Tour Scotland: 2015-11-29

Old Photographs Scottish Horse Soldiers Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Scottish Horse Soldiers in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1902 to 1956 when it was amalgamated with The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. It carries the traditions and battle honours of The Scottish Horse raised in South Africa in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. The regiment saw heavy fighting in both the Great War as the 13th Battalion of The Black Watch and in World War II as part of The Royal Artillery.

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Old Photograph South Street Port William Scotland

Old photograph cottages and people on South Street in Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Boydfield Gardens Prestwick Scotland

Old photograph of Boydfield Gardens in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Beware Of Sheep Sign In Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Beware Of Sheep sign in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Library Mellerstain House Scotland

Old photograph of the library in Mellerstain House, near Kelso, Scotland. Mellerstain was built between 1725 and 1778. The architect William Adam initially designed the east and west wings for George Baillie, born 1664, died 1738, and his wife Lady Grisell, born 1665, died 1746, daughter of Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont. Work ceased after the wings were completed, and it was another 45 years before George Baillie commissioned Robert Adam to design and build the main mansion house. George was the second son of Charles, Lord Binning, born 1697, died 1732, heir to the 6th Earl of Haddington, and he inherited the Mellerstain estate when his aunt Grisell, Lady Murray, died in 1759. He had changed his name from Hamilton to Baillie as a mark of respect. The mansion house is possibly the only remaining complete building designed by Robert Adam, as most of his other works were additions to existing buildings. The Adelphi Building, in London, England, was a speculative neoclassical terraced housing development by the Adam brothers but is now largely demolished, leaving Mellerstain House as an important record of Robert Adam's work. The interior is a masterpiece of delicate and colourful plasterwork, comprising a small sitting room, originally a breakfast room, a beautiful library, a music room, originally the dining room, the main drawing room, with original silk brocade wall coverings, a small drawing room, originally a bed chamber, and a small library, originally two dressing rooms. The main entrance hall leads to a long corridor with a staircase to the bedroom floor, from which there is a small back staircase leading to a large gallery room running north to south.

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Old Photograph The King's Theatre Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of The King's Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. The theatre occupies the corner of Bath Street and Elmbank Street, in the Charing Cross area of the city. It was built for Howard & Wyndham Ltd under its chairman Baillie Michael Simons as a sister theatre of their Theatre Royal in the city and was designed by Frank Matcham, opening in 1904.

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Old Photograph Clyde Street Helensburgh Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on Clyde Street in Helensburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Mid Walls Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Mid Walls, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It was the childhood home of two fine poets, Vagaland and Christine de Luca, and in 1884 was the birthplace of both Peter Fraser, musician and founder member of the Shetland Fiddlers' Society, and William Moffatt, the author.

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Old Photograph Bridge Dairsie Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge over the River Eden near Dairsie, Fife, Scotland. Dairsie village is located between Cupar and St Andrews. There was an earlier bridge at Dairsie, as it is recorded that King James IV crossed it on his way from St Andrews to Stirling in 1496. The present bridge bears an inscribed stone displaying the arms and initials of James Beaton, born 1473, died 1539, Archbishop of St Andrews, and it is likely that he ordered the bridge to be built during his episcopate.

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Old Photograph Cottages And Lighthouse West Tayport Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and lighthouse in West Tayport, Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland.

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Old Photograph St Cuthbert Street Kirkcudbright Scotland

Old photograph of St Cuthbert in Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town lies South West of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, at the mouth of the River Dee, some six miles from the sea. It was the county town of the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire, also known as the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.

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Old Photograph Pier Dunoon Scotland

Old photograph of the pier in Dunoon, Scotland.

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Tour Scoland Video Winter Sunrise Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Winter video of sunrise behind the harbour on ancestry visit to Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Founded as a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, Pittenweem grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches were safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water. Later a breakwater was built, extending out from one of the rocky skerries that jut out south west into the Firth of Forth like fingers. This allowed boats to rest at anchor rather than being beached, enabling larger vessels to use the port. A new breakwater further to the east was developed over the years into a deep, safe harbour with a covered fish market. As the herring disappeared from local waters and the fishing fleet shrank, this harbour and its attendant facilities became the main harbour for the fishermen of the East Neuk of Fife.

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Tour Scotland Video Winter Sunrise Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of sunrise behind the harbour on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Herring fishing remained a feature of the area until the mid 20th century when, after a record catch in 1936, the shoals mysteriously declined until the industry effectively disappeared by 1947. At one time, the town was well served by trains on the Fife Coastal Railway. The line was closed to passengers in 1965. Since the 1950s, Anstruther has been a summer tourist destination along with much of Scotland's beautiful East coast.

David Martin, born 1 April 1737, died 30 December 1797, was a British painter and engraver. Born in Anstruther Easter, he was the first of the five children of John Martin, born 1699, died 1700, Anstruther Easter's parish schoolmaster, and his second wife, Mary Boyack, born 1702, died 1783. He accompanied the portrait painter Allan Ramsay on his tour of Italy in 1756, having already been taught by him, and after returning became a student at the St Martin's Lane Academy in London, England. On 20 July 1771 he married Ann Hill, born 1743, died 1775, but all three of their children died in infancy.

Professor John Goodsir, born 20 March 1814, died 6 March 1867, was a Scottish anatomist. He was a pioneer in the study of the cell. He was born in Anstruther, the eldest son of John Goodsir, surgeon and his wife, Elizabeth Dunbar Taylor. John was baptised on 17 April 1814. His younger brother was Reverend Joseph Taylor Goodsir. His brother Harold Goodsir perished on the Franklin expedition. Aged 14 he was initially apprenticed to a Robert Nasmyth, a surgeon and dentist at 78 Great King Street in Edinburgh. He then studied Medicine at both St Andrews University and Edinburgh University, gaining a licence as a surgeon. He then moved back to Anstruther where in 1839 he wrote his first noted essay on Teeth.

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Tour Scotland Video Winter Sunrise Railway Bridge River Tay Dundee

Tour Scotland Winter video of sunrise behind the Tay Railway Bridge on ancestry visit to Dundee, Scotland. The Tay Bridge carries the main line railway across the Firth of Tay in Scotland, between the city of Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife. Its span is 2.75 miles. The present structure is the second one on its site. From about 1854, there had been plans for a Tay crossing, to replace an early train-ferry. The first bridge, opened in 1878, was a single track lattice design, notable for lightness and low cost. Its sudden collapse in a high wind on 28 December 1879 was one of the great engineering disasters of history, and its causes are still debated today. The second bridge was a double-track construction of iron and steel, opened in 1887 and still in service.

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Old Photograph Beach Ayr Scotland

Old photograph of people on the beach in Ayr, Scotland. Ayr was established as a Royal Burgh in 1205, serving as Ayrshire's central marketplace and harbour throughout the Medieval Period and remaining a well renowned port across the Early Modern Period. On the southern bank of the River Ayr sits the ramparts of a Citadel constructed by Oliver Cromwell's men during the mid 17th Century. Towards the south of the town is the birthplace of Scottish poet Robert Burns in the suburb of Alloway. Ayr has remained a popular tourist resort since the expansion of the railway in 1840 due to the town's attractive fine beach and its links to golfing and Robert Burns.

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Old Photograph Beach Prestwick Scotland

Old photograph of people on the beach in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Beach Titchfield Road Troon Scotland

Old photograph of children on the beach by Titchfield Road in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Cottages Vintage Car Kirkcolm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and a vintage car in Kirkcolm, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Botany Street Wigtown Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Botany Street in Wigtown, Scotland. Wigtown gives its name to the county of Wigtownshire. Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469 although a settlement here existed long before this. The burgh is mentioned in an indenture of 1292, and the fact that the sheriffdom was in existence at the time of the Largs campaign of 1263 suggests that the burgh may also have been recognized as such during the reign of King Alexander III.

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Old Photograph Queen Street Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage and houses on Queen Street in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town was founded in the mid 17th century by William Stewart, fourth and youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Galloway. The " New Town of Stewart " was granted burgh status by charter from King Charles II, allowing a weekly market and two annual fairs to be held. The industrialist Sir William Douglas, died 1809, best known for founding the planned town of Castle Douglas, also established cotton mills in Newton Stewart, which was temporarily renamed " Newton Douglas " in his honour. Newton Stewart has also recently been twinned with the French town of Marcoussis.

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Old Photograph High Street Whithorn Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottages and people on the High Street in Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Balkail House Glenluce Scotland

Old photograph of Balkail House by Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. In 1704 the house belonged to the Ross family. It was demolished in 1961 leaving only a fragment of its walled garden in the glen on the South side of the village of Glenluce.

Ross can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family name for people of Scottish descent as in Clan Ross. In this case, the name is of Scottish origin. The family name can also be of German origin; in German, das Ross, means " the steed " or " the horse ", derived from Gaelic meaning " Horse Lord " or " Lord of the Horse " due to the righteous bond between anyone with the surname Ross and their relations to horses specifically when paired with the traditional Irish name Aidan, or Aedan, Ayden, Aiden.

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Old Photograph Church Minnigaff Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Minnigaff in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Neo-Gothic church with tower completed in 1836 to a design by William Burn.

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Old Photograph Myrton Castle Port William Scotland

Old photograph of Myrton Castle located two miles East of Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Built in the 16th Century for the MacCullochs, the castle was sold to the Maxwell family in 1685. They later built Monreith House a half mile to the south west and the old castle was used for a time as a doocot. Nearby are the remains of Myrton Chapel.

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Old Photograph Eggerness Shore Garlieston Scotland

Old photograph of Eggerness Shore by Garlieston in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Remote and with a tidal range similar to that to be found on the D-Day beaches, Eggerness Shore was the ideal place for evaluating Mulberry Harbour prototypes during the Second World War.

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Old Photograph Cumloden House Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of Cumloden House, Old Edinburgh Road, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Murdochs of Cumloden did not live at the present Cumloden House but at Old Risk Castle.

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Old Photograph Prison Perth Scotland

Old photograph of the Prison by South inch Park in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The main building, south of the city centre beyond the South Inch, was constructed by architect Robert Reid, born 1774, died 1856, from 1810 to 1812, to hold French prisoners captured during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1842, the building began service as a civilian prison and today represents Scotland's oldest prison still in use.

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Old Photograph North Victoria Street Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of shops, horse and cart, houses and people on North Victoria Street in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Old Photograph The Den Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of people walking in the Den in Kirriemuir, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Birthplace J.M. Barrie Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of the birthplace of J. M. Barrie, born on May 9, 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland. J.M. Barrie was a Scottish dramatist, best known for writing Peter Pan in 1904, or The Boy Who Would Never Grow Up. The son of Scottish weavers, he moved to London, England, to pursue his interest in becoming a playwright. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired his masterpiece. Based on Barrie's enchanting characters, Disney created the animated classic, Peter Pan, in 1953.

Tour Scotland video of the J. M. Barrie memorial fountain in Kirriemuir, Scotland. This fountain which is no longer used as such is decorated with motifs drawn from the works of J. M. Barrie including Mary Rose, Peter Pan, The Boy David and the Window in Thrums. The Boy David holds a sling in one hand and a heavy sword in the other. Peter Pan is also given a sword. The inscription reads, " In memory of James M. Barrie, novelist and playwright, 1860 to 1937.

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Tour Scotland Photographs At Dusk Christmas Eve Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph shot today at dusk on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2011, in Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is where I was raised in Scotland, but not as you might think. Sometime, between six weeks and six months old, I was removed from Buckhaven, where I was born on December 12th, and taken to Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife. It was all over for me and the woman and man whose baby I was. They were gone for good, and I was just gone. I was locked away and treated very badly as a child, and I learned early never to cry. So, I walked, always walked. No car, no bus, no money. I can't remember a time when I wasn't walking by the seashore. It was my survival from the very start.

As a teenager I had anger so big it would fill up Cellardyke harbour. I used to feel completely hopeless. I was a solitary person, as I can be today, always longing for just one person to know me, to really know me. As a young person growing up in Cellardyke, everyone saw me, but no one knew me; no one knew what I was going through. I lived in a home that did not represent a safe and loving haven. I knew I did not belong there, and when I could, I left, with nowhere to leave to. From that day forward I vowed that no one would ever get to to lock me in or lock me out again.

I decided that every day for the rest of my life, wherever I was, I would look for a beauty in my surroundings. No matter how dark the dusk, I would look for the light; no matter how cold or wild the storm, I would find inspiration within it. Today, once again, I stood by the seashore of my youth. But I felt no anger about my past, only deep and abiding love for the sea and sky here. On the darkest day, there is always light to be found. I believe that to be true.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today at dusk on Christmas Eve in Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Elderly Fishwife Auchmithie Scotland

Old photograph of an elderly fishwife outside a cottage in Auchmithie, location of the Scarlett Johansson film, Under the Skin in Angus, Scotland.

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Old Photograph North Pier Harbour Peterhead Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats at the North Pier in the harbour in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade. Peterhead was a Jacobite supporting town in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. In particular, it was one of the Episcopalian north-eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment, were periodically landed from France during the Forty Five.

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Old Photograph Youth Hostel Balmacara Scotland

Old photograph of the Youth Hostel in Balmacara on the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, across from Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Golf Course Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Main Street Bridge Of Earn Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car, shop and houses on Main Street in Bridge of Earn by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Fountain Invergordon Scotland

Old photograph of three girls by the fountain in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Unveiled by Mrs MacDonald the Provost's wife in 1904, the fountain was funded by the Amenities Association and marked the royal visit of King Edward VIII to Invergordon in 1902.

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Old Photograph High Street Rosemarkie Scotland

Old photograph of houses on the High Street in Rosemarkie on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Scotland. This is a Scottish village on the south coast of the Black Isle. It is located a quarter of a mile east of the town of Fortrose. The pair make up the Royal Burgh Of Fortrose and Rosemarkie, situated either side of the Chanonry Ness promontory, approximately twelve miles north east of Inverness. Rosemarkie fronts on a wide, picturesque bay, with views of Fort George and the Moray coastline across the Moray Firth.

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Old Photograph North Castle Street Cullen Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on North Castle Street in Cullen, Moray, Scotland. Robert Burns stayed overnight at, what was then, the old town of Cullen in 1787 during his tour of the Highlands. The organs of the wife of Robert the Bruce are said to have been buried in the old church in Cullen after her death in the area. Robert the Bruce made an annual payment to the village in gratitude for the treatment of his wife's body and its return south for burial. The fishing industry developed quickly in the 1880s and the harbour was crammed with large sailing fishing boats, these giving way to steam drifters at the start of the 20th century. The industry became centralised on larger harbours, the boats became larger diesel engined designs that required non tidal access.

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Old Photograph Royal Hotel Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Hotel in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.

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Old Photograph St Mary Street Kirkcudbright Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on St Mary Street in Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town lies South West of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, at the mouth of the River Dee, some six miles from the sea. It was the county town of the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire, also known as the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.

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Old Photograph Robert Waddell Family Butcher Dollar Scotland

Old photograph of the Robert Waddell family butcher horse drawn carriage in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Dollar is one of the Hillfoots Villages, situated between the Ochil Hills range to the north and the River Devon to the south. Dollar is on the A91 road, which runs from Stirling to St Andrews, Fife. The town is around 3 miles east of Tillicoultry. The parish of Muckhart extends right up to the eastern edge of Dollar, despite Muckhart's much smaller size. This encompassed Dollar Mine and Pitgober.

The Waddell surname is of early medieval Scottish origin, and is a locational name from Wedale, the old name of the parish of Stow in Midlothian. Early examples of the surname include: Stephen de Wedale, who witnessed a charter of the lands of Swaynystoun to the Hospital of Soltre, circa 1221, and Symone de Wedale, abbot of Holyrood, Edinburgh, born 1296, died 1327, who, as Symon de Wedehale, was consecrated bishop of Galloway in 1327. Other early forms include: Vedayle; Waldale, Wedalle and Wadel. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Adam de Wedale, " an outlaw of the King of Scotland", which was dated 1204. "

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Old Photograph Fishing Boat Harbour Lower Largo Scotland

Old photograph of a fishing boat in the harbour at Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kintallen Tayvallich Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Kintallen by Tayvallich in Argyll, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Flag Illuminated St Andrew's Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Scottish Flag illuminated on St John's Kirk on St Andrew's Day on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.
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Tour Scotland Video Church St Andrew's Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland vtravel ideo of St John's Kirk on St Andrew's Day n ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.
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Tour Scotland Video Church Spire St Andrew's Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the church spire of St John's Kirk on St Andrew's Day on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.
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Tour Scotland Winter Video Drive In Snow To Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Winter drive in snow on ancestry visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Scone Palace was the crowning place of Scottish kings where Macbeth, Robert the Bruce and Charles II were once crowned.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Walk In Snow To Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Winter walk in snow on ancestry visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A place steeped in history, Scone was originally the site of an early Christian church, and later an Augustinian priory. In the 12th century, Scone Priory was granted abbey status and as a result an Abbot's residence, an Abbot's Palace, was constructed. It is for this reason, Scone's status as an abbey, that the current structure retains the name " Palace ". Scone Abbey was severely damaged in 1559 during the Scottish Reformation after a mob whipped up by the famous reformer, John Knox, came to Scone from Dundee. Having survived the Reformation, the Abbey in 1600 became a secular Lordship, and home, within the parish of Scone. The Palace has thus been home to the Earls of Mansfield for over 400 years. During the early 19th century the Palace was enlarged by the architect William Atkinson. In 1802, David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, commissioned Atkinson to extend the Palace.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Walk In Snow To Stone Of Destiny Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Winter walk in snow to the Stone of Destiny on Moot Hill on ancestry visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This where Kings of Scots, including Macbeth and Robert The Bruce were crowned. Also known as Boot Hill and the Stone of Scone. The place of coronation was formerly called Caislean Credi, Hill of Credulity. Robert the Bruce was crowned at Scone in 1306 and the last coronation was of King Charles II, when he accepted the Scottish crown in 1651.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Moot Hill Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of Moot Hill in snow on ancestry visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. First snow of this winter. The mons placiti or Scone mote hill is the inauguration site of the Scottish Kings. It is also called Boot Hill, possibly from an ancient tradition whereby emissaries swore fealty to their king by wearing the earth of their own lands in their foot-bindings or boots.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Christmas Tree Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of a Christmas Tree by Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. First snow of this winter

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Old Road To Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of the old road from the village of Scone to visit Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. First snow of this winter

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Tour Scotland Video November Morning Drive Through Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a November morning drive through Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. First snow of this winter.

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