Tour Scotland Video The Cowgate Street Old Town Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of The Cowgate Street on ancestry visit to the old town south east of the castle in Edinburgh. This street is part of the lower level of Edinburgh's Old Town, which lies below the elevated streets of South Bridge and George IV Bridge. It meets the Grassmarket at its west end and Holyrood Road to the east. The name is recorded from 1428, in various spellings, as Cowgate and in 1498 as Via Vaccarum. It is derived from the medieval practice of herding cattle down the street on market days.

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Old Photograph Fishwives Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives dancing in Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Crofter St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Crofters Isle Of Eriskay Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters on Isle of Eriskay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although only a small island, Eriskay has many claims to fame that have made the island well known far beyond the Hebrides. It is associated with the traditional Hebridean song, the Eriskay Love Lilt; with the Eriskay pony and the Eriskay jersey, made without any seams. It is the real Whisky Galore! island: it was just off Eriskay that the SS Politician ran aground in 1941 with its famous cargo. On 2 August 1745 the privateer Du Teillay landed Bonnie Prince Charlie with his seven men of Moidart on Eriskay to start the 1745 Jacobite Rising.



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Old Photograph East Gateside Fife Scotland

Old photograph of people, cottages, houses and church in East Gateside, Fife, Scotland. The River Eden runs through this Scottish village, which flows to the coast at St Andrews and then into the North Sea. The nearest large city is Perth, Perthshire, although Edinburgh is only half an hour away, and Glasgow one hour away. 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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