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The British Wool Society grazed sheep on the island in the 1790s and the land was farmed for many years until the last farmer, Peter Hogg, died in 1904. [11] Throughout most of its history, Cramond Island was used for farming, especially sheep-farming, [2] and perhaps served as a fishing outpost as well.
The island was also used for a construction office and the castle buildings were re-roofed to accommodate workers. Some of the stone from the former castle was used to build the caissons of the bridge. [2] [53] Cramond Island in the Almond estuary is a tidal island that is 7.7 hectares (19 acres) in extent and is currently part of the Dalmeny ...
Lord Cramond, a 17th- and 18th-century title in the nobility of Scotland; Albert Cramond (1881–1954), New Zealand cricketer; Gordon Cramond (1949–1989), Scottish footballer; Tess Cramond (1926–2015), Australian doctor; Zoe Cramond (born 1984), New Zealand actress
A niche collector’s item, The Island Book of Records Volume I: 1959-1968 minutely details each Island release with input from individuals who worked on them firsthand. In between are “pink ...
The table of years in music is a tabular display of all years in music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year. Contents: 1300s – 1400s – 1500s – 1600s – 1700s – 1800s – 1900s – 2000s – Other
As music spread, the religious hymns were still just as popular. The first New England School, Shakers, and Quakers, which were all music and dance groups inspired by religion, rose to fame. In 1776, St. Cecilia Music Society opened in the Province of South Carolina and led to many more societies opening in the Northern United States.
March – Leonard Calvert leads the first group of settlers to the new English colony of Maryland in North America 5 May – A royal proclamation confines flying of the Union Flag (the first recorded reference to it by this name) to the king's ships; English merchant vessels are to fly the flag of England.
The work features music by William Lawes, Simon Ives, and Bulstrode Whitelocke. It is repeated on February 13. September 29 – The masque Comus, by John Milton, is presented at Ludlow Castle, with music composed by Henry Lawes.