Old Photograph Tower Street Tain Scotland

Old photograph of cars and buildings on Tower Street in Tain, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, provided political and religious figures to the town, including the dissenter Reverend John Munro of Tain who died in 1630. John was a Presbyterian minister of Tain, in the Scottish Highlands. As a Presbyterian, he resisted the efforts of King James VI of Scotland, later James I of England to unite the Presbyterian Church of Scotland with the Episcopalian Church of England. As a result he was persecuted for many years. He was the third son of Hugh Munro, 1st of Assynt, and grandson of Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis. His mother was Christina, a daughter of Robert Munro of Carbisdale. He was educated for the ministry at St Andrews University, in Fife, graduating as MA in 1590. He married Euphemia, a daughter of Andrew Munro, 5th of Milntown, a cousin of her husband. They had no children. A brother of John was the Reverend Robert Munro, minister of Creich from 1609 to around 1640.



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Old Photograph Monreith House Scotland

Old photograph of Monreith House near Port William, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland The Maxwell family first acquired Monreith in the 15th century, and built Myrton Castle on the estate. William Maxwell of Monreith was created a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1681. Magdalene Blair, wife of the third baronet, made tapestries of the gardens in the mid 17th century, which remain in this house. Sir William Maxwell, 4th Baronet, inherited the estate in 1771 and commissioned the present Monreith House from Alexander Stevens, born 1739, died 1796. 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 Rowchester House Scotland

Old photograph of Rowchester House by Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built of cream coloured sandstone in the early nineteenth century and incorporates later additions and alterations. 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 Stracathro House Scotland

Old photograph of Stracathro House located to the North of Brechin in Angus, Scotland. In 1775, the Stracathro Estate, which extended to almost 2,000 acres, was bought by Patrick Cruickshank who had made his fortune in Jamaica. His brother, Alexander inherited the property and employed the Aberdeen based architect Archibald Simpson, born 1790, died 1847, to build the house between 1824 and 1827, together with a deer park and gardens. In 1874, the house and estate was purchased by Sir James Campbell, born 1790, died 1876, Lord Provost of Glasgow and father of Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman born 1836, died 1908. A Roman marching camp has been discovered at Stracathro. This Roman Camp is one day's march from the next camp, at Raedykes to the north. The gate design of the Stracathro Roman Camp is a distinctive bell shaped indentation of the rampart perimeter. At Stracathro on 7 July 1296, John Balliol publicly admitted the errors of his ways and confirmed his reconciliation with King Edward I.



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Old Photograph Women Picnic River Tay Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of women having a picnic by the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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