Old Photographs Polnoon Street Eaglesham Scotland

Old photograph of a Newspaper shop, horse and cart, people, houses and cottages on Polnoon Street in Eaglesham near Glasgow, Scotland. Polnoon Street was once known as North Street and borrows its name from Polnoon Estate. Sir John de Montgomerie built a castle at Polnoon with the poind money that he received for the release of Lord Percy following the Battle of Otterburn. There have been several suggestions as to the meaning of the name Eaglesham but the most likely explanation is that Eaglesham means kirkton or church town derived from the Gaelic word eaglais meaning church and the Saxon ham meaning hamlet or village. In 1361, Sir John de Montgomerie of Eaglesham and Eastwood married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hugh de Eglinton of that Ilk and niece of King Robert II. Sir John obtained the baronies of Eglinton and Ardrossan upon Sir Hugh's death in 1374. Afterwards the Montgomeries made Eglinton Estate their chief residence. In 1388, Sir John de Montgomerie captured Henry, Lord Percy at the Battle of Otterburn. It is traditionally believed that Sir John accepted a ransom for his prisoner who killed the 2nd Earl of Douglas and built Polnoon Castle on a small hillock on what appears to be an earlier motte. Polnoon castle was refurbished for occupation in 1617 but was ruined by 1676.





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Old Photograph Paisley Road Barrhead Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on Paisley Road in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Main Street Barrhead Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage, shops, houses and people on Main Street in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. The name Barrhead comes from the agricultural term Barr meaning long ploughed furrows for cultivation of crops. Barrhead was formed when a series of small textile producing villages, Barrhead, Arthurlie, Grahamston and Gateside, gradually grew into one another to form one contiguous town.

James David Provins Graham was born in Barrhead on 8 February 1914. He was educated at Barrhead High School and Hyndland Secondary School, then studied Medicine at Glasgow University and graduated BSc in 1937. He received his doctorate in 1939. In the Second World War he was commissioned in March 1941 and later served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt at the rank of Captain, attached to the 8th Army. After the war he was promoted to Major, serving at the military hospital at Buchanan Castle in Drymen in Scotland. In 1946 he began lecturing in Pharmacology at Glasgow University as an ICI Research Fellow. In 1948 he moved to the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff as a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology and Toxicology becoming a Professor in 1971. In 1969 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Alexander Bain, George Howard Bell, James Brough and Henry M Adam. He retired in 1979. He died on 16 May 1989. 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 Station Road Bishopton Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Station Road in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, 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 Photographs Harbour Tayport Fife Scotland

Old photograph of children by the harbour in Tayport, Fife, across from Dundee, 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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