Old Photograph Cuminestown Scotland

Old photograph of people at a Fair in Cuminestown located six miles East of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is the main centre of the parish of Monquhitter, which was split from Turriff in 1649 when what was then a rural church was built on land owned by the Cumine family. The village itself was originally built in the 1740s, followed soon afterwards by the adjacent hamlet of Garmond.



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Old Photograph Rood Fair Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of the Rood Fair in Dumfries, Scotland. Fairs in mediaeval times had a much greater importance for townsfolk than now. On these days all the restrictive trading practices of the burgh were relaxed. Merchants brought in luxury goods from abroad, travelling merchants were allowed to set up stalls in the street. Acrobats, jugglers, minstrels and men with performing bears came to add to the fun and the noise.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Clubhouse Dufftown Scotland

Old photograph of the Golf Course Clubhouse in Dufftown, in the heart of Speyside, Scotland. The Dufftown Golf Club was founded in 1896 and initially opened as a 9-hole course. It is situated in the heart of Scotland's Speyside region, renowned for its malt whisky production.


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Old Photograph Cottage Post Office Bowden Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office and Grocer Shop in Bowden located three miles South of Melrose, Scotland. In 1113 when King David I of Scotland granted lands to the monks of Selkirk he also granted them the land at Bothandene, now Bowden, and Hailiedene, now Holydean. The charter was renewed in 1124 when the monks moved to Kelso where they founded the maginificent Kelso Abbey At the same time a religious establishment was founded at Bowden. The abbot of Kelso built a tower at Holydean which was destroyed in 1296. The tower was rebuilt and extend by Isabel Ker of Cessford and renamed Castle Holydean The castle became the home of the Ker family, later the Dukes of Roxburghe lived there for two centuries before finally being destroyed in 1760 by the 3rd Duke, John Ker. The Roxburghes moved to their new home Floors Castle in the early 18th century. In 1531, Bowden village was granted the right to hold a market, the first non burghal market in Scotland, and a market cross, which still stands today was erected, such was the importance of the village in mediaeval times. The cross is now used as the parish war memorial.





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Old Photograph Post Office Balmullo Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage, people and horse and cart outside the Post Office in Balmullo in North East Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village is seven miles from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars. Now largely a dormitory settlement, it was once a weaving village. Balmullo was the home of the picture postcard cartoonist Martin Anderson known as Cynicus, whose red sandstone Cynicus Castle was demolished in 1939, seven years after his death.





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