Old Photograph Botany Street Wigtown Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Botany Street in Wigtown, Scotland. Wigtown gives its name to the county of Wigtownshire. Wigtown was made a royal burgh in 1469 although a settlement here existed long before this. The burgh is mentioned in an indenture of 1292, and the fact that the sheriffdom was in existence at the time of the Largs campaign of 1263 suggests that the burgh may also have been recognized as such during the reign of King Alexander III.



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Old Photograph Queen Street Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage and houses on Queen Street in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town was founded in the mid 17th century by William Stewart, fourth and youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Galloway. The " New Town of Stewart " was granted burgh status by charter from King Charles II, allowing a weekly market and two annual fairs to be held. The industrialist Sir William Douglas, died 1809, best known for founding the planned town of Castle Douglas, also established cotton mills in Newton Stewart, which was temporarily renamed " Newton Douglas " in his honour. Newton Stewart has also recently been twinned with the French town of Marcoussis.



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Old Photograph High Street Whithorn Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottages and people on the High Street in Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Balkail House Glenluce Scotland

Old photograph of Balkail House by Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. In 1704 the house belonged to the Ross family. It was demolished in 1961 leaving only a fragment of its walled garden in the glen on the South side of the village of Glenluce.

Ross can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family name for people of Scottish descent as in Clan Ross. In this case, the name is of Scottish origin. The family name can also be of German origin; in German, das Ross, means " the steed " or " the horse ", derived from Gaelic meaning " Horse Lord " or " Lord of the Horse " due to the righteous bond between anyone with the surname Ross and their relations to horses specifically when paired with the traditional Irish name Aidan, or Aedan, Ayden, Aiden.



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Old Photograph Church Minnigaff Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Minnigaff in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Neo-Gothic church with tower completed in 1836 to a design by William Burn.



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