Old Photographs Newhaven Scotland

Old photograph of Newhaven in Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish village played a part in the birth of photography. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson did many studies of the fishwives of Newhaven.



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Old Photograph Fishwives Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Fishwives in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Fish always formed a large part of the food of the people of the area, and, down to the early days of the nineteenth century, was almost the only meat the poorer classes could afford. Newhaven was the chief source of this supply. For centuries, before the days of railways, the fishwives of Newhaven travelled to their Edinburgh customers by Whiting Loan, through Broughton village and up Leith Wynd, where, they entered the High Street by the Netherbow Port.



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Old Photograph Duddingston Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people in Duddingston, Edinburgh, Scotland. The house on the left is the house in which Bonnie Prince Charlie held his council of war before the battle of Prestonpans in 1745. It was built in 1721 and was a tavern for many years. The Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The battle took place at 4 am on 21 September 1745. The Jacobite army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart and led by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the government army loyal to the Hanoverian King George II led by Sir John Cope. The inexperienced government troops were outflanked and broke in the face of a highland charge. The victory was a huge morale boost for the Jacobites.



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Old Photographs Roslin Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. Roslin, sometimes spelt Rosslyn or Roslyn, is a lovely wee village located 7 miles to the south of the Scottish Capital city Edinburgh. Legend has it the village was founded in 203 A.D. by Asterius, a Pict. In 1303 Roslin was the site of a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. In 1446, Rosslyn Chapel was constructed, under the guide of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness. Roslin became important as the seat of the St. Clair family. In 1456 King James II granted it the status of a burgh. Coal mining has been a major occupation from the twelfth to the late twentieth centuries.





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Old Photograph West End Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of West End, Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots remained in France. Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith, to a site that is now Parliament Street.



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Old Photograph Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders Scotland

Old photograph of the Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Scotland in March 2006.



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Old Photograph Of Grassmarket And Edinburgh Castle

Old photograph of the Grassmarket And Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Grassmarket is located directly south-east of Edinburgh Castle with the castle dominating views northwards from the space. The Grassmarket was, from 1477 to 1911, one of Edinburgh's main markets for horse and cattle. It was also a setting for public executions. A popular story in Edinburgh is that of Maggie Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh who was hanged in the Grassmarket in 1728 for murdering her own baby. After the hanging, her body was taken back to Musselburgh in a coffin. However, on the way there she awoke. Under Scots Law she had served her punishment. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging. It was also to some extent seen as divine intervention, and so she was allowed to go free. In later life, and legend, she was thereafter referred to as Half-Hangit Maggie.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Canongate Kirk Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Robert Fergusson Gravestone Canongate Kirkyard Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the poet, Robert Fergusson Gravestone in Canongate Kirkyard, Royal Mile, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Edinburgh. The gravestone was raised by Robert Burns, who, on visiting Edinburgh twelve years after Fergusson's death, was shocked to find no memorial stone over the poet's grave. Burns commissioned the stone from Robert Burn, the architect who later designed the Nelson Monument on the Calton Hill. It was erected in 1792 with lines on it written by Burns: No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, No storied urn, nor animated Bust; This simple stone directs Pale Scotia's way; To pour her Sorrows o'er the Poet's Dust.

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Tour Scotland Photograph The Royal Scots Stained Glass Window Canongate Kirk Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel photograph of The Royal Scots Stained Glass Window in Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Edinburgh. Commissioned by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots, The Royal Regiment, which was originally installed in the kirk at Albuhera Barracks, Werl, Germany, then was transferred to the Regimental Kirk, Canongate. The Kirk of Holyrood House.



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Tour Scotland Video Memorial Chapel Canongate Kirk Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Memorial Chapel in Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, on ancestry, history visit and trip to Edinburgh. The Kirk was previously the regimental chapel of The Royal Scots Regiment of the British Army and is now the regimental chapel of The Royal Regiment of Scotland. The Royal Scots, the oldest Infantry Regiment of the Line in the British Army, was formed in 1633 when Sir John Hepburn under a Royal Warrant granted by King Charles I, raised a body of men in Scotland for service in France.

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Tour Scotland Video Canongate Kirk Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Canongate Kirk, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011

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Tour Scotland Photographs Duke of Buccleuch Statue Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch statue outside St Giles Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland. In honour of Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott (1806 to 1884), the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and the 7th Duke of Queensbury.

Tour Scotland photograph of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch statue outside St Giles Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch statue outside St Giles Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Of Queen Mary's Bath House Edinburgh

Old photograph of Queen Mary's Bath House, Edinburgh, Scotland. Mary, Queen of Scots, used to bathe in sweet white wine, or at least, that is story these days. It is more likely that she used it as a Summer House.

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Old Photograph Of The Royal Mile Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Of A Cloudy Day In Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of a cloudy day in Edinburgh, Scotland. I shot this photograph from Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, just to the east of the New Town. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city. The hill was used from ancient times as a place of execution. Most famously Major Weir the self-confessed Edinburgh warlock, was executed here.

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Tour Scotland Video Out Of The Blue Singing A Little Bit Of Monica In My Life Festival Fringe Edinburgh August 28th

Tour Scotland video shot today of Out Of The Blue singing A Little Bit Of Monica In My Life on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Oxford's all male vocal sensation in Edinburgh this afternoon. These fifteen undergraduates provide a musical experience like no other.

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Tour Scotland Video Oxford Gargoyles A Cappella Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh August 28th

Tour Scotland video shot today of Oxford Gargoyles A Cappella on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Oxford Gargoyles are one of the UK's leading jazz a cappella ensembles comprised of Oxford University undergraduates.

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Young Tour Scotland Video Scots Musicians Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh August 28th

Tour Scotland video shot today of young Scots musicians on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Two young boys from Port Of Monteith, Scotland, busking this afternoon on the Royal Mile.

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