Old Photograph Elmtree Nursing Home Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Elmtree Nursing Home in Pollokshields, Glasgow. Scotland. Pollokshields was established by the Stirling Maxwell family in 1849, and was set out or feued by the Edinburgh architect David Rhind. Many well known Glaswegian architects contributed to its development and, amongst others, it contains villas by Alexander Greek Thomson. There are several contributions by contemporaries of Charles Rennie Mackintosh including a series of good Glasgow style tenements by the architect H. E. Clifford.





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Old Photograph Bellfield House Scotland

Old photograph of Bellfield House near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, Scotland. George Buchanan bought Bellfield Estate, near Kilmarnock from Mr James Fairlie of Holmes. George had established himself as merchant in Glasgow and he and his brothers were involved in the cotton spinning trade. He married Miss Crawford of Cartsburn, who brought with her the estate of Woodlands, at that time some distance to the west of Glasgow. George and his wife had three sons and three daughters, none of whom ever married. The three sons all predeceased the daughters and their shares and personal wealth obviously increased the wealth of the daughters. In 1861, the sisters jointly executed a will and their legacy was known as The Buchanan Bequest. £30,000 to be held by the trustees of the estate and accumulated for ten years, the object of which was to found as hospital for the maintenance of indigent and infirm burgesses of Glasgow of 60 years of age and more, preference if the name was Buchanan. The trustees were to purchase two acres of ground within eight miles of Glasgow and erect a hospital , after ten years the hospital and the funds accumulated were to be handed over to the Lord Provost and Magistrates of Glasgow. Bellfield House was to be turned, in part, into a library and the remaining portion of Bellfield to be used as an asylum for the poor people of sixty years of age and upward from the parishes of Kilmarnock and Riccarton. This facility was also to serve young people permanently injured by accident.



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Old Photograph Farmer With Horses In North Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a farmer with horses in North East Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Farmer With Horses In Bankfoot Scotland

Old photograph of a farmer with horses in Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Knockdolian Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Knockdolian Castle near Colmonell located ten miles from Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built by the Graham family in the early 16th century. From the mid 17th century it was occupied by the McCubbins who improved the lands.



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