Forfar Sentence Examples

He was chosen as one of the lords of the congregation in 1557, and commanded the contingents sent by Forfar and Fife against the queen regent in 1559.

Brechin - which is controlled by a provost, bailies and council - unites with Arbroath, Forfar, Inverbervie and Montrose to return one member to parliament.

Bervie unites with Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Montrose in returning one member (for the "Montrose burghs") to parliament.

The unpretending mansion near by was built by Archibald Douglas, 1st earl of Forfar (1653-1712).

In Perth, Fife, Forfar and Aberdeen the average was 30%; but in nearly all the counties, towards the end at least of the period of depression, the coexistent demand and competition for farms were observable.

Sandstone, of which the total production in 1905 was 1,142,135 tons valued at £320,761, is quarried in nearly every county, but the industry flourishes particularly in the shires of Lanark, Dumfries, Ayr and Forfar.

The counties in which the manufacture is now most largely carried on are Forfar, Perth, Fife and Aberdeen, but Renfrew, Lanark, Edinburgh and Ayr are also extensively associated with it.

By the 15th of May 1307 a writer of a letter from Forfar says that if Edward dies his cause in Scotland is lost.

In the winter of 1307 and in 1308 Bruce ruined Buchan, a Comyn territory, and won the castles of Aberdeen and Forfar, while Edward Bruce cleared the English out of Galloway.

After six years' theological study, Jamieson was licensed to preach in 1789 and became pastor of an Anti-burgher congregation in Forfar; and in 1797 he was called to the Anti-burgher church in Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.

It lies at the east end of the Loch of Forfar in the valley of Strathmore, and is 13 m.

Forfar is at least as old as the time of Malcolm Canmore, for the first parliament after the defeat of Macbeth met in the old castle, which stood on a mound on the northern side of the town.

Forfar seems to have played a less reputable part in the persecution of witches.

The town is under the jurisdiction of a provost, bailies and council, and, with Brechin, Forfar, Inverbervie and Montrose, returns one member to parliament.

This event seems to have cooled the hotheads in Forfar, because very few went off to fight in the '45.

A village Lodge, the Master was one James Beattie, a rural postman attached to the Forfar Post Office.

During 2003 local people were involved in a project at Forfar Loch to help reduce another invasive species, the Himalayan balsam.

Firstly, Raith's Davidson and Forfar's Donald both saw yellow after a midfield tussle.

Having explored the coasts of Fife and Forfar, he gained a decisive victory over the Caledonians under Galgacus at the Graupian hill (see Britain, Roman).

One great drawback on the property of Forfar is the scarcity of fuel.

Firstly, Raith 's Davidson and Forfar 's Donald both saw yellow after a midfield tussle.