Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Eddleston

Tour Scotland travel video of old photographs of Eddleston in the Borders, Scotland. This is a civil parish and a small village. Eddleston's earliest recorded name was Penteiacob, in Old Welsh or Brittonic, and meant headland of James's house. The Great Polish Map of Scotland is a three-dimensional concrete map in the grounds of the Barony Castle Hotel. It was constructed by Polish geographers in the mid 1970s. The map was conceived partly in recognition of the hospitality afforded to Polish soldiers during the Second World War. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Innerleithen

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Innerleithen in the Borders, Scotland. This a civil parish and a small town in Tweeddale in the historic county of Peeblesshire. The town is said to have been founded by an itinerant pilgrim monk called St. Ronan in A.D.737, who came to Innerleithen via the River Tweed in a coracle. The industries which have supplanted the traditional wool industry and allowed the town keep growing have been primarily tourism and nearby Traquair House. The area is famous for fly fishing, both trout and salmon. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of Newtown St Boswells

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Newtown St Boswells in the Borders, Scotland. The village is in the historic county of Roxburghshire. It is an old settlement, well established by the 16th century. The town has been known at various times as Newtoune, Newtown of Eildon, Neuton and Newtown of Dryburgh. It lies split between the civil parishes of Melrose and St Boswells. It was at one time a centre for milling grain, with watermills on its streams. It became a regional centre of communication and an exporter of livestock after the opening of its railway station. This importance has declined since the closure of the station in 1969. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of St Boswells

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of St Boswells in the Scottish Borders. The village on the south side of the River Tweed. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire. The village has an annual gypsy fair, originally a focus for the trade of horses. This fair once attracted Gypsies from most parts of Scotland, northern England and Ireland. The village is mostly known these days for being on the route of St Cuthbert's Way, a long distance footpath linking Melrose Abbey, 5 miles north west, to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne off the Northumberland coast in north east England. The name commemorates Saint Boisil, an Abbot of Melrose. One of the biggest changes in the area was the arrival of the railway in 1849. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of Kirk Yetholm

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Kirk Yetholm, Borders, Scotland. Kirk Yetholm is a small village in the Scottish Borders. The Border Hotel public house is the official end of the Pennine Way. Kirk Yetholm was for centuries the headquarters of the Romani people, Gypsies, in Scotland. The last king of the Gypsies was crowned in 1898 and the Gypsies have been integrated and are no longer a separate ethnic minority. In 1942 the village school building was converted into a Scottish Youth Hostels Association hostel. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Queen Esther Faa Blythe, perhaps the most famous Gypsy monarch of all, took up residence in the Gypsy Palace on November 16th 1861. After Queen Esther’s death in 1883, the Gypsy Palace was renovated by the local wool manufacturer and owner of much of the village, Peter Govanlock. Queen Esther’s son, Charles Faa Blythe continued to live in the Palace though 15 years were to pass before his coronation as the new Gypsy King. The coronation took place on May 30th 1898 and was a huge event with over 10,000 people descending on Kirk Yetholm. King Charles II, as he was known, continued to live in the Gypsy Palace until his death just four years later.



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