Diplomat, artist and collector; owner of Ellon Castle from 1880s.
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Artificial Scotoma
Perceptual illusion in which an artificial blind spot is filled in by a twinkling background.
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As I was going to St. Ives
Nursery rhyme in the form of a puzzle, to which the correct answer is open to debate.
Ashlar
Masonry of squared and finely cut or worked stone, commonly used for the facing of a building.
Assipattle and the Stoor worm
Battle between Assipattle and a gigantic sea serpent known as the stoor worm
Astley
Village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, formerly a coal-mining area, but now part of a commuter belt for the nearby city of Manchester.
Astley and Bedford Mosses
Areas of peat bog south of the Bridgewater Canal and north of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Astley and Bedford, Leigh, England.
Astley and Tyldesley Collieries
Colliery company formed in 1900, became part of Manchester Collieries in 1929, and some of its collieries were nationalised in 1947.
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