Old Photograph Goldenacre Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, people and Trams in Goldenacre, Edinburgh, Scotland. Goldenacre is an area in Edinburgh, lying on and to the South of the Ferry Road, and South of Trinity.



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Old Photograph Inner Harbour Leith Scotland

Old photograph of boats in the Inner Harbour in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots remained in France. Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith. Leith Docks became known as the port for Edinburgh and modest shipbuilding and repair facilities grew. On 20 May 1806, there was a procession of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Baillies, and Council, along with a numerous company of ladies and gentleman, for the opening of the first new Wet Dock, the first of its kind in Scotland. Blog post 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 Sunderland Hall Scotland

Old photograph of Sunderland Hall near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was rebuilt about the end of the 1600's by a Mr. Brice. It was called Sunderland Hall because the land on the estate was split asunder.



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Old Photograph King Street Castle Douglas Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart, people, shops and houses on King Street in Castle Douglas near Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Castle Douglas was founded in 1792 by a wealthy descendant of the Douglas family, William Douglas, who made his money in American Trade and created a planned town on the shores of Carlingwark Loch. The town's layout is based upon the grid plan pattern of streets as used in Edinburgh's New Town, built around the same time. Sir William Douglas also created a number of industries in Castle Douglas, including hand woven cotton factories. Blog post 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 Orton House Scotland

Old photograph of Orton House by Fochabers located ten miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The Wharton-Duff family who lived in this Scottish mansion house have a family tree that can be traced back to William Duff of Dipple and the First Earl of Fife, Lord Braco. William Duff, 1st Earl Fife, born 1696, died 30 September 1763. He was a Scottish nobleman. The son of William Duff of Dipple, in 1719 he married Lady Janet Forbes, second daughter of James Ogilvy, Earl of Findlater and widow of Hugh Forbes, Younger of Craigievar. She died in 1720 and in 1723 he married Jean Grant, second daughter of Sir James Grant of Pluscardine, Bt. He inherited substantial estates from his father on his death in 1722. He was Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1727–34, and was created Lord Braco of Kilbryde in the Peerage of Ireland on 28 July 1735, and Earl Fife and Viscount Macduff, also in the peerage of Ireland, by letters patent dated 26 April 1759, after proving his descent from the MacDuffs, Earls of Fife.



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