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unusual facts about Longman, Inverness


Caledonian Stadium

The Caledonian Stadium, currently known as the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium situated in the Longman area of Inverness, Scotland.


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.

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.

Basmo Fortress

The Northern Wars, 1558-1721 by Robert I. Frost; Longman, Harlow, England; 2000 ISBN 0-582-06429-5

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.

British Insurance

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

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.

Chemical Galaxy

Having just read Fred Hoyle's book The Nature of the Universe, he had the idea that Longman's design resembled a spiral galaxy.

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.

Complete Works of Shakespeare

Longman - The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Ed. 1-7)

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).

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.

Frederick William Collard

Collard, son of William and Thamosin Collard, was baptised at Wiveliscombe, Somerset, on 21 June 1772, and coming to London at the age of fourteen, obtained a situation in the house of Longman, Lukey, & Broderip, music publishers and pianoforte makers at 26 Cheapside.

George Longman

Longman's son Henry played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Surrey, Middlesex and the Marylebone Cricket Club.

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.

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.

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.

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 Penrose

He was Commercial Director of the Academic Books Division at Thomson Publishing in Andover from 1995-6, then Managing Director of Schools Book Publishing at Longman (Pearson PLC), publishing school textbooks for the UK and parts of Africa.

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.

John Van Voorst

Born in Highgate to a family of Dutch descent, he served a six year apprenticeship in Wakefield from the age of 16 before returning to London to work for publishers Longman, Green, Orme, Hurst & Co. until he set up his own business in Paternoster Row in 1833.

Kilmuir

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

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.

L'Arche

Encounter with Mystery: Reflections on L'Arche and Living with Disability, 1997, by Darton, Longman, editor Frances Young

Longman

Longman is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.

Their first success was the publication of Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome, which was followed in 1841 by the issue of the first two volumes of his History of England, which after a few years had a sale of 40,000 copies.

In 1799 Longman purchased the copyright of Lindley Murray's English Grammar, which had an annual sale of about 50,000 copies.

Longman, Inverness

Caledonian Stadium, home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C., is situated within the shadow of the Kessock Bridge on the shores of the Moray Firth in the north of the area.

Longman's Magazine

Longman's focused on fiction, debuting work by James Payn, Margaret Oliphant, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Edith Nesbit, Frank Anstey, Robert Louis Stevenson, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, Walter Besant, and others.

Mangotsfield United F.C.

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

Mark Levesley

Writing credits include the highly successful Exploring Science series of text books for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3, Longman Higher Science for GCSE, Longman Foundation Science for GCSE, Longman 21st Century Science and W H Smith Revise Science guides for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.

Martyn Rady

While a teacher at Mill Hill School in the 1980s Rady wrote several books for sixth-formers, including Emperor Charles V (Longman, 1987).

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.

Orin Hargraves

In addition he has contributed definitions and other material to dictionaries and other language reference works issued by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Longman, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Chambers Harrap, Langenscheidt, Berlitz, Scholastic Corporation, and Merriam-Webster, among others.

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.

Sociology of literature

John A. Hall, (1979), The Sociology of Literature, London: Longman.

The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes

The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes was a sports magazine published by Longman between 1895 and 1923, and edited by A. E. T. Watson.


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