Old Photograph Farmers Near Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of farmers near Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. History 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 Combined Harvester In Howe Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a combined harvester in the Howe Of Fife, Scotland. The large area of flat land to the north of the Lomond Hills, through which the River Eden flows, is known as the Howe of Fife. History 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 Farmers Harvesting In Howe Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of farmers harvesting in the Howe Of Fife, Scotland. The large area of flat land to the north of the Lomond Hills, through which the River Eden flows, is known as the Howe of Fife. History 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 Crofters Cottage Isle Of Coll Scotland

Old photograph of crofters outside a thatched cottage on the Isle of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. Coll was home to a branch of the Clan Maclean for 500 years, not all of which were peaceful. In 1583 the Macleans of Duart invaded their cousins on Coll with the intention of taking the island for themselves. A battle was fought at Totronald near Breacachadh Castle where the Coll clan overwhelmed the Duarts, chopped off their heads and threw them in the stream, which is still known as "the stream of the heads". The Macleans of Coll retained their baronial fief and Castle of Breacachadh until 1848 when Alexander Maclean of Coll emigrated to Natal, South Africa where he died unmarried.



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Old Photographs Cowgate Street Kirkintilloch Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people, bridge and hotel on Cowgate Street in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. Kirkintilloch is a town and former royal burgh in East Dunbartonshire. It is located on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about 8 miles north east of central Glasgow. Following the Scottish victory in the wars of independence and the subsequent decline of Clan Cumming, the baronies of Kirkintilloch, Lenzie, and Cumbernauld were granted by Robert The Bruce to Sir Malcolm Fleming, Sheriff of Dumbarton and a supporter of the Bruce faction in the war. Hitherto part of Stirlingshire, the area subsequently became a detached part of the county of Dumbarton, in which it remains today. On 3 January 1746, the retreating Jacobite army of Bonnie Prince Charlie made its way through Kirkintilloch, on its way back from Derby, England, and on the march to Falkirk and ultimately Culloden. The town was one of the hotbeds of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland, beginning with the emergence of a booming textile industry in the area. There were 185 weavers in Kirkintilloch by 1790, and in 1867 James Slimon's cotton mill at Kelvinside employed 200 women. With the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal through the town in 1773, and the establishment of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in 1826, Kirkintilloch developed further as an important transportation hub, inland port and production centre for iron, coal, nickel and even small ships. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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