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Bruntsfield is home to the character Isabel Dalhousie in the Alexander McCall Smith books, The Right Attitude to Rain and The Careful Use of Compliments.
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* 1761-The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society of Edinburgh is formed.
The ' Edinburgh Arrow ' is an annual competition, known as the Sovereign's Prize since 28 July 1822 when it was competed for at the nearby Bruntsfield Links.
To the west it is bounded by Bruntsfield ; to the south-southwest by Greenhill and then Morningside ; to the south-southeast by The Grange ; and to the east by Sciennes.
The format of the Championship Meeting is changed to individual match play and is won by Robert Chambers of Bruntsfield.
Bruntsfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about twenty minutes walk south-west of the city centre.
The modern district of Bruntsfield lies east of Bruntsfield Links park and golf link, beyond which lies the district of Marchmont ; Merchiston is to the west and Tollcross to the north.
The estate around the grand Bruntsfield House is now called Marchmont ( which the Warrender family began feuing in 1872, many of the street names reflecting associations with that family ).
Bruntsfield Links is home to a nineteenth century pitch and putt golf course.
At the southern end of the links, near Bruntsfield House, a distinct indentation formed by a former quarry is known locally as Tumbler's Hollow.
J. Stewart-Smith states that " Bruntsfield Manor ", or as it is known today, Bruntsfield House, had been the dower house of each successive bride of the Lauders of Haltoun for 226 years.
Bruntsfield was home to other mansions not least that of Wrights House or Wrychtishousis on the site of what is no the Golf Tavern and Viewpark.
There is a Bruntsfield Primary School, with a closely linked secondary school, Boroughmuir High School, nearby.
The Eric Liddell Centre, a local charity, named after the 1926 Olympic 400m gold medalist athlete, immmortalised in the 1981 Oscar Award-wining film " Chariots of Fire " is situated in Bruntsfield.
Isabel is a philosopher-turned detective, who lives a " lady of leisure " lifestyle in a Bruntsfield townhouse.
It is south of the areas of Bruntsfield, Burghmuirhead ( including Holy Corner, Church Hill, and Greenhill ); south-west of Marchmont, and south-east of Merchiston.
1735: Golf is played on Bruntsfield links ; also the traditional date the Royal Burgess Golfing Society is founded
1761: The Bruntsfield Golfing Society is formed
In the city is known as Home Street, Leven Street, Bruntsfield Place, Morningside Road, Comiston Road and finally Biggar Road.
Bruntsfield and home
Jex-Blake returned to Edinburgh, established both a private practice and a dispensary for poorer patients in her Bruntsfield home.
Bruntsfield and Alexander
Sir William Lauder of Haltoun ( d. Nov 1596 ) invested his son, Sir Alexander Lauder, Knt., younger of Haltoun and Sheriff Principal of Edinburgh, and his mother in life-rent in Bruntsfield in 1587, and they resided in Bruntsfield Manor, being then estranged from the laird of Haltoun, and significantly rebuilding the mansion house.
* Alexander Lauder of Blyth, 1506 Great Seal of Scotland charter confirmed Bruntsfield to Alexander
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She was a consultant at Bruntsfield Hospital for women and children, and despite a disagreement between Inglis and the hospital management, the Hospice joined forces with them in 1910.
Another was his eccentrically decorated hotel in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh, which did not outlive the 1980s.
It lies roughly a mile to the south of the Old Town, separated from it by The Meadows and Bruntsfield Links.
The whole area was developed as a planned middle-class tenements suburb by Sir George Warrender, the owner of Bruntsfield House and the surrounding estate ( also known as the " Warrender Park ") in the mid 19th century.
After the addition of in-patient facilities this became the Bruntsfield Hospital for Women.
The whole area lay within the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh, from which a former farm Burghmuirhead took its name which passed eventually to a small area within Bruntsfield.
By 1915 the feuing of the Bruntsfield Estate Marchmont was complete and no more than seven acres around the house remained.
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`` His address '', Walter added, `` is that great foundling home, the American Express.
Steinberg spoke with warmth and enthusiasm about Italy: `` Rome is my second home.
The infant is discovered by a fisherman who brings him home to rear him.
Bertha Szold was more like Meg, the eldest March girl, who `` learned that a woman's happiest kingdom is home, her highest honor the art of ruling it, not as a queen, but a wise wife and mother ''.
And this is my own home ''.
The impression you get from Carl Sandburg's home is one of laughter and happiness ; ;
the atmosphere is that of an attractive private beach club at home.
It is doubtful if Morgan was able to take home much money to his wife and children, for his pay, as shown by the War Department Abstracts of early 1778 was $75 a month as a colonel, and that apt to be delayed.
The church truly is not a rest home for saints, but a hospital for sinners.
In designing his home fallout shelter there is nothing to prevent a man from planning to shelter that home's occupants, `` plus-one '' -- so he will be able to take in a stranger.
Maj. Anderson of Fort Sumter is home and recruiting volunteers for the U.S. Army.
There is no such thing as being diligent about national affairs but indifferent about home needs.
The shelter illustrated in figure 12 is based on such a room built in a new home in the Washington, D.C. area in the Spring of 1959.
The problem of efficient production in textiles is complicated by the fact that the industry serves large markets which shift quickly with changes of fashion in apparel or home decoration.
I therefore believe it is realistic to assume a modest drop in the total value of home entertainment electronics to about $1.8 million, slightly below 1960, but above 1959.
It is this sort of experience that makes the concept of high fidelity of real musical significance for the home music listener.
The home listener is overpowered, all right, but the experience is a far from pleasant one.
As an engineer approaches the plant the position of the home signal is seen in advance when he passes the `` distant '' signal located beyond the limits of the interlocking plant.
No matter what style your home is, ranch, two-story, Colonial or contemporary, central air conditioning is easily installed.
Stravinsky, nearing the age of eighty, is like a lost and frantic bird, flitting from one abandoned nest to another, searching for a home.
Home is the place to find the comforts of home.
He is usually conscious of the social pressures at home and outside ; ;
Sixty miles north of New York City where the wooded hills of Dutchess County meet the broad sweep of the Hudson River there is a new home development called `` Oakwood Heights ''.
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