wamphray造句

• Born in Wamphray, Dumfriesshire, Charteris studied at the University of Edinburgh.
• Newton Wamphray primary school has been closed for several years, local children generally go to primary school in Lockerbie.
• A slight decline then followed to Nethercleugh, where the climb resumed, stiffening again to 1 in 202 after Wamphray.
• The etymology of Wamphray is uncertain; some suggestions link'Wam'to Gaelic " Uamh " ( cave ).
• A feud between local reiving families in the 16th century is remembered in the ballad, " The Lads of Wamphray ".
• There are various historic and pre-historic sites near Newton Wamphray, including standing stones and the remains of a motte-and-bailey.
• The village is near the M74 motorway, near Annandale Water, roughly halfway between Moffat and Lockerbie, and has for centuries been close to the direct Glasgow to Wamphray, but this closed in the 1960s.
• The new technique also meant that the carriages were stronger under collision conditions, as proved during an accident at Dinwoodie  Wamphray on 25 October 1928 when the leading  all-steel carriage absorbed most of the impact.
• One of the more prominent local residents was John Brown of Wamphray, or " John Broun of Wamfrey ", a Church of Scotland theologian who served as the minister of the local parish during the mid-17th century.
• Before the 20th century the village was sometimes called Newton, or Newtoun, of Wamphray, and described as being in Old English " niwe " ( new ) + " tun " ( farm ).
• He removed to Wamphray to begin serving the parish at an unknown date ( estimates vary from 1637 until 1655 ) and remained in residence until 1662, when he was imprisoned and later exiled to the Netherlands for his public opposition to the royal imposition of bishops on the Church.