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Edinburgh and is
* Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August
Northumbria once stretched as far north as what is now southeast Scotland, including Edinburgh, and as far south as the Humber Estuary.
It is on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south to the island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyond.
When AA was ported to the English Electric KDF9 computer, the character set was changed to ISO and that compiler has been recovered from an old paper tape by the Edinburgh Computer History Project and is available online, as is a high-quality scan of the original Edinburgh version of the Atlas Autocode manual.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is currently the only living holder of the rank of Field Marshal in the Australian Army.
The home of the modern game is still Scotland with the World Bowls centre in Edinburgh at Caledonia House, 1 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ.
Eastern bongo at Edinburgh Zoo An international studbook is maintained to help manage animals held in captivity.
In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.
His 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, The Headmaster's Son is based on his time at The Kings of Wessex School, where his father Keith was the headmaster.
In Scotland is situated the Edinburgh Croquet Club.
In 1768, he settled in Edinburgh ; he lived from 1771 until his death in 1776 at the south-west corner of St. Andrew's Square, in Edinburgh's New Town, at what is now 21 Saint David Street.
* 1958 – Subscriber Trunk Dialling ( STD ) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
In addition, the city is home to a large number of independent, fee-paying schools including Edinburgh Academy, Fettes College, George Heriot's School, George Watson's College, Merchiston Castle School, Stewart's Melville College and The Mary Erskine School.
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is the main public hospital for the city.
The Royal Infirmary is the main Accident & Emergency hospital not just for Edinburgh but also Midlothian and East Lothian, and is the headquarters of NHS Lothian, making it a centric focus for Edinburgh and its hinterland.
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital specialises in mental health ; it is situated in Morningside.
Culturally, Edinburgh is best known for the Edinburgh Festival, which is a series of separate events running from the end of July until early September each year.

Edinburgh and home
The Aberdour obelisk was built by Lord Morton on his departure from the village to relocate to a large home in Edinburgh, it was built so he could see his former hometown from his new house when he looked through binoculars-it stands in a cowfield between the castle and the beach.
They stayed at Edinburgh, and at Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, the home of the Marquess of Breadalbane.
The school was established in 1818, structured after the University of Edinburgh, which was located near Ramsay's home in Scotland.
Edinburgh is also home to a flourishing group of contemporary composers such as Nigel Osborne, Peter Nelson, Lyell Cresswell, Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Edward Harper, Robert Crawford, Robert Dow and John McLeod whose music is heard regularly on BBC Radio 3 and throughout the UK.
Edinburgh is also home to the international best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith.
Edinburgh was also home to senior sides St Bernard's, and Leith Athletic.
Edinburgh is also home to RBS Premier One rugby teams Heriot's Rugby Club, Boroughmuir RFC, the Edinburgh Academicals and Currie RFC.
Edinburgh has been home to the actor Sir Sean Connery, famed as the first cinematic James Bond ; Ronnie Corbett, a comedian and actor, best known as one of The Two Ronnies ;, actor Brian Cox and Dylan Moran, the Irish comedian.
Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, the home of Scottish rugby union.
Scott's home from the age of 4 to 26 in George Square, Edinburgh
Around the end of the fifteenth century, King James IV ( ruled 1488 – 1513 ) built Holyroodhouse, by the abbey, for his principal Edinburgh residence, and the castle's role as a royal home subsequently declined.
Born in Edinburgh, but raised in his mother, Nora Dalyell's family home, The Binns, near Linlithgow, West Lothian ; his father ( Percy ) Gordon Loch, C. I. E., was an Empire civil servant ( Political Agent ) and a scion of the Loch family.
Edinburgh is the home of Camp Atterbury, a National Guard training facility.
Surveying was done by Stephen W. B. Carnegy, an attorney from Canton, Missouri ; “ Edina ” was a reference to his home ( taken from Scottish poet Robert Burns ’ " Address to Edinburgh ").
The town dates back to approximately AD 600, and over the centuries has thrived as an agricultural centre ; as the location of Alnwick Castle and home of what were in mediaeval times the most powerful northern barons, the Earls of Northumberland ; as a staging post on the Great North Road between Edinburgh and London, and latterly as a modern rural centre cum dormitory town.
What bolsters Leith's claim to being " the home of golf " is the fact that the official rules of golf, initially formulated at Leith in 1744 by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, were later adopted by St Andrews.
Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Hibernian ( Hibs ).
The venue has also been used to stage international matches, Scottish League Cup semi-finals and was briefly the home ground of the Edinburgh professional rugby union team.
Team managers Terry Butcher and Gus MacPherson have objected to playing semi-finals at Easter Road, on the grounds that their players should have the chance to play at Hampden Park, or that playing against Hearts in Edinburgh gives them a form of home advantage.
Organised and funded by The Japan Sherlock Holmes Club, the building, which was his home for his final decades, is now the Japanese Consulate in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh and town
However, the position was given to William Cleghorn, after Edinburgh ministers petitioned the town council not to appoint Hume because he was seen as an atheist.
* Edinburgh town walls
The A7 Edinburgh to Carlisle road passes through the town, with main roads also leading to Berwick upon Tweed ( the A698 ) and Newcastle upon Tyne ( the A6088, which joins the A68 at the Carter Bar, south-east of Hawick ).
Despite a great deal of local opposition the town lost its rail service in 1969, when as part of the controversial Beeching Axe the ' Waverley Line ' from Carlisle to Edinburgh via Hawick was closed.
* March 14 – The Edinburgh Evening Courant carries a notice of £ 200 reward for the capture of William Brodie, a town councilor doubling as a burglar.
* April 14 – The Porteous Riots erupt in Edinburgh after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson, when town guard Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire at the crowd.
* April 10 – Because of the plague, the Edinburgh town council orders that the college graduation ceremony should be brought forward so that students can leave the city ( on November 19, teaching resumes in Linlithgow ).
Expecting the English to press their advantage, the Scots hastily constructed a town wall around Edinburgh and augmented the castle's defences.
Under the influence of William Maitland of Lethington, Mary's secretary, Grange changed sides, occupying the town and castle of Edinburgh for Queen Mary, and against the new regent, the Earl of Lennox.
Edinburgh Castle is the Goanna site and owned by the Clara Williams descendents who reside at the Aboriginal Reservation Muli Muli, which is six miles west of the town of Woodenbong.
Edinburgh () is a town in Bartholomew, Johnson, and Shelby Counties in the U. S. state of Indiana.
The tornado exited Camp Atterbury and crossed US 31, entering the town of Edinburgh.
Edinburg ( originally Edinburgh ) is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States.
The town is named after the Edinburgh in Scotland.
In 1968 work started on the Alnwick by-pass, intended to remove the A1 London – Edinburgh trunk road from the heart of the town to its outer edge.
Alnwick town lies adjacent to the A1, the main national north / south trunk road, providing easy access to Newcastle upon Tyne ( south ) and to the Scottish capital Edinburgh ( north ).
In 1852, John Young settled in the area and renamed the town Edinburgh after his place of birth, Edinburgh, Scotland ; Edinburgh became the county seat of Hidalgo County.
An 1827 Act of Parliament arranged for municipal government and administration of justice in the town, providing watching, paving, cleansing, and lighting, with Edinburgh Council responding to the views of Leith townspeople.
The planned development, which was given supplementary planning guidance by the City of Edinburgh Council in 2004, will be the size of a small town with up to 17, 000 new homes.
* Stirling is a historic town in central Scotland, some 30 miles to the north-west of Edinburgh, and is generally known as the " Gateway to the Highlands ", due to its geographical position between highland and lowland Scotland.

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