is the principle facility in Dumfries for athletics. Dumfries Ice Bowl is also home to two synchronised skating teams, Solway Stars and Solway Eclipse. In addition, Dumfries Ice Bowl is also home to several curling teams, competitions and leagues. Dumfries has several primary schools, approximately one per key district, and four main secondary schools. The University of Glasgow, since maintaining its provision in Dumfries, has launched a new undergraduate programme in primary teaching. Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is the principal secondary care referral centre for Dumfries and Galloway region. Part of the disused railway track in Dumfries was later converted to a cycle path. There are many buildings in Dumfries made from sandstone of the local Locharbriggs quarry. The quarry is situated off the A701 on the north of Dumfries at Locharbriggs close to the nearby aggregates quarry. As the largest settlement in Southern Scotland, Dumfries is recognised as a centre for visiting surrounding points of interest. Dumfries and Galloway Council has not been involved in any official twinning link between the two towns for some time. It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven in Cumbria, to the Mull of Galloway, on the western end of Dumfries and Galloway. In the second stage of reintroduction in 1995 and 1996, further birds were brought from Germany to populate areas of Dumfries and Galloway. The biggest plantations and timber resources are to be found in Dumfries and Galloway, Tayside, Argyll and the Scottish Highlands. With the lack of job opportunities and money, Harris returned home to Dumfries and began posting homemade solo recordings to his Myspace page. Show More Sentences He started working on the album in 2006 after he moved back from living in London to his hometown of Dumfries, Scotland. At Carlisle the Glasgow South Western Line runs for several miles before heading west towards Dumfries, Kilmarnock, Ayr and Stranraer. Dumfries Place is named after the Earl of Dumfries, a courtesy title given to the Marquis of Bute's eldest son. Whithorn covered most of Dumfries and Galloway region west of Dumfries itself. Similar boats were made in 1785 by John Fitch in Philadelphia and William Symington in Dumfries, Scotland. The oldest surviving yew longbow was found at Rotten Bottom in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. In World War II the bulk of the Norwegian Army during their years in exile in Britain consisted of a brigade in Dumfries. Aucheninnes Moss, in Dumfries and Galloway, is the sole habitat of the bog bush cricket in Scotland. Tabi and Moxie initially rallied the vibrant artistic community in Dumfries. The same price tag secured the top lamb in the Oxgang Farm pen of Ms McClanachen, Carrutherstown Road, Dumfries, with Ms Chalmers being the purchaser. There is another significant population in Dumfries and Galloway. Born in Dumfries, Mundell grew up in Newton Wamphray and Lockerbie. Dumfries and Galloway Council, who installed the lights, have blamed a faulty photocell control switch, which us suposed to turn them off when it gets light. This was started in the 1980s with the building of the Dumfries bypass. Adam Richard Wiles was born on 17 January 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland. He attended Dumfries High School, and after leaving school he stocked shelves in supermarkets and worked in a local fish processing factory in order to buy DJ gear. In 1659 ten women were accused of diverse acts of witchcraft by Dumfries Kirk Session although the Kirk Session minutes itself records nine witches. Dumfries was again subjected to the control of Bruce's enemies. The humiliation of the Treaty of Falaise triggered a revolt in Galloway which lasted until 1186, and prompted construction of a castle at Dumfries. After resting at Caerlaverock Castle a few miles away from the bloodletting, Wallace again passed through Dumfries the day after as he returned north to Sanquhar. Show More Sentences He continued north into Scotland and on 4 August received homage from his Scottish supporters at Dumfries, before abandoning the campaign and returning south. The Robert Burns Centre is the art house cinema in Dumfries. Alexander III visited Dumfries in 1264 to plan an expedition against the Isle of Man, previously Scots but for 180 years subjected by the crown of Norway. Since 2013, Dumfries has seen the annual Nithraid, a small boat race up the Nith from Carsethorn, celebrating the town's historical relationship with the river. Queen of the South represent Dumfries and the surrounding area in the second level of the country's professional football system, the Scottish Championship. Dumfries was once within the borders of the Kingdom of Northumbria. His house in Dumfries is operated as the Robert Burns House, and the Robert Burns Centre in Dumfries features more exhibits about his life and works. Hogg records that Burns was given the freedom of the Burgh of Dumfries on 4 June 1787, 9 years before his death, and was also made an Honorary Burgess of Dumfries. Dumfries Ice bowl is also recognised as Scotland's only centre of ice hockey excellence, and trials for the Scottish Jr national team are carried out at this venu. Dumfries is located in the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. Dumfries has been a Royal Burgh since 1186, its charter being granted by King William the Lion in a move that ensured the loyalty of its citizens to the Monarch. Junior curling teams from Dumfries, consisting of curlers under the age of 21, regularly compete in the Dutch Junior Open based in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. Doyle's father, artist Charles Altamont Doyle, died in Dumfries. All of these institutions are governed by Dumfries and Galloway council. The thief was 5ft 2in with short blondish hair and a Dumfries accent. On the long march back to Scotland, the Highland Army wore out its boots and demanded all the boots and shoes of the townspeople of Dumfries as well as money and hospitality. The A75 road west links Dumfries with the ferry port of Stranraer. Dumfries railway station lies on the Glasgow South Western Line. In eighth is Duncan Davidson, 44, whose Budda bar chain in Glasgow, Helensburgh, Paisley, Dumfries and Kilmarnock is believed to be worth around pounds 3 million. West Sound FM, part of Bauer Media Group, broadcasts from Dumfries. Show More Sentences Bruce then rallied the Scottish prelates and nobles behind him and had himself crowned King of Scots at Scone less than five weeks after the killing in Dumfries. The nature of the struggle changed significantly when Robert the Bruce, Earl of Carrick, killed his rival John Comyn on 10 February 1306 at Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries. When the trust decided to expand plant sales at Threave Gardens, Castle Douglas, Dumfries, it turned to display specialists Stagecraft, based at Llaithddu, near Newtown. Suffragette and feminist campaigner Dora Marsden spent the last 25 years of her life being cared for in Dumfries after her psychological breakdown. Additionally, a number of university buildings are located elsewhere, such as the Veterinary School in Bearsden, and the Crichton Campus in Dumfries. World War I poet William Hamilton was another born in Dumfries. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and, to the south and east, Northumberland in England. Examples from Classical Literature Your grandmother came herself with me to Dumfries, and there we saw the lawyers. Their affairs were in the hands of a notable firm of solicitors in Dumfries. I could not help hoping that it might not be any plot of the lawyers in Dumfries to get him away. On the 18th July he left Brow, and returned to Dumfries in a small spring cart. Ye dinna ken whether ye are to get the free scule o' Dumfries or no, after hinging on and teaching it a' the simmer? Please write me by first post, and direct to me at Ellisland, near Dumfries. None of the young men, therefore, could be spared to carry a message to Dumfries. Noel Vanstone have been traced across the Solway Firth to Dumfries, and thence to a cottage a few miles from the town, on the banks of the Nith. After spending a day here he proceeded to Annan, and thence to Dumfries. Boats passed on the river, and carts plodded along the high-road on their way to Dumfries. There are academies at Dumfries, Annan, Moffat and other centres. A day of ceremonies will mark the installation of granite markers at the gravesites War of 1812 Veterans interred in South Dumfries. The cub, named Noah by rescuers, was found alone and in distress in Kirtle Water in Dumfries and Galloway. Consequently the Dumfries Hampden was forthwith haled to prison. He was educated at the Dumfries academy and Edinburgh University. The Dumfries coach had reached Moffat, where it became snowed up. Find more words! 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