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Old Photograph Of Lauder Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Lauder, Scotland. A town in the Borders of Scotland, 27 miles south east of Edinburgh. It lies on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Southern Upland Way.

Recorded in the spellings of Lauder and Lauderdale, this is a famous Scottish locational surname. As Lauder it originates from the village of Lauder in the county of Berwickshire, and as Lauderdale from a name for the western district of the same county of Berwickshire. The surname is one of the first recorded in Scotland, and early examples taken from rolls and registers of the medieval period include: William de Lawedre, the sheriff of Perthshire in the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland, Alan de Lawadyr, who witnessed a charter by Stephen Fleming, master of the hospital of Soltre in 1426, and Johannes Lathirdale, a notary public, in the city of Glasgow in 1472. Other recordings include Sir David Luthirdale, archdeacon of Dunkeld, Perthshire, in 1477, whilst William Lauder, given as being a literary forger, died in 1771. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Sir Robert de Lauedre. This was dated 1250, in the register of the Abbey of Dryburgh.

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Old Photographs Tain Scotland

Old photographs of Tain in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Tain was granted its first royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest Royal Burgh. The charter, granted by King Malcolm III, confirmed Tain as a sanctuary, where people could claim the protection of the church, and an immunity, in which resident merchants and traders were exempt from certain taxes. These led to the development of the town. The early Duthac Chapel was the center of a sanctuary. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in several square miles marked by boundary stones. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his wife and daughter to the sanctuary for safety. The sanctuary was violated and they were captured by forces loyal to John Balliol. The women were taken to England and kept prisoner for several years. John Ross, born 29 January 1726, Tain, died March 1800, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a merchant during the American Revolution. He early relocated to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, and entered into mercantile pursuits, but in 1763 he went to Philadelphia, where he became a shipping merchant. He was on familiar terms with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert Morris, and several entries in General Washington's diary, during the sittings of the convention to frame the United States Constitution, tell of engagements to dine with Mr. Ross at his country place, Grange Farm or the Grange, named after the home of Lafayette. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Photographs Kirkcudbright Scotland

Old photograph of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town lies southwest 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.

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Old Photograph Ballantrae Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland. Ballantrae is a village in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the fictional setting of the novel The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Tour Scotland Close Up Video Scottish Highland Cow Near Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland close up travel video of a Highland Cow in a field just North of Glamis Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Angus, Scotland. A friendly Highlander.

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Tour Scotland February Photographs Video Driveway To Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland photograph of the driveway to Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the driveway to Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.

Tour Scotland video of the drive to Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. The castle opens for the season on March 30th, however I took my guests down the long drive to view the exterior of this beautiful Scottish castle.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Gates Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of the gates which mark the beginning of the mile long straight driveway north to Glamis Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Angus. The Queen Mother Memorial Gates guard the entrance to this historic castle. The gates were designed by Lachlan Stewart and apart from the gates themselves, consist of pillars in a pinkish Wattscliffe Sandstone with two lion rampants on either side. The pillars are engraved with the eight royal burghs of Angus and the date of the unveiling. The Queen Mother`s coat of arms are prominent at the top of the gates in the centre. They were erected in her memory and were opened by her grandson, Prince Charles Duke of Rothesay on April 21st 2008. Glamis Castle was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who died in 2002 at the age of 101. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Tour Scotland February Video Morning Drive Perthshire Angus

Tour Scotland video of part of a morning drive through Perthshire and Angus, Scotland. Started out quite misty this morning, but it soon cleared to bright sunshine.

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Old Photographs Whiting Bay Isle Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland. The village is approximately 3 miles south of the village of Lamlash. Whiting Bay is the third largest village on the island, after Lamlash and Brodick, and was once the site of the longest pier in Scotland. Like all villages on Arran, tourism is important to the village. To the north of the village at Kings Cross Point between Lamlash and Whiting Bay is an Iron Age fort known locally as the Viking Fort. According to local legend, this is the site where Robert the Bruce mistook farmers' fires on the mainland as the signal to launch his campaign. This site was also the location of a Viking ship burial excavated in the earlier 20th century. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Photograph Cottage Moray Scotland

Old photograph of cottage near Forres in Moray, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Horse And Rider Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and rider in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Cottage Borders Of Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

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Old Selkirk. Selkirk owed its expansion in the mid-nineteenth century to its mills and the workforce they required, but this period of industrial fervour lasted only a century. However, in the town's heyday there were prosperous shops and myriad sporting clubs and associations. In this history of the town, this heyday is recaptured through more than fifty period photographs. Subjects include the public hall under construction, curling at Thorniehall, the horse-drawn coal cart on Curror Street, the railway station, the Corn Mill on Station Road, manoeuvres of the Lothian & Border Horse, the opening of the footbridge to Ettrickbank, the Common Riding, and the various rugby, soccer and cricket clubs. Old Selkirk.