May photograph panorama of the Tay Valley, just South of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
Tour Scotland Photograph Border Collie Dog Fingask Castle Perthshire
Tour Scotland photograph an old Scottish Border Collie sheepdog outside Fingask Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Topiary Fingask Castle
Tour Scotland photograph of Topiary at Fingask Castle, Braes of the Carse, Perthshire, Scotland. In 1642, during the Civil War, the castle was ransacked; in 1672 it was bought by Patrick Threipland in a dilapidated state. Patrick became Provost of Perth and was created a Nova Scotia baronet in Canada in 1678. In about 1674, he renovated the Castle, added a wing, laid out the terraces and planted the woodland. The family followed the Jacobite Cause and the estate was forfeited in 1717. The wife of Sir David Threipland, 2nd Baronet, born 1666, died 1746, leased the estates from the York Building Company in England and looked after them for her family. In 1745, the Castle was partially destroyed by Government troops as a penalty for supporting the Jacobite Uprising. Following Sir David's death in 1746, his daughter managed the estate until her brother Stuart eventually bought it back in 1783. Stuart was an eminent physician, who looked after Prince Charles Edward and subsequently practiced in Edinburgh. Improvements to the estate began under his factor, James Stobie. They were continued by Stuart's son Sir Patrick, born 1762, died 1837, a noted scholar who had been educated in France. Patrick was recognised as a significant improver; he laid out the park. His son, Patrick, 5th Baronet, created the topiary gardens. The estate was sold in 1917 to the Gilroys and in 1925 Mills & Shepherd modernised the Castle. The Murray Threiplands bought back the Castle and part of the policies in 1967.
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Tour Scotland Video Interior St Giles' Cathedral Edinburgh
Tour Scotland travel video of the interior of St Giles' Cathedral on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Edinburgh. St. Giles' Cathedral or the High Kirk of Edinburgh is a Church of Scotland place of worship decorating the midpoint of the Royal Mile. The church has been one of Edinburgh's religious focal points for approximately 900 years. Today it is sometimes regarded as the mother church of Presbyterianism. St. Giles was only a cathedral in its formal sense, ie. the seat of a bishop, for two periods during the 17th century (1635-38 and 1661-1689), when episcopalianism, backed by the Crown, briefly gained ascendancy within the Kirk. In the mediaeval period, prior to the Reformation, Edinburgh had no cathedral as the royal burgh was part of the Diocese of St Andrews, under the Bishop of St Andrews whose episcopal seat was St Andrew's Cathedral. For most of its post-Reformation history the Church of Scotland has not had bishops, diocese, or cathedrals. As such, the use of the term Cathedral today carries no practical meaning. The " high kirk " title is older, being attested well before the building's brief stint as a cathedral. It is the Church of Scotland parish church for part of Edinburgh's Old Town. As the name implies, it is dedicated to St. Giles, who was the patron saint of cripples and lepers and a very popular saint in the Middle Ages.
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Tour Scotland Photograph 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Memorial
Tour Scotland photograph of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Memorial, St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland. This monument is for the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders killed in the Indian Mutiny between 1857 and 1858. The regiment lost, between the 1st of September 1844 and 30 April 1845, 3 officers, 532 men, 68 women, 134 children. In 1844, cholera wiped out 535 officers and more than 200 members of their families. The memorial was sculpted by William Brodie, born January 22, 1815, died October 30, 1881, who was a Scottish sculptor. William was the son of John Brodie, a Banff shipmaster, and elder brother of Alexander Brodie, another sculptor.
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