annan

There is also Annan, Tainan, Taiwan. Annan is also not to be confused with Annam, Vietnam.

Kofi Annan is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The town of Annan stands on the River Annan in the region of Dumfries and Galloway on the Solway Firth in the south of Scotland. Annan served as a maritime town whose ship-building yards built many clippers and other boats. A cairn on the jetty commemorates Robert Burns, who worked as an exciseman here in the 1790s. The writer Thomas Carlyle received his education at Annan Academy, a Georgian building now known as "Bridge House". The Town Hall, built in Victorian style in 1878, uses the local sandstone. Annan also features a Historic Resources Centre. In Port Street, some of the windows remain blocked up to avoid paying the window tax. Nearby, John Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries, built Hoddom Castle (circa 1552 - 1565). Annan Castle formed the original home of the 'de Brus' family, later known as "Bruce", which most famously produced Robert the Bruce. Annan is the birthplace of politician Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney. In the grounds of Annan Church, there is a statue of the preacher Edward Irving. Another famous Scottish preacher, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, was ordained by the Annan Presbytery.

External link

Annan Online

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