Old Photograph Robert Burns Statue Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of Robert Burns Statue in Dumfries, Scotland. Former seaport where Robert Burns lived before his death in 1796. This market town and former royal burgh is situated close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith.



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Old Photograph Cottages Isle Of Jura Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages on the Isle of Jura, Scotland. The demise of the Lords of the Isles at the end of the fifteenth century was shortly followed in 1506 by the Treaty of Camas an Staca, which removed MacDonald rights on Jura and gave them to the Campbells. Despite this, the sixteenth century was a period of skirmishing between the warring clans: McDonald, Campbell, MacLean and others. Then in 1607 the Campbells finally bought the island from the MacDonalds. This was the beginning of some three hundred years during which the island was ruled and largely owned by eleven successive Campbell lairds. The north of the island, however, remained in MacLean hands until 1737, when it was sold to Donald MacNeil of Colonsay.



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Old Photograph Paddle Steamer Dunoon Scotland

Old photograph of a Paddle Steamer on the coast at Dunoon, Scotland. The Clyde became a hub for paddle steamer development due to its numerous shipbuilding companies and the growing demand for travel to coastal towns and islands.
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Old Photographs Wigtown Scotland

Old photograph of Wigtown, Scotland. Wigtown gives its name to the county of Wigtownshire. Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469 although a settlement here existed long before this. The burgh is mentioned in an indenture of 1292, and the fact that the sheriffdom was in existence at the time of the Largs campaign of 1263 suggests that the burgh may also have been recognised as such during the reign of Alexander III.



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Old Photographs Paddle Steamer Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of a Paddle Steamer on Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Old photograph of a Paddle Steamer on Loch Lomond, Scotland.

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Old Photographs of Loch Lomond. Most of the photographs in this book date from the 1890s to the 1930s and with a few exceptions are bereft of the motor traffic which clutters the roads around Loch Lomond today. The photographs show forgotten, but once common, sights: skaters on the frozen loch, farming on the banks with a horse drawn plough, the British Silk Dyeing factory at Balloch, the grandeur of Tullichewan Castle, steamers on the loch and four-in-hand coaches and much more, an insight into a time when tourism was more exclusive and moved at a slower pace. Old Loch Lomondside.