Old Photograph Sacred Heart Church Cowie Scotland

Old photograph of Sacred Heart Church in Cowie located four miles South East of Stirling, Scotland. A brick church by Reginald Fairlie in 1937. A pyramid-slated octagon with projecting porch and sanctuary. Inside, steel lattices support the roof structure. Reginald Fairlie was born on 7 March 1883, at Kincaple, Fife, he was the son of J. Ogilvy Fairlie of Myers and Jane Mary Fairlie. He was educated at the Oratory School in Birmingham, England. He was apprenticed to Robert Lorimer in 1901 and much of his style echoes that of Lorimer. A faithful Roman Catholic, Fairlie designed many war memorials, churches and restorations of castles. He served in Royal Engineers in World War I. His older brother John Ogilvy Fairlie was killed in action on 25 September 1915. With the death of his father on 28 September 1916 Reginald fell heir to the family estate of Myers. In the early 1920s he designed a series of war memorials, largely working with the sculptor Alexander Carrick. Fairlie lived the life of a bachelor with a personal servant, Robertson, serving him faithfully until death in 1938. He leased Inchrye Abbey from 1931 to 1939 for shooting parties and falconry. Work ceased on most projects during World War II, including his major commission for the National Library. The work on the library did not resume until 1950. Fairlie died in St.Raphael’s Nursing Home in the Grange, Edinburgh but was buried with his parents in the Eastern Cemetery in St Andrews, Fife.



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Old Photograph Armoury Gallery Stirling Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the Armoury Gallery in Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Netherdale Mill Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of Netherdale Tweed Mill in Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Netherdale Mill was founded in 1857 by J & W Cochrane to make tweed.

The Cochrane surname is especially concentrated in England in the counties of Durham in the North of England and Kent in the south. In Scotland, Cochrane is found in high frequency in the counties of South Lanarkshire, West Lothian and in Renfrewshire. The surname is the 224th most common surname in Scotland, 957th most common in England and ranked in the top 100 surnames of a number of former British colonies. There are a number of spelling variations including Cochran, Cockren, and Coughran. 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 Photographs Drymen Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and shops in Drymen, Scotland. This Scottish village is located to the West of the Campsie Fells and enjoys views to Dumgoyne on the east and to Loch Lomond on the west. The Queen Elizabeth Forest reaches down to the village edge, and the whole area is part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. It is often used as an overnight stop for folks on a hike on the West Highland Way, and forms the western end of the Rob Roy Way. There are a couple of pubs and a walkers shop. The Clachan pub claims to be the oldest pub in Scotland and to have a connection with the family of Rob Roy MacGregor. The Scottish family name Drummond is derived from the Scottish Gaelic form of the village's name.



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Old Photograph Strathblane Scotland

Old photograph of Strathblane, Scotland. This Scottish village lies at the foothills of the Campsie Fells and the Kilpatrick Hills on the Blane Water, 12 miles North of Glasgow. Historically, Strathblane was the name of a parish in Stirlingshire which comprised three villages: Edenkill, Netherton and Mugdock. Mugdock was the ancient seat of the Earls of Lennox. The principal local family were the Edmonstones of Duntreath who had ancient links to the Kings of Scotland. In 1374 Sir John Edmonstone was an ambassador to France for King Robert II, subsequently his son Sir Archibald Edmonstone settled the family at Duntreath. In 1425, Sir Archibald's son Sir William Edmondstone of Culloden married Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, second daughter of King Robert III, and they had a son whom they named Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath. More recently Edward VII's mistress Alice Keppel, née Alice Frederica Edmonstone, was the eighth daughter of the 4th Baronet, and is the great-grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay, the second wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay.



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