Old Photograph Kinnordy House Scotland

Old photograph of Kinnordy House near Kirriemuir, Scotland. Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, was born in Kinnordy on 14 November 1797. He was the eldest of ten children. Lyell's father, was a lawyer and botanist of minor repute: it was he who first exposed his son to the study of nature. Charles became a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism, the idea that the Earth was shaped by the same processes still in operation today. Principles of Geology also challenged theories popularized by George Cuvier, which were the most accepted and circulated ideas about geology in England at the time. Lyell was also one of the first to believe that the world is older than 300 million years, on the basis of its geological anomalies. Lyell was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin.



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Old Photograph Coodham House Scotland

Old photograph of Coodham House by Symington, South Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1826 Mrs William Fairlie, widow of a banker from Calcutta built the mansion house. In 1850 James Ogilvie Fairlie of Coodham organised a meeting at the Red Lion in Prestwick of fifty seven gentlemen from the West of Scotland, leading to the formation of the Prestwick Golf Club and as a direct result in 1860 the first Open Championship was held. In the 1870s W. H. Houldsworth Esq owned the property and added a new wing, conservatory and a private chapel. It was known as Williamfield for a time and later the property was renamed Fatima House and became a retreat with a new wing added.



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Old Photograph Ellon Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ellon Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Originally built in the 15th century, the ruins of Ellon Castle date to the 17th century when the Ellon estate was bought by Bailie James Gordon. He landscaped the garden and laid out a formal deer park of 30 acres. A luxurious country home for his wife, two sons and daughter, the Gordon's were soon to regret ever having set foot in Ellon. Both their young sons were murdered by their tutor and licentiate of the church, John Irvine. Irvine slit the boys' throats and then tried to commit suicide but was caught and hung shortly after.



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Old Photograph Boat of Garten Golf and Tennis Club Scotland

Old photograph of Boat of Garten Golf and Tennis Club in Badenoch And Strathspey, Scotland. Established in 1898 Boat of Garten Golf Club was designed by James Braid who was born in Earlsferry, Fife, He won The Open Championship in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. He then developed a very successful career in golf course design.



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Old Photograph Dalgonar Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of children below Dalgonar Bridge by Dunscore located nine miles North West of Dumfries, Scotland. In 1818, Dalgonar Bridge, half a mile south of Dunscore, was erected over the River Cairn and is 80 feet in span, which is about the greatest breadth of the river. It replaced an original wooden bridge of the previous century.



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