Old Photograph King's Arms Hotel Lockerbie Scotland

Old photograph of the King's Arms Hotel in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Lockerbie apparently has existed since at least the days of Viking influence in this part of Scotland in the period around AD 900. The name means Lockard's Town in Old Norse. The presence of the remains of a Roman camp a mile to the west of the town suggests its origins may be even earlier. Lockerbie first entered recorded history in the 1190s in a charter of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, granting the lands of Lockerbie to Adam de Carlyle. It appears as Lokardebi, in 1306. Lockerbie's main period of growth started in 1730 when the landowners, the Johnstone family, made plots of land available along the line of the High Street, producing in effect a semi-planned settlement. By 1750 Lockerbie had become a significant town, and from the 1780s it was a staging post on the carriage route from Glasgow to London, England. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Biplane Flying Over Montrose Scotland

Old photograph of a Biplane flying over Montrose, Scotland. RAF Montrose was a Royal Air Force station in Forfarshire, now called Angus. On 26 February 1913, it became the first operational military aerodrome to be established in the United Kingdom. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Storm Waves Macduff Scotland

Old photograph of storm waves at the harbour in Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 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 Children School Auchterless Scotland

Old photograph of children outside the school in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Tolly Castle, once a Barclay stronghold is located two miles north east of this Scottish village. It was built in the 14th century, but the bulk of the remains are from the 16th century. This Scottish railway station now closed served the area known as Kirkton of Auchterless. 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 Golf Course Oban Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course by Oban, Scotland. The original course here was designed by James Braid in the early 1900’s He was born in Earlsferry, East Neuk of Fife. on 6 February 1870, and died on 27 November 1950. He was a Scottish professional golfer and a member of the Great Triumvirate of the sport alongside Harry Vardon and John Henry Taylor. He won The Open Championship five times. He also was a renowned golf course architect. 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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