Yes, I believe the North British Hotels were railway hotels owned by the North British Railway Company. The Millenium Hotel in Glasgow's George Square was one of them - you can still see the NB logo high on the facade. Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: J A Olsen To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 03 November 2004 19:44 Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] NB that's right.eg there was a North British hotel in Edinburgh until recently,now renamed. But I would say the fashion for calling the country North Britain was fairly short lived. I think Sir Walter Scott had something to do with it, but could be wrong on that. I've seen letters addressed to 'North Britain' so it was widely used. Judy ---------- >From: Jessie & Tom Lennie <jestom@shaw.ca> >To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [D-G LIST] NB >Date: 03, Wed Nov, 2004, 4:32 pm > > Scotland was known as North Britain at least until the 1900s. > Jessie & Tom Lennie > Port Coquitlam BC > Canada > Family Tree > www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/2856 > All incoming & Outgoing messages checked by Norton Antivirus 2004 > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~