Old Photograph Gledfield House Scotland

Old photograph of Gledfield House by Ardgay, Sutherland, Scotland. The original house at Gledfield dates from the early 18th. century. The estate was purchased in the 1850s by the Matheson family who were largely responsible for the restoration of the property during the late 19th. century. The Matheson wealth was derived from the Jardine Matheson empire, the great traders of the Far East. Modifications and improvements were carried out by the well known architects Ross & Macbeth, under the instruction of Sir Kenneth Matheson, from 1895 to 1907. 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 Shore Road Stevenston Scotland

Old photograph of houses and Ardeer Parish Church on Shore Road in Stevenston in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The church was officially opened on Friday, 14 June 1895, the dedicatory service being conducted by the Reverend Alexander Robertson McEwan. Reverend Andrew Morris Moodie’s first sermon in the new church was to the children on the afternoon of Sunday, 16 June 1895. It is early 20th century red sandstone Gothic building in the perpendicular style, designed by John Bennie Wilson. Perpendicular Gothic, it has an octagonal two-stage tower, with corbelled shafts at the angles to the upper stage flanking bipartite belfrey louvred lights; the parapet has battlements and truncated pinnacles are located at the angles.



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Old Photograph Fenwick Road Giffnock Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, people, houses and the Tudor Cinema on Fenwick Road in Giffnock located six miles from Paisley, Scotland. Giffnock was primarily a scattered farming community until late 1780. In 1835, the first sandstone quarry in Giffnock opened. Before long, the town became known for this industry, and at its peak, there were four quarries in Giffnock, three surface quarries and one underground quarry, which together employed over 1,000 men. Sandstone from the Giffnock quarries was primarily used within the nearby city of Glasgow and can be found in older parts of the University of Glasgow and the interior of Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Coal mining was also carried out in Giffnock, between 1850 and 1926.



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Old Photograph Carts And Carters Whistlefield Scotland

Old photograph of carts and Carters by the hotel in Whistlefield near, Dunoon, Scotland. Scottish Carters Worked with horses and carts on farms or in towns and villages. 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 River Lyne West Linton Scotland

Old photograph of the River Lyne by West Linton, Scotland. West Linton a village and civil parish in the Tweeddale area of the Scottish Borders previously the in the historic county of Peeblesshire. At the end of the eighteenth century there were between twenty and thirty looms in the village, rising to about eighty in the early nineteenth century, some weaving household goods but most weaving cotton cloth for Edinburgh and Glasgow merchants. It is estimated that in 1834 about fifty hands worked in the mines and quarries of the area. In 1834 there were five tailors in the village, four dressmakers, two butchers, five carriers, nine retailers of meal, groceries and spirits, two surgeons and four innkeepers. 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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