Old Photograph Family South Queensferry Scotland

Old photograph of a family from South Queensferry, Scotland. Queensferry, often referred to as South Queensferry to distinguish it from North Queensferry, was originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian, is now part of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located some ten miles to the north west of the city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Railway Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph Whaling Ship Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a Whaling Ship in Dundee, Scotland. The Dundee Whaling fleet participated in the Arctic Whale and seal hunting for longer than many other countries, Dundee had a presence in the Whaling industry from 1753 starting with the ship called Dundee to just before the start of the Great War. The last custom built steam ship from Alexander Stephen’s yard in Dundee was the famous Terra Nova, which gained fame with the relief mission to the Discovery and was also used by Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his second, doomed expedition to the South Pole.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Tour Scotland Video Abraham Lincoln Statue Old Calton Burial Ground Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the Scottish, American Soldiers statue on Calton hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. Old Calton Cemetery, also called Old Calton Burial Ground, is a graveyard in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on Calton Hill, to the north-east of the city centre. The burial ground was opened in 1718, and is the resting place of several notable Edinburgh people, including philosopher David Hume, publisher William Blackwood and clergyman Dr Robert Candlish. A focal point of the graveyard, iust in front of Hume’s tomb, is the Scottish, American Soldiers Monument, which was was erected in 1893. It depicts a standing figure of Abraham Lincoln, with a freed slave giving thanks at his feet. A bronze shield bears the old US flag, and is wreathed in thistles to the left, and cotton to the right. Two regimental flags lay furled, the battle being over. The black man holds a book, indicating that he is not only free, he is also now educated. This was the first statue to an American President in any country outwith the USA. It is the only statue of Lincoln in Scotland, and the only monument to the American Civil War outwith the USA. The monument was erected at American expense to a small group of Scots, only one of whom, William Duff, is buried under the monument, the rest being nearby, to whom it felt indebted, and wished their graves to be marked, despite their later poverty. They had all fought for the Union, the North, in the American Civil War. The inscription, " To preserve the jewel of liberty in the framework of Freedom " is a quotation from the writings of Abraham Lincoln.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Tour Scotland Video Views North From Calton Hill Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the views North from Calton hill on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. The views North from Calton Hill look towards the Firth of Forth and the Kingdom of Fife. The Calton area was owned by the Logan family of Restalrig but their lands were forfeited in 1609 following the posthumous sentence of treason on Robert Logan. The lands of Restalrig and Calton, otherwise known as Easter and Wester Restalrig, passed to the Elphinstone family. Sir James Elphinstone was made Lord Balmerino in 1604 and in 1673 the lands of Restalrig and Calton were erected into a single barony. In 1725, Calton was disjoined and sold to the royal burgh of Edinburgh. Calton remained a burgh of barony, although it was not administered as such, until it was formally incorporated into Edinburgh by the Municipality Extension Act of 1856.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Tour Scotland Video View From Calton Hill Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the view West from Calton hill on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. 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.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.