Old Photograph Parish Church Gordon Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church in Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland. The first Gordon on record is Richard of Gordon, previously of Swinton, said to have been the grandson of a famous knight who slew some monstrous animal in the Merse during the time of King Malcolm III of Scotland. This Richard was Lord of the Barony of Gordon in the Merse. The name is said to derive from the Gaelic Gor Dun meaning great fort. The de Gordons held the lairdship of Gordon for over two centuries and were thought to have built a castle at the former hamlet of Huntly just to the north; they still held lands up to the 18th century. The Gordon family are the ancestors of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon and of the Marquis of Huntly. In 1171, the chapel at Gordon, dedicated to St. Michael, was transferred by the monks of Coldingham to their counterparts at Kelso in return for the church at Earlston. The present church was built in 1763 and is a part of the Church of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Church Dolphinton Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Dolphinton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was originally a parsonage in the 13th century, and appears to have always occupied the same site, undergoing a complete rebuild in 1789, with late 19th century additions.





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Old Photograph Church Gladsmuir Scotland

Old photograph of the old church in Gladsmuir near Tranent, Scotland. The name Gladsmuir stems from the Scots word gled, meaning a bird of prey, usually a buzzard, combined with muir; the Scots form of moor, thus Buzzard's Moor might loosely translate Gladsmuir into English. The philanthropist George Heriot, jeweller to James VI, King of Scots and founder of Heriot's Hospital, later George Heriot's School, in Edinburgh, was born in Gladsmuir. The old ruined kirk can still be seen and explored. The graveyard contains several graves from both world wars.



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Old Photograph Covington Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and the church in Covington, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was dedicated to St Michael, and has existed at Covington from the time of Kind David I, probably on the same site as the present parish church, which is of considerable age but has been much altered. The Church has a shield, bearing the Lindsay arms and dated 1659.



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Old Photograph Church Pencaitland Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Pencaitland a village in East Lothian about 12 miles South East of Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish church was Consecrated in 1242, the foundations of the church date from the 12th century. The present building is of the 16th or 17th century and consists of a nave, with a gallery at the west end, and two aisles on the north side, the older called the Winton Aisle and the other the Saltoun Aisle. Churchyard has many interesting gravestones.





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