Old Photograph Drapers Shop Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of the Colvin and Hodgson Drapers Shop in Dumfries, Scotland. Draper is the now largely obsolete term for a Scottish wholesaler, or especially retailer, of cloth, mainly for clothing. A would additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher. The drapers were an important trade guild.

The surname Draper is of Old French origin, and is an occupational name for a maker or seller of woollen cloth, deriving from the Old French, word drapier. Early examples of the surname include: Robert le Drapier in Lincolnshire in 1181; Auwred le Draper in Cambridgeshire in 1273. Notable bearers of the name include: Sir Christopher Draper, Lord Mayor of London, England, in 1567; and Edward Alured Draper, born 1776, died 1841, page of honour to King George III. An early settler in the New World was Thomas Draper, aged 26, who embarked from London on the ship Paule bound for Virginia, America, in July 1635. The surname Draper is widely recorded in Ireland from the 17th Century, and its early connection with Ulster. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugo Drapier, which was dated 1148.



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Old Photographs Blackwaterfoot Isle Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of Blackwaterfoot, Island of Arran, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilmory. It is located in the Shiskine valley in the south west of the island. A short walk from Blackwaterfoot is Drumadoon Point, home to the largest Iron Age fort on Arran. Further North is the King's Cave, reputed to be a hiding place of Robert the Bruce.



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Tour Scotland Video Heather Campbell Violin Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Heather Campbell on visit to St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Heather Campbell on violin, performing in St Ninian's Cathedral which has been an inspiration to its visitors since 1849 and belongs to the Scottish Episcopal Church.

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Tour Scotland Video Catriona Loudon Oboe Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Catriona Loudon in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Catriona, on oboe, performing Serenade in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth. The Cathedral Church of St Ninian is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the Royal burgh of Perth. It is the see of the Anglican Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, who is the ordinary of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.

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Tour Scotland Video Robyn Bell And Nathan West Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Robyn Bell and Nathan West in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Robyn on violin and Nathan on viola performing a part of Sinfonia Concertante from Allegro maestoso by Mozart in St Ninian's Cathedral which was was designed by the English architect William Butterfield who was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement, or Tractarian Movement. He is noted for his use of polychromy.

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