Tour Scotland Video James Duffus Memorial Window Baptist Church Cupar Fife

Tour Scotland video of the James Duffus Memorial Stained Glass Window in the Baptist Church on ancestry visit to Cupar, Fife, Scotland.

Duffus is an ancient medieval Scottish surname. It originates from an estate known as " The lands of Duffus " in Moray, the family being recorded there as early as the 13th century. Other early examples although would seem to be from a different branch of the family and are those of John Dufis or Dufus who let a tenement in the town of Invercullen to Robert of Holday in 1330, whilst John de Duffhous was granted a canonship of Moray church in 1347.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Meikleour Beech Hedge Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Meikleour Beech Hedge in Perthshire, Scotland. Meikleour Beech Hedge was planted in the Autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate. It is said the hedge grows towards the heavens because the men who planted it were killed at the Battle of Culloden. The hedge is noted in the Guinness World Records as the tallest and longest hedge on earth.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Loch And River Tummel Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Loch Tummel and the River Tummel on visit near Pitlochry on visit to Highland, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a long, narrow Scottish loch, located 5 miles north west of Pitlochry. The loch is traversed by roads on both north and south banks, offering splendid views of the surrounding countryside. The loch is popular with anglers who enjoy fishing for trout and for campers and canoeists, and with photographers all year round. The area around the River Tummel and Loch Tummel is known as Strathtummel and is one of the most beautiful parts of Big Tree Country in Perthshire.

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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Morning Drive To Visit Buchanty Glen Almond Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn morning video of part of drive on ancestry visit to Buchanty in Glen Almond, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish hamlet is located in the parish of Fowlis Wester, at a crossing of the River Almond a mile east of the southern end of the Sma' Glen and 10 miles north east of Crieff.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Morning Drive To Visit Methven Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn morning video of part drive on ancestry visit Methven, Perthshire, Scotland. The Battle of Methven took place in 1306 between Scottish forces led by King Robert the Bruce and English forces led by Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and resulted in a resounding win for the English. This was part of the Scottish Wars of Independence.

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