Old Photograph Cookney Parish Church

Old photograph of the parish church in Cookney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish church is perched on a prominent hill, and is visible for considerable distance. The present structure was erected in 1885, although the original Cookney Church was founded on this site in the year 1816. The kirk is within view of the ancient track way of the Causey Mounth which was constructed in medieval times to make passable the only available route across the coastal region of the Grampian Mounth from points south from Stonehaven to Aberdeen. This ancient cattle drovers road specifically connected the River Dee crossing, where the present Bridge of Dee is situated, via Muchalls Castle and Stonehaven to the south. The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9000 men in the first battle of the Civil War in 1639.



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Old Photograph Catherine Terrace South Queensferry Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people on Catherine Terrace in South Queensferry near Edinburgh, Scotland. The town derives its name from Saint Margaret, the Anglo Saxon princess who became Queen Consort of Scotland after marrying King Malcolm III in the 11th century. She established a free ferry service to transport religious pilgrims across the Forth to the abbeys of Dunfermline and St Andrews, a charitable act that gave rise to the settlement known as the "Queen's Ferry" or Passagium Regine. This ferry service was the primary crossing for over 800 years, helping the town prosper as a royal burgh


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Old Photograph Albert Drive Pollokshields Scotland

Old photograph of a delivery truck, shops, church and buildings on Albert Drive in Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland. This is a conservation area which was developed in Victorian times according to a plan promoted by the original landowners, the Stirling-Maxwells of Pollok, whose association with the area goes as far back as 1270.





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Old Photograph Shoogly Bridge Almondbank Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Shoogly Bridge over the River Almond in Almondbanka near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Road To Kinloch Rannoch Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by the road to Kinloch Rannoch, Highland Perthshire, Scotland.



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