Tour Scotland Photograph Berneray Causeway South UIst

Tour Scotland photograph of Berneray Causeway, South Uist, Scotland. The causeway between Berneray and Otternish on North Uist.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Tower Uig Isle Of Skye

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tower at Uig, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Scottish tower built around 1860. This folly guarding the bay from its southern headland opposite Rubha Idrigil was built for Major William Fraser, owner of Kilmuir estate from 1855. His house, Uig Lodge, was washed away in the great flood of 1877 just after he had organised the last clearances on the Isle of Skye.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tower at Uig, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tower at Uig, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Gelston Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Gelston village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town stands on the Ayrshire Road from New Cumnock to Glasgow by the Mearns Moor. John Goldie, miscellaneous writer, was born in the parish of Galston in 1717 ; he moved to Kilmarnock, where he carried on the business of cabinetmaker, subsequently of wine merchant. He is author of a volume entitled Essays on Various Subjects, humorously known as Goldie’s Bible, and is held in grateful memory as a friend of Robert Burns. He died in 1809. The 17th century Presbyterians were against burials taking place within churches. In 1609 John Schaw of Sornbeg decided to bury his recently-deceased wife within Galston Church. He entered the kirk with a party of armed men and proceeded to break up flagstones and dig a grave where he interred his wife's body. He was fined £20 for this action and promised never to attempt this act again. Handball was popular in these parts during the 19th century and Galston was the site of the most important competition, held on the Saturday of the Glasgow Fair. Cessnock castle by Galston, dates from around the 15th Century. The Duke of Portland had it restored by 1900 and is now a private house. After her defeat at the battle of Langside, Mary Queen of Scots is reputed to have taken refuge there. Other visitors of note include the reformist preacher John Knox and the poet Robert Burns. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Bonar Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, Scotland. A Scottish village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland which is a river estuary of the Rivers Oykel, Cassley, Shin and Carron that all enter the Kyle above the bridge at Bonar. The Battles of Invercarron and Carbisdale took place in 1650 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms close to the village of Culrain, which lies to the West of Bonar Bridge. The battles were fought between the forces of the Scottish Covenantor Government and royalist forces loyal to the King, led by James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. The royalists were defeated. In 1746 the Earl of Cromartie and his forces returning South were attacked by Clan Sutherland near Bonar Bridge, in what became known as the Battle of Bonar Bridge. Most of the Jacobite officers were captured, many of the men were killed and the rest were driven onto the shore where several were drowned trying to swim the Kyle of Sutherland. Thus Clan MacKenzie were prevented from joining the Jacobite army at the Battle of Culloden. John Murray was born on 14 October 1898, in the croft of Badbea, near Bonar Bridge, in Sutherland county. He was a Scottish Calvinist theologian who taught at Princeton Seminary and then left to help found Westminster Theological Seminary, in London, England, where he taught for many years. Joe Strummer was born John Graham Mellor in Ankara, Turkey, on 21 August 1952. His mother, Anna Mackenzie, a crofter's daughter born and raised in Bonar Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, she was a nurse. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Yoker Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Yoker, Glasgow, Scotland. The name Yoker is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Eochair meaning a river bank.

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