Old Photograph Nenthorn House Scotland

Old photograph of Nenthorn House, near Kelso, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built after 1862 as a replacement for Old Nenthorn House. The mansion has been attributed to the Edinburgh architect, Thomas Leadbetter, who designed it in what has been called a Jacobethan style, that is, using features characteristic of Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture. The house was the home Frederick Lewis Roy who died on 17 February 1906. He was married to Frances Georgiana Oliver, daughter of John Dudley Oliver and Mary Susanna Green, on 15 April 1868. He held the office of Justice of the Peace. 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 Nethermuir House Scotland

Old photograph of Nethermuir House near Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion in New Deer Parish, was owned by William Leslie who died in 1879. He was born at New Deer in 1802. His family were Independents, i.e. Congregationalists. He established himself at Park Cottage, Broadford, Aberdeen by at least 1828 when he designed a castellated lodge and gate for Hatton Castle. In 1851 he was living in Aberdeen was an architect and builder employing 150 men. The partnership of McDonald & Leslie was dissolved in 1853 when Leslie concentrated his business interests and practice in Aberdeen. Sometime thereafter he became a town councillor and was Lord Provost of Aberdeen, during his tenure of that office he became a landed gentleman buying the small estate of Nethermuir, remodelling the house as a neat Scots baronial villa. 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 Loch Scridain Scotland

Old photograph of boats by Loch Scridain on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish sea loch is remote and its coastline only sparsely populated. On the south coastline, the main crofting and tourist township of Bunessan, lies just east of the mouth of the loch, located on the southeastern corner of Loch na Làthaich. Fionnphort is further west along the coast overlooking the Sound of Iona. There are few settlements on the northern coastline other than the occasional cottage and farmhouse.



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Old Photograph Ferry Portree Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the ferry named Broadford at Portree, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Port Rìgh translates as king's port, possibly from a visit by King James V of Scotland in 1540. Prior to the 16th century the settlement's name was Kiltaraglen, the church of St. Talarican, from Gaelic Cill Targhlain. Portree is the home of a fictional professional Quidditch team in the Harry Potter universe called the Pride of Portree. The film Made of Honor partially takes place in Portree. A sweeping shot of the town's main street is shown. 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 Bagpiper Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a bagpiper outside a house on Tay Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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