Old Photographs West Linton Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, cottages and children in West Linton, Scotland. This Scottish village was formerly in the county of Peeblesshire, but is now part of the Tweeddale committee area of the Scottish Borders. Linton was raised to a Burgh of Regality in 1631, with the right to hold fairs and markets. The importance of droving and the markets reached their zenith in the early years of the nineteenth century, when upwards of 30,000 sheep would be sold annually, including the famous Linton breed. The markets at Linton were considered the largest in Scotland and were widely referred to as an expression for any gathering of a large size: " big as a Linton Market. " West Linton had two therapeutic wells, the waters of which were sold on market days for either a penny or a half penny, depending on the well. There wase a tannery and brewery situated on the Upper Green and a gas works on the Lower Green, all now gone. 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 Glencairn Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and church in Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Kirkland Village Glencairn Parish Church was built in 1836 to a design by architect William MacCandlish of Dalry.



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Old Photograph Mote Hill Street Glenluce Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Mote Hill Street in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Robert the Bruce stopped for a rest at Glenluce. The original Mote Hill here was a natural hill with earthwork ramparts and a ditch of medieval rather than prehistoric origin. 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 Photographs Mid Street Keith Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on Mid Street in Keith, Moray, Scotland. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Jacobite army won a skirmish at Keith on 21 March 1746. A Jacobite party under Major Nicholas Glasgow and Captain Robert Stewart surprised and defeated a Government force, killing over 20 of them. This victory at Keith is an interesting reminder that the Jacobites were continuing to take the initiative in many parts of northern Scotland right up until the disaster at the Battle of Culloden.




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Old Photographs High Street Forres Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings, cars and people on the High Street in Forres, Moray, Scotland. On 23 June 1496 King James IV of Scotland issued a Royal Charter laying down the rights and privileges that the town's people are believed to have held by an earlier charter since the reign of King David I some 300 years earlier. Shakespeare's play Macbeth locates Duncan's castle in Forres, and the Three Witches meet on a heath near the town in the third scene of the drama. Macbeth's castle was located at Inverness. 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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