Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old Photographs Stevenston Scotland
Old photograph of Stevenston in North Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is named after Stephan Loccard or Lockhart, whose father obtained a grant of land from Richard de Morville, Lord of Cunninghame and Constable of Scotland, around 1170. The town is first mentioned in a charter of 1240. The town has a link with Robert Burns as Mayville House was the birthplace in 1768 of Miss Lesley Baillie. Robert Burns met her in 1792 and described her to a friend as " the most beautiful, most elegant woman in the world ". She inspired one or two of his love poems, in which she is described as Bonnie Lesley.
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