sequestered spot

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• sequestered — adjective 1. providing privacy or seclusion the cloistered academic world of books sat close together in the sequestered pergola sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree a secluded romantic spot • Syn: ↑cloistered, ↑reclusive, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Ettrick —    ETTRICK, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 18½ miles (S. W.) from Selkirk; containing 525 inhabitants. The name, of uncertain origin, is supposed by some to be in the Gaelic language descriptive of the river on which Ettrick is situated. The …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Alvie —    ALVIE, a parish, in the district of Badenoch, county of Inverness, 9 miles (N. E.) from Kingussie; containing, with part of the quoad sacra parish of Insh, 972 inhabitants, of whom 73 are in the village of Lynchat. This place is supposed to… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Dunbar —    DUNBAR, a burgh, market town, and parish, in the county of Haddington; containing, with the villages of East and West Barns, 4471 inhabitants, of whom 3013 are in the burgh, 11 miles (E. by N.) from Haddington, and 28 (E. by N.) from Edinburgh …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Dunlop —    DUNLOP, a parish, chiefly in the district of Cunninghame, county of Ayr, but partly in the Upper ward of the county of Renfrew, 2½ miles (N. N. W.) from Stewarton; containing 1150 inhabitants. This place derives its name, signifying in the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Elizabeth Anne Finn — Elizabeth Finn (1825 1921) was a writer and the strong willed and intelligent wife of James Finn, British Consul in Jerusalem, in Ottoman Palestine between 1846 and 1863. [Blumberg (1980), p. 28] She was born on 14th March 1825 to missionary… …   Wikipedia

• Shanklin Chine — Location map Isle of Wight label=Shanklin Chine lat dir=N | lat deg=50.626228 lon dir=W | lon deg=1.174478 position=above width=250 float=right caption=Shanklin Chine on the Isle of WightShanklin Chine is a geological feature and tourist… …   Wikipedia

• troublous — adjective /ˈtɹʌbləs/ a) Troubled, confused. the mystery, the pervasive melancholy, the vaguely troublous forecast and retrospect which possess the mind in contemplating this sequestered spot, unhallowed save by the sense of a common humanity… …   Wiktionary

• Forgan —    FORGAN, a parish, in the district of St. Andrew s, county of Fife, 9 miles (N. E. by E.) from Cupar; containing, with the villages of East and West Newport, and Woodhaven, 1219 inhabitants. This place is supposed to have derived its name,… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Nenthorn —    NENTHORN, a parish, in the county of Berwick, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from Kelso; containing 446 inhabitants. This place, of which the name, of uncertain signification, is supposed to be partly derived from some remarkable thorns once in the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Westown —    WESTOWN, a village, in the parish of Errol, county of Perth, 3½ miles from the village of Errol; containing 72 inhabitants. At this place are the picturesque ruins of an ancient church, which in several old documents is referred to under the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland