Old Photograph Stewart Street Portgordon Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Stewart Street in Portgordon near Buckie on the Moray Firth, Scotland. Portgordon was established in 1797 by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon as a fishing village. In 1797 houses were built for ten fishermen and their families from Nether Buckie. This was the third new village the Duke had established, but unlike Fochabers and Tomintoul before, this was a smaller venture and little planning was done with regards to street layout. 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 Photographs Pettycur Road Kinghorn Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people on Pettycur Road in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. 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 Photographs Railway Station Kinross Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. The Fife and Kinross Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 16 July 1855 to build a 14 mile line, to build a branch line from the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway at Ladybank to Kinross. The Kinross-shire Railway was authorised on 10 August 1857 to construct a single line route 7 miles long from the Dunfermline branch of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dunfermline Railway near Lumphinnans to Kinross. The Devon Valley Railway was incorporated on 23 July 1858 to build a line from the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway station at Tillicoultry to Hopefield Kinross. The Fife and Kinross line closed between Ladybank and Mawcarse Junction on 5 June 1950 to passengers, and to goods on 5 October 1964. The Kelty to Kinross to Glenfarg to Hilton Junction Kinross line closed on 5 January 1970, although goods traffic continued to Kinross and Milnathort until 4 May 1970. The Devon Valley Railway route closed on 15 June 1964, although goods services continued between Tillicoultry and Alloa until 25 June 1973. 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 Lynchat Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Lynchat near Kingussie, Scotland. The River Spey which rises in Loch Insh and the Insh Marshes located South and East of the village, passes the village to the south. The main A9 road passes to the north of Lynchat. 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 High Street Grantown On Spey Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on the High Street in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland. Originally called simply Grantown after Sir James Grant, " on Spey " was added by the burgh council in 1898. Sir James Grant of Grant, born on 19 May 1738, was a Scottish landowner and politician. He went by the nickname of the good Sir James. He was the son of Sir Ludovick Grant, 7th Baronet, and Lady Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of the statesman James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge, England. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Elginshire in 1761, a seat he held until 1768. In 1773 Grant succeeded his father as eighth Baronet of Colquhoun. In 1783 he was a co founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and served as its first Physical President. From 1790 to 1795 he was MP for Banffshire. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire. He married Jean Duff, daughter of Alexander Duff of Hatton, in 1763. They had 14 children, seven of whom survived to adulthood. She died in 1805. Their children included Lewis Alexander Grant Ogilvy, 5th Earl of Seafield, and Colonel William Francis Ogilvy Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield. His sister, Penuel Grant, married the Scottish author, Henry Mackenzie. Sir James Grant died at the family seat of Castle Grant in February 1811, aged 72, and was succeeded by his son Lewis Alexander Grant, who later that year succeeded his second cousin as fifth Earl of Seafield.





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