A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Holyrood, royal palace, and remains of abbey, in E. of Edinburgh. The abbey (1128), now represented chiefly by the nave of the church, contains the buryingvault of the Scottish kings. The palace was founded 1501, and enlarged 1528, but the present edifice is mainly of date 1671-1679; it contains Queen Mary's apartments, the Picture Gallery, and the Royal private apartments. Queen Mary's apartments are in the older portion of the building. In the Picture Gallery the Scottish peers elect their Parliamentary representatives, and the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland holds his levees. Adjoining Holyrood is the Royal Park (King's or Queen's), first enclosed by James V.; it is practically a recreation-ground for the citizens of Edinburgh, has a carriage-drive round it, is nearly 5.miles in circuit, and includes Arthur's Seat and Salisbury-Crags.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "royal palace, and remains of abbey" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Midlothian ScoCnty |
| Place: | Holyrood |
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