Edinburgh: Misc

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during engineering work in 1979, the collapse of the Penmanshiel Tunnel severed the main railway line between London and Edinburgh for five months?
the 1687 diary of Edinburgh medical student Thomas Kincaid records the earliest known golfing instructions?
the Edinburgh publisher, James Donaldson, bequeathed the funds for Donaldson's Hospital?
the medieval town walls of Edinburgh served better throughout their history as a trade barrier than as a defensive one?
an Edinburgh judge and Member of Parliament had his wife, Lady Grange (pictured), kidnapped and effectively imprisoned for 13 years in remote parts of western Scotland?
Sir Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch, chief of Clan Scott, survived the Battles of Flodden and Pinkie Cleugh only to be murdered in the High Street of Edinburgh in 1552?
Gladstone's Land (pictured) is a restored six-storey-high tenement building, built in 1550, and situated on Edinburgh's Royal Mile?
Hibernian Park hosted the first football international match played in Edinburgh, Scotland?
Kirk o' Field (pictured) in Edinburgh was the location of one of the world's great unsolved historical mysteries, the murder of Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, in 1567?
Melissa Anelli and Emerson Spartz, webmasters for Harry Potter fansites, were the only Americans invited to Edinburgh to interview J.K. Rowling the day after the Half-Blood Prince was released?
Scottish and British Lions rugby captain David Bedell-Sivright is said to have rugby tackled a cart horse in Edinburgh's Princes Street?

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Dr Who

Up to date as of January 31, 2010

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Edinburgh is the captial city of Scotland, sitiuated on the banks of the Firth of Forth, it is also Scotlands second largest city. Sorrounding Edinburgh are: Mid Lothian, East Lothain and West Lothian

Apperances

The Doctor and Martha Jones visited Edinburgh in 1759. (NSA: The Many Hands)
The Doctor and Evelyn Smythe visited Edinburgh in 1828. (BFA: Medicinal Purposes)

DC Comics

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From DC Database

Edinburgh

[[Image:|200px|center|Edinburgh]]

Official Name

City of Edinburgh

Aliases

Edinburgh

Galaxy

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Planet

Country

Characteristics

Dimensions

100 sq mi (259 km²)

Population

448,624 (2001 Census)

First appearance

Unknown

History

History of location is unknown.

Points of Interest

Royal Museum

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Halo

Up to date as of February 07, 2010

From Halopedia, the Halo Wiki

There is more information available on this subject at Edinburgh on the English-language Wikipedia.

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland in the United Kingdom, and is one of many hosts to the exhibition of Jake Courage's museum pieces ^[1]. Edinburgh is also home to the Edinburgh University, where many of the University's students and staff were hired to research Forerunner ruins.

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Ice Hockey

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An Ice Hockey Wiki article.

Edinburgh is the capital and second largest city in Scotland, which is a part of the United Kingdom. The city has a population of about 470,000 and the metropolitan area about 770,000.