Old Photograph Lawn Bowling Green Moniaive Scotland

Old photograph of men bowling on the Lawn Bowling Green in Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village has existed as as far back as the 10th century. On 4 July 1636 King Charles I granted a charter in favour of William, Earl of Dumfries, making Moniaive a free Burgh of Barony. With this charter came the rights to set up a market cross and tolbooth, to hold a weekly market on Tuesday and two annual fairs each of three days duration. In the 17th century, Moniaive became the refuge for the Covenanters, a group of Presbyterian nonconformists who rebelled at having the Episcopalian religion forced on them by the last three Stuart kings, Charles I, Charles II and James II of England (James VII of Scotland). There is a monument off the Ayr Road to James Renwick, a Covenanter leader born in Moniaive and later executed in Edinburgh. The Scottish artist James Paterson, a founder member of The Glasgow Boys, settled in Moniaive in 1884 and stayed for 22 years.



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Old Photograph Main Street Kirkcowan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on Main Street in Kirkcowan located six miles from Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. William Gordon, had charters of parts of the barony of Craichlaw, in the parish of Kirkcowan and county of Wigtown. He married Janet Baillie, and was ancestor of the Gordons of Craighlaw. The principal industry has always been agriculture, although in the 19th century two woollen mills were erected on the River Tarf nearby.



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Old Photograph St Laurence Parish Church Forres Scotland

Old photograph of St Laurence Parish Church and cemetery in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Built on a site of Christian worship dating from mid 13th century, this neo-Gothic building, designed by John Robertson and dedicated in 1906, is a fine example of the stonemason's craft.



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Old Photograph Festival Theatre Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Festival Theatre in Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Pitlochry Festival Theatre was founded by John Stewart in 1951, and was originally situated in a tent in the grounds of Knockendarroch House in Lower Oakfield.



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Tour Scotland Video May Drive To Friarton Bridge Perthshire

Tour Scotland May video of a sunny afternoon drive North up the M90 motorway over Friarton Bridge to visit Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This bridge which spans the River Tay forms part of the important east coast road corridor from Edinburgh through to Dundee and Aberdeen. in the distance you can see Kinnoull Hill a popular walking area by Perth. I often drive this road when returning to Scone from Fife or Edinburgh.

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