Old Photographs Queens Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Queen's Park, Glasgow, Scotland. This park was developed in the late 19th century in response to the increasing population density of Glasgow in general, and the South Side in particular, with the growth of tenement housing supplying the increased demand for middle class homes. Victorian Glasgow took the provision of open spaces extremely seriously, with the result that parks such as Queen's Park sprang up across the city. The park was acquired in 1857 and was designed by the world renowned Sir Joseph Paxton, also responsible for noted public parks in London, Liverpool, Birkenhead and the grounds of the Spa Buildings at Scarborough. The park was dedicated to the memory of Mary Queen of Scots and not Queen Victoria, a common misconception given the proximity to Victoria Road and that the park was created during her reign.

Old photograph of Queen's Park, Glasgow, Scotland.

Old photograph of Queen's Park, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Crossmyloof Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart, shops and people in Crossmyloof, Glasgow, Scotland. Crossmyloof is an area on the south side of Glasgow in Scotland. The name is derived from Gaelic Crois MoLiubha, St Malieu's Cross. According to local belief, the name is reputed to be derived from its location on the route taken by Mary Queen of Scots to the site of the Battle of Langside. A fortune-teller may have offered to tell the queen her fate if she would " cross her loof (hand) with silver. "



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Old Photograph Shepherd Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Shepherd in a village in Perthshire, Scotland. The surname Shepherd has an ancient history in both England and Scotland. The many variations in England include Sheppard, Shephard, Shepperd, Shepard, Shipman and Shippard. The Scots have these as well as Sheepheard, and Shippert. There are also the English patriomics such as Sheppardson, Shepperdson, and Shepherdson. In Germany the name exists as Schaefer, Shafer, Shaffer, and Shaver. It also exists as Berger in France, Pecora in Italy, and Vasquez or Velez in Spain. The name is generally considered as occupational. One source states that " Those who tended the sheep of the villagers as well as those of the lord in England might be Shepherd or Shipman, a functionary generally chosen by the villagers. "



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Old Photographs Musselburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here. In doing so they established the line of the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. The bridge built by the Romans outlasted them by many centuries. It was rebuilt on the original Roman foundations some time before 1300, and in 1597 it was rebuilt again, this time with a third arch added on the east side of the river. The Old Bridge is also known as the Roman Bridge and remains in use today by pedestrians. To its north is the New Bridge, designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1806. This in turn was considerably widened in 1925. Tour Roman Scotland.



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Old Photographs Lochgoilhead Scotland

Old photograph of Lochgoilhead, Scotland. A small village in the Scottish Highlands in Argyll. Located at the head of Loch Goil, where the Goil river, which rises on nearby Ben Donich and Beinn Bheula, flows into the loch, it is surrounded by mountains rising as high as 3,000 feet and is part of the Arrochar Alps. The village itself sits underneath the southside mountains of Glen Croe, as which Beinn an Lochain, Stob an Eas, Ben Donich and The Brack, stand. Lochgoilhead is situated in one of the most picturesque, remote, mountainous and wilderness parts of the truly highland area of the southern highlands, exhibiting a fine example of the Argyll Highlands.

Old photograph of Lochgoilhead, Scotland.

Old photograph of Lochgoilhead, Scotland.

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