Old Photographs High Street Kirkcaldy Scotland

Old photograph of High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Adam Smith, was born in Kirkcaldy in 1723. He became a well renowned lecturer in economics and he is best remembered for the first serious study of economics on a massive and International scale originally titled, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and later abbreviated by publishers to The Wealth Of Nations. It was written at his mother’s house in the High Street of Kirkcaldy.



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Old Photograph Colquhoun Arms Hotel Luss Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of the Colquhoun Arms Hotel in Luss by Loch Lomond, Scotland. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. In 1625 Sir John Colquhoun of Luss was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. However in 1632 he was accused of absconding with his wife's sister, Lady Catherine Graham, daughter of the Earl of Montrose. He was accused of using sorcery and witchcraft and perhaps wisely he did not return to answer these charges. He became a fugitive and his estates were forfeited. Sir John's eldest son recovered the estates in 1646. In 1703 Sir Humphrey Colquhoun, fifth Baronet represented Dunbartonshire in the last Scottish Parliament. He strongly opposed the Treaty of Union. He died without male issue and the title passed to his daughter's husband, James Grant of Pluscardine. However when Pluscardine's elder brother died he re-assumed the name of Grant. He was the ancestor of the Earls of Seafield and Barons of Strathspey, on whom the baronetcy devolved. The estate was succeeded to by Sir James Grant Colquhoun who was the fourth son of James Grant and Ann Colquhoun. He built the mansion of Rossdhu which remains the seat of the chiefs of Clan Colquhoun. The present Church of Scotland place of worship in Lussa was built in 1875 by Sir James Colquhoun, in memory of his father who had drowned in the loch in December 1873
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Old Photographs Port Seton Scotland

Old photograph of Port Seton, East Lothian, Scotland. Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles north east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by King James VI of Scotland. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665. Cockenzie and Port Seton have grown from what were initially two small fishing villages. The older parts of the town, between the two harbours, retain a more traditional feel and look, similar to many other small fishing villages on the east coast of Scotland. Although the fishing industry has declined in recent years the harbour at Port Seton still retains a small fleet of vessels, mainly fishing for prawns. In the past Cockenzie was also involved in the salt making and coal mining industries.

Old photograph of Port Seton, East Lothian, Scotland.


Old photograph of Port Seton, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Tram Airdrie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and Tram in Airdrie, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of the Railway Station, Stirling, Scotland. Stirling railway station is a railway station located on the former Caledonian Railway main line between Glasgow and Perth, Perthshire. It is the junction for the branch line to Alloa and Dunfermline in Fife, via Kincardine and is also served by trains on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and long distance services to Dundee & Aberdeen and to Inverness via the Highland Main Line. Stirling was first connected to the Scottish Central Railway in 1848. Lines were subsequently opened by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway in 1853, and by the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway to Balloch Central three years later. Through services to and from the Callander and Oban Railway in the Highlands also served the station from 1870. The current station buildings were opened in 1916 following a major rebuild by the Caledonian Railway.





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