Old Photograph Creetown Scotland

Old photograph of people, cottage, houses and town clock in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Once known as Ferrytown of Cree, it is located near the head of Wigtown Bay. The village dates from 1785, and it became a burgh of barony in 1792. Sir Walter Scott laid part of the scene of Guy Mannering in this neighborhood. Dr Thomas Brown, the metaphysician, born 1778, died 1820, was a native of the parish in which Creetown lies.


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Old Photograph Wemyss Bay Scotland

Old photograph of a paddle steamer at the pier in Wemyss Bay, Scotland. Wemyss Bay is the port for ferries to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Passengers from the island can connect to Glasgow by trains, which terminate in the village at the Wemyss Bay railway station. The name Wemyss is derived from the Scottish Gaelic uaimh which means cave. It is believed to be taken from the caves of the Firth of Forth where the Clan Wemyss made their home. The chiefs are one of the few noble families who are descended from the Celtic nobility through the Clan MacDuff Earls of Fife.


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Old Photograph Stonehaven Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour and houses in Stonehaven, South of Aberdeen, Scotland. This town in Aberdeenshire, was a Jacobite town in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and it was a safe base for the retreating Jacobite army to stay overnight on the night of 5 February 1716. In the Jacobite rising of 1745, part of the Episcopalian north east, was again reliably Jacobite and it was one of the north eastern fishing ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment were periodically landed from France.



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Old Photograph Murthly Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Murthly Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle comprises a four storey 15th century square tower, which has been extended to surround three sides of a courtyard. An original castle on this site is thought to have been a hunting lodge of the Kings of Scotland. Once the property of Abercrombies, it passed to the Stewarts of Grantully in 1615.





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Old Photograph Callander Scotland

Old photograph of Callander, Scotland. This Scottish town is located in the former County of Perthshire, and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands. The town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland. Due to its location it is often referred to as the " Gateway to the Highlands ". The former St. Kessog's Church is now the Rob Roy Centre, offering tourist information for the area.



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