Old Photograph Railway Station Cults Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Cults a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen road in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Originally, Cults had two railway stations on the Royal Deeside Railway Line before the line was closed in the middle of the 20th century. The route has since been converted into a cycle path which leads to Duthie Park in Aberdeen in one direction and further into Deeside in the other, running alongside Cults public park, Allan Park. Cults was also on a tram route between Aberdeen and Bieldside, operated by the Aberdeen Suburban Tramways Company until 1927. Today, public transport to Aberdeen takes the form of buses.



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Old Photograph Kincardine O'Neil Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Kincardine O'Neil located between Banchory and Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Since ancient times there was a crossing of the Dee River at Kincardine O'Neil. Locations of the Dee crossings along with alignment of ancient trackways formed a major impetus for location of early castles and settlements. In the vicinity of Kincardine O'Neil the Middle Ages trackways to the south had a particular influence on development in and around Kincardine O'Neil and Aboyne Castle. In the 19th century, the Deeside Railway bypassed the village, impeding the expansion of the settlement, unlike towns nearby. By 1895 the population of Kincardine O'Neil exceeded 200. Most of the present buildings were built in the 19th century.



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Old Photographs Rothienorman Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Rothienorman was on the Inveramsey to MacDuff Branch Railway which opened in 1857 and closed to passengers in 1951.

Old photograph of the railway station in Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Sorrisdale Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Sorrisdale on the Isle of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Bellahouston Academy Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish school first opened in 1876 as a private school, run by Alexander Sim. It was taken over by the Govan School Board in 1885, and has been a state school ever since. The site of the Academy was donated by the Misses Steven of Bellahouston whose generosity also provided the clocktower, and the building was designed by a Bath Street architect, Robert Balde. The school was built to provide education for the children of the local area who would otherwise have had to travel to central Glasgow to the fashionable schools; not an easy journey as there was little public transport until the introduction of the tram in 1879.



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Old Photograph Rosskeen Parish Church Scotland

Old photograph of Rosskeen Parish Church by Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. This Scottish church was bulit in 1900. Prior to that there was a Free Church building on the same site which had been started in 1844 after the minister at Old Rosskeen left the Church of Scotland during the disruption of 1843, taking almost all of his congregation with him.



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Old Photograph Finavon Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Finavon Castle located five miles North East of Forfar in Angus, Scotland. This Scottish estate was the property of the Lindsay Earls of Crawford from 1375, who built the now ruined castle. David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford, married Margaret, the daughter of Cardinal David Beaton, at Finavon in 1546. Extravagance ruined the Crawford fortunes, and in 1625 the barony of Finavon was disposed of by a forced sale to Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Spynie. It passed through the Carnegie family, the Gordon Earls of Aboyne and the Gardynes. In 1843 the Castle was bought by Thomas Gardyne of Middleton. Through an 18th century marriage he came of the old Lindsay stock. His descendant, Lieutenant-Colonel Alan David Greenhill Gardyne died in 1953, leaving the estate to a daughter, Mrs Susan Mazur. The house shown above, also known as Finavon Castle, is a Scottish baronial style mansion built in 1865 for the then laird, David Greenhill Gardyne, by Messrs Carver and Symon of Arbroath.



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Old Photograph Seafield Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Seafield Tower located between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. This ruined Scottish castle is located on the North Sea coast of Fife and The Fife Coastal Path passes the tower. The lands of Seafield and Markinch were granted to Robert Multrare by King James II of Scotland in 1443. The lands and the tower remained in the ownership of the Multrare, or Moultrie as the family name became, until 1631 when the lands were sold to James Law then Archbishop of Glasgow. With Law's death in 1632 ownership of the tower becomes lost but eventually it passed into the hands of the Methven family. Its last owner was Methven of Raith who abandoned it in 1733.



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Old Photographs Blairlogie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Blairlogie near Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish village is situated at the base of the great cliff of Dumyat between Stirling and Menstrie. Between 1598 and 1609, the minister of Logie Parish was the poet Alexander Hume.

Old photograph of cottages in Blairlogie near Stirling, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Souter Johnnie's Cottage Scotland

Old photograph of Souter Johnnie's Cottage in Kirkoswald in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This was the home of John Davidson, who was the original Souter Johnnie in the poem Tam O' Shanter by Robert Burns.



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Old Photograph Balmacara House Scotland

Old photograph of Balmacara House by Kyle of Lochalsh, across the sea from Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sir Hugh Innes purchased what is now the Lochalsh Estate in 1801. During his ownership, he built and lived in Balmacara House on the shores of Loch Alsh. Sir Alexander Matheson bought the house in the middle of the 19th century, and lived there while having Duncraig Castle built as his main residence. Balmacara House was then sold to Sir Daniel Hamilton.



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Old Photograph Niddry Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Niddry Castle near Winchburgh in West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built around 1500 by Lord Seton. Mary Queen of Scots, stayed here on 2 May 1568, after her escape from captivity in Loch Leven Castle. George Seton, 7th Lord Seton garrisoned the castle in support of Queen Mary in 1572 during the civil war in Scotland. According to the chronicle, the Historie of James the Sext, it was twice attacked, in April and June. In April, the Captain with forewarning repelled a night attack. He suspended heavy timber beams around the tower and released them on a party climbing scaling ladders. The garrison of Edinburgh Castle supported Niddry by attacking Merchiston Castle, which was held for James VI of Scotland, as a diversion. Around 1680, the castle passed to the Hope family and became part of the Hopetoun estate. The Hope family, now Marquesses of Linlithgow, hold the subsidiary title Baron Niddry.



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Old Photograph Stobs Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Stobs Castle near Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. In 1666 Gilbert Eliott of Stobs, the grandson of Gibby wi' the gouden gartins, received a baronetcy; and his youngest great grandson, George Augustus, K.B., born 1718, died 1790, the gallant defender of Gibraltar, was created Lord Heathfield in 1787. George, born 25 December 1717, died 6 July 1790, was a British Army officer who served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île in France, and Cuba. Eliott is most notable for his command of the Gibraltar garrison during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, which lasted between 1779 and 1783 during the American War of Independence. He was celebrated for his successful defence of the fortress.



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Old Photograph Kelburn Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Kelburn Castle near Fairlie in Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. The Boyle family have been in possession of the lands of Kelburn since the 12th century. In the late 16th century a tower house was built. This replaced an earlier structure, and may incorporate parts of the earlier masonry its eastern part. In the 17th century, orchards and gardens are recorded at Kelburn. David Boyle, born 1666, died 1733, a member of the Parliament of Scotland, was created Earl of Glasgow in 1703. He began the new north-west wing of the house, which was completed circa 1722. George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow, born 1825, died 1890, added the north-east wing in 1880.



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Old Photograph East Parish Church Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of the East Parish Church and graveyard in of Cromarty, Scotland. This Scottish church stands on the site of an earlier medieval parish church. The post-Reformation church was significantly enlarged in 1739 when Alexander Mitchell and Donald Robson, masons, and David Sandieson and John Keith, wrights, added a north aisle to create a T-plan church. Further alterations followed in 1756 and 1799.



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Old Photograph St Mark's Episcopal Church Portobello Scotland

Old photograph of St Mark's Episcopal Church in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish church was one of the first Episcopal churches to be built in the Edinburgh area, St Mark's is a villa like neo Classical church, square in plan, of 1824, most notable for its dome and semi circular Doric porch.



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Old Photograph Hangman's House Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of the Hangman's House in Stirling, Scotland. Public execution in Stirling was usually handled by the Hangman or Staffman as he was known. This official had his own house on St John’s Street. In the 17th century, executions took place at the Mailing Gallows where the Black Boy Fountain now stands.



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Old Photograph Talmine Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Talmine, a crofting and fishing township, overlooking Talmine Bay, an inlet on the western shore of Tongue Bay, Northern Sutherland, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Craigenputtock House Scotland

Old photograph of Craigenputtock house in the parish of Dunscore located nine miles North West of Dumfries, Scotland. This Scottish house was the property for generations of the family Welsh, and eventually that of their heiress, Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, born 1801, died 1866, descended on the paternal side from Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of John Knox. The Carlyles made this house their home in 1828, and remained there for seven years, before moving to Carlyle's House in Cheyne Row, London, England, Britain. Craigenputtock is where Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle was written. The property was bequeathed by Thomas Carlyle to the Edinburgh University on his death in 1881.



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Old Photograph Pomathorn Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station at Pomathorn near Penicuik, Scotland. The first railway to serve Penicuik in Midlothian was the Peebles Railway, opened in 1855, which had a station named Penicuik uphill from Pomathorn Castle, to the south of the town. This, now closed, station was quite far from the town centre, up a hill and did not serve any industries.



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Old Photograph Cluny Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Cluny Castle near Laggan and Kingussie, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in 1805 for the MacPhersons of Cluny. The original tower of the Cluny MacPhersons was destroyed in the aftermath of the battle of Culloden in 1746 by government troops, due to MacPherson of Cluny's support of the Jacobite cause. Andrew Carnegie and his wife Louise leased Cluny Castle for nine summers in the late nineteenth century. Carnegie attempted to purchase the castle but the owner refused, and Carnegie subsequently bought Skibo Castle.



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Old Photographs Archerfield House Scotland

Old photograph of Archerfield House in the parish of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the late 17th century, and was once the seat of the Nisbet family, feudal barons and lairds of Dirleton. It has Palladian windows, and was substantially rebuilt by architect John Douglas in 1745, and added to and altered throughout the 18th century, notably by Scottish architect Robert Adam who remodelled the interiors in 1790.

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