Old Photograph Parish Church New Aberdour Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church in New Aberdour located seven miles West of Fraserburgh, Scotland. This 19th century parish church stands at the northern end of this planned Scottish village. It was strategically placed to be a centrepiece to the village and is visible for the entire length of the long, straight main street.



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Old Photograph Farmers Auchnagatt Scotland

Old photograph of farmers outside Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Auchnagatt village is situated on the Ebrie Burn and on the A948 road between Ellon and New Deer. There is evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area. The remains of two earth houses were found at Windy Hill, south-east of the village, in 1850. More recent history centred on agriculture until the coming of the railway in the 1860s, when sidings and goods sheds were constructed in the village. Nowadays Auchnagatt serves largely as a dormitory village for Aberdeen.



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Old Photograph Thatched Cottage Buckie Scotland

Old photograph of a fishwife and daughter outside a thatched cottage in Buckie on the Moray Firth, Scotland. Once a thriving fishing and shipbuilding port, today Buckie is a small fishing town. George Imlach McIntosh, VC, was born in Buckie on 24 April 1897, he was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 20 years old, and a private in the 1/6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders, British Army during the First World War. For his bravery at the Battle of Passchendaele, he was awarded the VC. He died on 20 June, 1968. 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 High Street Kilsyth Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings on the High Street in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. From earliest recorded times Kilsyth was one of the main routes between Glasgow, Falkirk and Edinburgh and is very close to the Roman Antonine Wall, the Forth and Clyde Canal. The Civil War Battle of Kilsyth took place on hillsides between Kilsyth and Banton, North Lanarkshire in 1645. Kilsyth was later closely associated with the various attempts by the Jacobites to regain the crown. The town economy has shifted over the past three centuries from farming, handloom weaving and extractive industries to light engineering, transport and service industries. Many of the townsfolk of working age now commute to work in nearby Glasgow and other larger towns nearby.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Winter Drive From Perth To Cathedral Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Winter drive North on the A9 road from Perth on ancestry visit to the Cathedral in Dunkeld, Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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