Old Photograph Ardstinchar Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ardstinchar Castle, Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Ardstinchar Castle was built by Hugh Kennedy of Ardstinchar, originally a Dominican friar who left his monastery to travel to France, where he took part in the Hundred Years' War as a mercenary and led troops for Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans. He probably inherited the land from his brother, Alexander, who died without issue, and held it by 1429. With another brother, Thomas, he combined estates to form the Barony of Ardstinchar, but retained a life rent on his own land until his death in 1454. His descendants lived in Ardstinchar Castle for more than a century. Mary, Queen of Scots visited the castle in 1563.



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Old Photograph Wellbank Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Wellbank village, North of Dundee, Scotland.

Recorded as Welbank, Wellbank, and the dialectals Wellband, Wellbond, Willbond, and possibly others, this is a locational surname. It may be from the village of Wellbank, or more likely, as the surname does not seem to be recorded in Scotland itself, from a now " lost " English medieval village. In either case the origination is almost certainly from the pre 7th century Olde English " waella banke " meaning the stream by the ridge or shore.



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Old Photograph Beechgrove Terrace Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram on Beechgrove Terrace in Aberdeen, Scotland. The city's tram system was the most northerly municipal tramway in the United Kingdom. The system was electrified, with trams using the standard trolley poles until 1935 when bow collectors were fitted to take power from the overhead wires. In the late 1930s the city purchased 18 trams from Nottingham Corporation Tramways in England, which closed in 1936. Further second hand trams were later obtained from Manchester. The last new trams for the city were built by R Y Pickering of Wishaw in 1949. The city's last tram operated on 3 May 1958, being replaced by diesel buses.



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Old Photograph Portencross Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Portencross Castle, Scotland. This Scottish castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is located in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about two miles from West Kilbride. The site has been fortified since the 13th Century. The present building is thought to date from the 14th Century and later, when the castle was moved from the nearby Auld Hill to its present site overlooking the harbour. Tour Scottish Castles.

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Street View Loch Indaal Lighthouse Islay Scotland

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Street view of Loch Indaal Lighthouse, just outside the village of Port Charlotte, Islay, Scotland. Established in 1869 by engineers David and Thomas Stevenson.

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