Old Photograph Sauchiehall Street Tram Glasgow Scotland

Old Photograph of a Tram, shops and people on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, Scotland. Sauchiehall is a corruption of the Scots sauchie hauch, sauchie; abounding in willows and hauch; a low lying meadow by the side of a river. Sauchiehall Street is one of the most famous streets in Glasgow, partly due to its rich history. The desire of wealthy merchants to own property on the outskirts of the city meant that it was expanded and as a result of this Sauchiehall Street grew. Around 1820 the street was known as Saughie-haugh road, a quiet narrow road with a number of villas and terraces with distinguished names. After the street was widened in 1846, older buildings were replaced with tenements in the 1850s and then some commercial buildings in the 1870s.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Hugh Lyon Playfair Gravestone

Tour Scotland travel photography of the Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair gravestone in the cathedral cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair, born 1786, died 1861. He was Lieutenant Colonel, East India Company, later Provost of St Andrews, elected in 1842. Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Alexander Kirk Gravestone St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of the Alexander Kirk gravestone in the cathedral graveyard cemetery in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. A Scottish Baker, he died, aged 76, on the 22nd of January, 1863.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Robert Souter Gravestone

Tour Scotland photograph of the Robert Souter gravestone in the cathedral graveyard cemetery in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Souter is a Scottish surname derived from the Scots language term for a shoemaker, and is a nickname for any native inhabitant of the Royal Burgh of Selkirk, Scottish Borders.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Patrick Bower Gravestone

Tour Scotland travel photography of the Patrick Bower gravestone in the cathedral cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. A bookseller in St Andrews, he died aged 92, on the 7th of July, 1814. The surname Bowers is of Saxon origin, derived from the word " bur " meaning a chamber; a cottage; a shady recess. Adding er to the end of topographical terms was common in south east England. An alternative origin is " a maker of bows. "



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