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unusual facts about Holm, Inverness



A Fictional Guide to Scotland

This reading tour visited places as far and wide as Wigtown, Ullapool, Inverness, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanark and Glasgow and was supported by the Scottish Arts Council.

A82 road

After passing through North Ballachulish, the A82 turns to run northeast along the Great Glen, which it continues to do for the remainder of the route up to Inverness.

Ammassalik wooden maps

Kunit approached Holm on February 8, 1885 and sold the maps representing the coast from Sermiligak to Kangerdlugsuatsiak.

Upon Holm's return, the maps were deposited along with the rest of the collection at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.

Angus Du Mackay, 7th of Strathnaver

Not long after the Parliament at Inverness Thomas Neilson Mackay, cousin of Angus Du Mackay killed Mowat, the Laird of Freswick in Tain.

Barony of Aiket

Bloak Holm mill was located nearby, a little further down the Glazert Water and is recorded as being part of the Kirkwood Estate in the 18th century.

Berthold of Hanover

When Berthold attempted to bless the Christian cemetery at Holm, they decided either to burn the bishop together with his church at Holm or to drown him in the Düna.

Blar Nam Feinne

Blàr nam Fèinne (Battlefield of the Fingalians) on Cnoc na Moine (Hill of the Peat) in The Aird, to the west of Inverness, is the site of the 11th century battle between Scottish forces led by Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh (Malcolm III of Scotland) against Norwegian forces led by Thorfinn.

Boleslaw Barlog

Other plays which he directed there in the immediate post-war period were Romain Rolland's Le Jeu de l'amour et de la mort (1945), Shakespeare's As You Like It (1946) and The Taming of the Shrew (1947), Holm and Abbott's Three Men on a Horse (1946), Gogol's Marriage (1947) and Zuckmayer's Des Teufels General (1948).

British Insurance

In 2006 the company was reported to be insuring three sisters from Inverness, Scotland, against the possibility of a virgin birth.

Bryllupsfesten

Businessman Carl Otto "Totto" Holm (Husebø) is on the verge of bankruptcy, and plans a staged robbery of the family's Munch engraving.

Bught

The sports fields are used as the home grounds for Inverness Blitz American football home games.

Castle Stuart Platform railway station

Castle Stuart Platform was a railway station located near Castle Stuart, to the east of Inverness, now in Highland council area.

Christian Milne

Christian Milne, born in Inverness on 15 May 1773, was a Scottish poet of the Romantic Era.

Clan MacBean

Forbes Macbean, another of the well known military family descended from Reverend Alexander MacBean of Inverness (mentioned above), won a DSO (Distinguished Service Cross) in 1897 when serving as a Major in the Gordon Highlanders, for the gallant and courageous action in taking the heights of Dargai near the border of Afghanistan, in India's old north west province, which is now part of Pakistan.

David Leslie, Lord Newark

Macleod, who had fought with Montrose at the siege of Inverness, delivered him up to the Covenanters (see Battle of Carbisdale).

Dirk Bielefeldt

Soon afterwards, Bielefeldt was a partner of Peer Augustinski in the series Comedy Club, mostly playing Herr Holm, but also appearing as the caretaker Mock.

Drakies

Drakies is a small housing estate on the outskirts of Inverness, Scotland, lying immediately south of the former Inverness-shire village of Culcabock.

Earl of Inverness

The title of Earl of Inverness (Scottish Gaelic:Iarla Inbhir Nis) was first created in 1718 in the Jacobite Peerage of Scotland by James Francis Edward Stuart ("James III & VIII") for the Honourable John Hay of Cromlix, third son of the 7th Earl of Kinnoull, but became extinct upon the death of the grantee in 1740.

Finn Lützow-Holm

He was born in Nesseby as a son of priest and politician Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm (1853–1936) and Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen (1855–1934).

Fred Lonberg-Holm

Among groups led by other people, he is a member of the Vandermark 5, the Joe McPhee Trio, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Keefe Jackson’s Fast Citizens, and Ken Vandermark’s Territory Band.

Great Glen Way

The route runs downhill through the suburbs of Inverness, then follows the canal and the River Ness to the city centre, finishing at Inverness Castle.

Hannes Holm

Hannes Martin Holm, born on 26 November 1962 in Lidingö, is a Swedish director and screenwriter.

Highland Amateur Cup

Avoch played Wick Groats in the final on 4 August 2012, at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness.

Highland Main Line

Other distinct features on the route include the viaducts at Culloden and Tomatin, the spectacular mountain pass at Drumochter and the severe gradients encountered in both directions, particularly the extended climb from Inverness to the Slochd summit which averages around 1 in 60 the whole way.

Highland Railway

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) was formed in 1845 to build a railway between Inverness and Aberdeen and so link up with the railways to the south.

Based in Inverness, the company was formed by merger in 1865, absorbing over 249 miles (401 km) of line.

Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service

It was the fire service covering the largest geographical area in the United Kingdom (its area is roughly equivalent in size to Belgium), and has its headquarters in the city of Inverness.

Holm, Inverness

Additionally a large electrical substation is sited on Dores Road and this facility serves most of Inverness.

Holm is a small residential area in the south of the city of Inverness, Scotland.

Jeanne M. Holm

In March, 1976 Holm was named special assistant to President Gerald Ford for the Office of Women's Programs.

John Edward Errington

He also constructed the Caledonian Railway, 1848, the Clydesdale Junction Railway, the Scottish Central Railway, the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and the Aberdeen Railway; and he either brought forward or was consulted about the entire system of railways from Lancaster to Inverness.

John Ferguson McLennan

He was born at Inverness, the son of John McLennan, an insurance agent of Inverness, and Jessie Ross, his wife.

John Smith Murdoch

After completing his articles in 1883 he became assistant in the office of Alexander Ross in Inverness before moving to Glasgow to work for Campbell Douglas & Sellars and then for the Glasgow South Western Railway Engineers' Department.

Kilmuir

Kilmuir, Black Isle - near North Kessock and Inverness, in the historic parish of Kilmuir Wester

Kim Myhr

;Within 'Muringa' including Klaus Ellerhusen Holm, Tor Haugerud & Martin Taxt

Kinmylies

Kinmylies is an area in the west end of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

Kyle of Lochalsh Line

Whilst undeniably a rural line, a historic term in the Act of Parliament for the railways here and around Inverness means that one through service per day is operated over the line towards Aberdeen (see above), whereas all other services start and finish at Inverness.

Little Holm

Little Holm is a common island name in Shetland and Orkney.

Mangotsfield United F.C.

Gary Warren Mangotsfield United, Team Bath, Newport County, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Meet the Tiger

The film starred Hugh Sinclair as Templar, with Jean Gillie as Patricia Holm, Wylie Watson as Horace (renamed from the original book's Orace), and Clifford Evans as the Tiger.

National Cycle Route 78

National Cycle Route 78 runs from Claonaig to Inverness.

No. 241 Squadron RAF

A flight of No. 614 Squadron RAF was redesignated as 241 Squadron on 25 September 1940 at Inverness.

No. 614 Squadron RAF

In June 1940 No. 614 squadron moved to Scotland to carry out coastal patrols, covering an area from Inverness to Berwick, 'A' flight, which was detached to Inverness for that purpose, became No. 241 Squadron RAF in the process.

Otto Ruge

Partially in contrast to what Terje Holm as well as Torkel Hovland claim, military historian Tom Kristensen emphasizes that even though Otto Ruge participated in the downsizing of the Norwegian Army during the early 1930s, he also warned against the renewed threat after 1935 and pointed to the weakness of the Norwegian mobilization system.

Peter Holm

Peter Holm (born Peter Sjöholm; 13 June 1947) is a former pop singer and Swedish playboy who was married to actress Joan Collins between November 1985 and August 1987.

Richard Hastings

He was the only international capped player at Inverness Caledonian Thistle after the departure of Marius Niculae.

Screen Machine

In recent years, it stood in for Eden Court’s Riverside Theatre in Inverness whilst they were closed for a major refurbishment.


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