Old Photograph Burnside Road Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses by Burnside Road in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Burn is a Scots word for a small river or stream.



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Old Photograph Lochiehead House Scotland

Old photograph of Lochiehead House near Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. This house was at one time the residence of a Miss Arnot. The surname Arnot was first found in the lands of Arnott in the parish of Portmoak, Kinross-shire. The first chief, recorded as Michael Arnott, held those lands about 1150. David, of Fifeshire, his successor was recorded in 1296 when he paid homage to King Edward 1st of England.


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Old Photograph Dunshalt Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottages and car in Dunshalt, Fife, Scotland. The name comes from the Gaelic, " dun " meaning a fortification, with the prehistoric fort still visible. Many duns were hill forts, for example Dundee refers to the Pictish hillfort on the Law; but they could also be built on imposing rocks by the sea, for example Dunottar and Dumbarton.

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Old Photograph Terrace Queen's Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the garden terrace in Queen's Park, Glasgow, Scotland. Queen’s Park was acquired in 1857 and was designed by the world renowned Sir Joseph Paxton, also responsible for noted public parks in London, England, Liverpool, Birkenhead and the grounds of the Spa Buildings at Scarborough. The park was dedicated to the memory of Mary, Queen of Scots and not Queen Victoria, a common misconception given the proximity to Victoria Road and that the park was created during her reign. Mary lost the Battle of Langside near the park.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Connel Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train locomotive in the railway station in Connel, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the southern shore of Loch Etive. Connel lies on the A85 trunk road that runs between Oban> and Perth, Perthshire. Connel Ferry station opened on 1 July 1880, when the final section of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Dalmally and Oban, came into use. Considerable enlargement of the station took place in 1903, with the opening of the branch line to Ballachulish.



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