Old Photograph George Square Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of people and church in George Square in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. The Tudor Gothic church with well detailed façade from 1839, was designed by John Baird. The fishing village of Greenock developed along this bay, and around 1635 Sir John Schaw had a jetty built into the bay which became known as Sir John's Bay. In that year he obtained a Charter raising Greenock to a Burgh of Barony with rights to a weekly market. In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly from the 1770s, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour. Greenock suffered badly during the Second World War and its anchorage at the Tail of the Bank became the base for the Home Fleet as well as the main assembly point for Atlantic convoys. 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 Photograph Bridge Alyth Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on a burn which bears its name and owes its position to a confluence of cattle drovers roads used by hill farmers to bring their sheep down to market. The 17th century pack horse bridge is among a number of stone bridges crossing the burn in the village. 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 Photograph Church Pettinain Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Pettinain, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site here has been a place of worship since the early 12th century when David I established the Chapel of Pedynane. The present church dates principally from the 18th century with an earlier belfry of 1692. 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 Photograph Inverasdale Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Inverasdale, Gaelic: Inbhir Àsdail, on the West shore of Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, Scotland. Local lore connects the village to the 1950 theft of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey. One of the students involved was from Inverasdale, and it is rumored the stone was briefly hidden in a tractor shed at nearby Firemore.


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Old Photograph Kirkcolm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Kirkcolm village on the northern tip of the Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Kirkcolm, means the Church of St Columba. The parish has a spring known as the Crosswell, or St. Columba's Well. Historically Kirkcolm has seen human activity since ancient times when it was known as Kirkcolm Parish. Sheltered from the rough seas of the North Channel and the North Atlantic Loch Ryan here was, and is to the present time, an important safe harbour for vessels. In the spring of 1307 at the beginning of Robert the Bruce campaign in the Wars of Independence he sent two forces to attempt to gain control of south west Scotland. One force, led by his two brothers, consisting of eighteen galleys, landed in Loch Ryan. They were immediately overwhelmed by local forces, led by Dougal MacDougal Clan MacDowall who was a supporter of the Comyns. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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