Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard, Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and mentality of the police.

The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.

Aberdeen is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Aberdeen, Scotland, is home of:

Japp is an Inspector from Scotland Yard and appears in many of the stories trying to solve the cases Poirot is working on.

Lynchehaun is said to have returned to Achill on two occasions, once in disguise as an American tourist, and eventually died in Girvan, Scotland, in 1937.

* 1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland.

Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of the Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed.

Scottish Borders Council is considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland object.

There is no distinction made in Scotland between assault and battery ( which is not a term used in Scots law ), although, as in England and Wales, assault can be occasioned without a physical attack on another's person, as demonstrated in Atkinson v. HM Advocate wherein the accused was found guilty of assaulting a shop assistant by simply jumping over a counter wearing a ski mask.

It is a separate offence to assault on a constable in the execution of his duty, under section 41 of the Police ( Scotland ) Act 1967 which provides that it is an offence for a person to, amongst other things, assault a constable in the execution of his duty or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

* 1482 – The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army

* 1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

Fleming's Nobel Prize medal was acquired by the National Museums of Scotland in 1989 and is on display after the museum re-opened in 2011.

There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675 ; the second is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834.

Proponents of repeal argue that the clause is a bigoted anachronism ; Cardinal Winning, who was leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, called the act an " insult " to Catholics.

Northumbria once stretched as far north as what is now southeast Scotland, including Edinburgh, and as far south as the Humber Estuary.

* 1650 – The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.

Angus () is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.

Angus is known as the birthplace of Scotland.

Maeshowe ( or Maes Howe ; Norse: Orkhaugr ) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

* One of the self-catered halls of residences at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland ( situated in the south of the City ), is named after Lord Kitchener ( Kitchener House ).

Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis () in Angus, Scotland.

The village is situated by the north town line of New Scotland.

Aberdeen was named for a local salmon cannery, a namesake of Aberdeen, Scotland, because it is situated at the mouth of two rivers just like Aberdeen, Scotland.

Both are accessed from the A74 ( M ) motorway and are situated near to the border of Scotland with England.

Wemyss Castle ( pronounced ) is situated on the cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland.

The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.

varies depending on where the Lieutenant's County is situated: a rose is worn in England, shamrocks in Northern Ireland, a thistle in Scotland and Prince-of-Wales feathers in Wales.

The kingdom of Dál Riata was situated in modern Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and parts of County Antrim, Ireland.

Dunoon ( Dùn Omhain in Gaelic ) is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland.

Darwin Mounds describes a vast field of undersea sand mounds situated off the north west coast of Scotland, first discovered in May 1998, they provide a unique habitat for ancient deep water coral reefs.

For a company to be incorporated in the United Kingdom, its application for registration with the Companies House must state " whether the company's registered office is to be situated in England and Wales ( or in Wales ), in Scotland or in Northern Ireland ", which will determine the law applicable to that business entity.

: In Cumbria itaque:: regione quadam inter Angliam et Scotiam sita Cumbria: a region situated between England and Scotland.

The legend tells of the murder of the nobles of Pictavia ( situated in modern day Scotland ).

Trindlemoss Loch, Scotts Loch or the Loch of Irvine was situated in a low lying area running from Ravenspark to near Stanecastle and down to Lockwards, now represented only by the playing fields off Bank Street in the Parish of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

The town also has a number of primary schools including All Saints Church of England Primary School situated on Ashby Road, Broom Leys Primary on Broom-Leys Road and Belvoirdale Primary on Scotland Road.

It is situated at the northern terminus of the A9 road, the main road linking Caithness with the south of Scotland, and is west of John o ' Groats and northwest of Wick, the closest town.

Falkirk is well situated both for access by rail from England and for access to other parts of Scotland excluding Fife, which has no direct rail link to Falkirk other than morning and evening commuter services from Kirkcaldy to Glasgow.

The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are situated in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, west of Edinburgh.

There are 80 pubs in the chain, predominantly situated in London, South East England and the Midlands, but also elsewhere in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man.

Daliburgh () is a crofting township in Scotland situated one and a half miles west from Lochboisdale and has the second largest population of any township in South Uist.

Forres (; ), is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 25 miles east of Inverness.