Old Photograph Queen Victoria Statue St Nicholas Lane Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the Queen Victoria statue on St Nicholas Lane in Aberdeen, Scotland. This statue of Queen Victoria was sculpted by Alexander Brodie. The statue was inaugurated in 1866. The marble began to show weathering damage and was moved to the vestibule of the Town House in 1888. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III. Both the Duke of Kent and King George III died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her German born mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's three elder brothers had all died, leaving no surviving legitimate children.



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Old Photograph Palace Hotel Aberdeeen Scotland

Old photograph of the Palace Hotel in Aberdeen, Scotland. This Scottish hotel was built in 1874 for Messrs Pratt and Keith, milliners, who occupied the street level area. It operated as one of a chain of LNER hotels. Its upper storeys were destroyed by fire on 31st October 1941, with loss of life, and the building was entirely demolished after the war.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Scarlet Gowns University Students Long Pier St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of St Andrews University students in their scarlet gowns taking a traditional walk along the long pier on ancestry visit and trip to the old harbour in St Andrews, Fife.
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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Long Pier Harbour St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn video of the long pier at the harbour on ancestry visit to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Castle And Coast St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of the castle and coast on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small beach called Castle Sands and the adjoining North Sea. There has been a castle standing at the site since the times of Bishop Roger (1189-1202), son of the Earl of Leicester. It housed the burgh’s wealthy and powerful bishops while St Andrews served as the ecclesiastical centre of Scotland during the years before the Protestant Reformation. In their Latin charters, the Archbishops of St Andrews wrote of the castle as their Palace.

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