Old Photograph High Street Forfar Scotland

Old photograph of houses and shops on the High Street in Forfar,Scotland. A Scottish town and former royal burgh in Angus,located in East Central Lowlands of Scotland. Forfar is the county town of Angus, which was officially known as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1929, when the ancient name was reinstated. Forfar is a traditional market town, serving the outlying lowland farms of Strathmore in central Angus.



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Old Photographs Forfar Scotland

Old photograph of Forfar, Scotland. A Scottish town and former royal burgh in Angus,located in East Central Lowlands of Scotland. Forfar is the county town of Angus, which was officially known as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1929, when the ancient name was reinstated. Forfar is a traditional market town, serving the outlying lowland farms of Strathmore in central Angus.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Old Church Forfar

Tour Scotland travel photography of the East and Old Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Originally the parish kirk, with a tall slender spire, with steeple clock overlooking the town centre. The East and Old Church is built on the site of the original place of worship that some of the monks of Restenneth Priory built hundreds of years before the one today. The adjoining graveyard has famous 'residents' such as botanist George Don, quite a few scholars and a man who blamed the witches of Forfar for poisoning him after ill words were exchanged between them. The steeple is a focal point of Forfar, visible when entering the town from any direction.




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Tour Scotland Photograph Old Graveyard Forfar Scotland

Tour Scotland travel photography of the old graveyard by houses on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Forfar, Angus, Scotland. The graveyard is infamous for its direct connections to the Forfar Witch Hunts of 1661 and 1662. During this dark period of Scottish history, numerous local women were accused of witchcraft. According to historical trial records, a local woman named Helen Guthrie confessed under torture that she and a coven of other "witches" met in the dead of night within the East and Old churchyard. She claimed they danced with the Devil and concocted a magical paste made from the exhumed flesh of an unbaptised child to make their broomsticks fly. Guthrie was subsequently executed, and the graveyard remains a central stop on the town's grim history trails

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Old Photograph Horse and Cart Forfar Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart in Forfar, Scotland. Forfar was home to a very successful textile industry during and after the Industrial Revolution. In the late 18th century the firm of William and John Don & Company was founded in the town. The firm originally bought and sold webs of linen which were woven in local cottages, although it also operated a small weaving shed. In 1865 the firm merged with A J Buist, a Dundee based firm, and began construction of St James Works in Forfar. The partnership also operated mills in Dundee and later built Station Works in Forfar, which contained some 300 looms. Workers housing was also built by the firm in Forfar.



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