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More of Sinclair’s Questions Discovered » Statistical Accounts of Scotland
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More of Sinclair’s Questions Discovered. About the Statistical Accounts of Scotland service described how in May 1790, Sir John Sinclair wrote to every Church of Scotland Minister in each of the 938 parishes in Scotland with a list of 160 questions plus an addendum of 6 further questions. Sir John intended to use the responses to his very thorough range of questions to elucidate the Natural History and Political State of Scotland or the quantum of happiness of its people. Quickly; so that the state of th...
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Updates » Statistical Accounts of Scotland
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In our last post we revealed some of the Halloween customs detailed in the Statistical Accounts, including some spooky ghost stories. Although superstitious beliefs seem to have been receding during the late Eighteenth Century, there are nevertheless many accounts of another devilish figure in the accounts: the witch. Such stories give us a real insight into what people in the eighteenth century and earlier believed in and how they dealt with alleged witches. NSA, Vol. IV, 1845, p.421. Indeed, you can fi...
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Teaching and Learning » Nicola Osborne
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Events Attended » Nicola Osborne
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Lisa Otty » Statistical Accounts of Scotland
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When is a hill a hill? Mapping, occular inspection and the problem of standardisation in Robert Douglas’s General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk. In October 1795, Sir John Sinclair asked Rev. Robert Douglas of Galashiels to assist the Board of Agriculture by updating and republishing the County Surveys of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. Sinclair had been frustrated at the eccentric diversity of styles employed by the various contributors to the first phase of the. So Ains...
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Digital Education » Nicola Osborne
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Updates on Social Media at EDINA » Nicola Osborne
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Social Media at EDINA » Nicola Osborne
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