Old Photographs Dalmeny Scotland

Old photograph of Dalmeny by South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Dalmeny village located on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 1 mile south east of South Queensferry and 8 miles west of Edinburgh. The church was built around 1130, possibly by Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar, and is recognised as the finest Norman and Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland, and one of the most complete in the United Kingdom. Besides the parish church, the most significant building is Dalmeny House a Gothic revival mansion. The first railway station here was on the South Queensferry branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway which opened on 1 March 1866. John Chesser was born on 18 September 1819 on the Dalmeny House estate, his elderly father, William Chesser being Clerk of Works there. After spending some years working on the Revesby House estate in Lincolnshire, England, he returned to Dalmeny to fill his father’s shoes on his death. Through his experience, in 1858, he then gained a post as Superintendent of Works at George Heriot’s School following the death of Alexander Black. This role included developing the huge swathes of land around the city owned by the Heriot Trust, particularly in the West End of Edinburgh, and also building ten Heriot Trust Schools around the city for the less privileged children to attend. He lived most of his later life at 1 Chalmers Street in southern Edinburgh. He died in Corstorphine, Edinburgh on 2 February 1892 and is buried in Cramond Kirkyard. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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