Old Photograph Sutors Of Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of the Sutors Of Cromarty, Cromarty Firth, Scotland. The Sutors are two opposing headlands which mark the entrance to the Cromarty Firth. The North Sutor rises to 486 feet, while the South Sutor reaches 463 feet. Sutor is the Scots word for shoemaker, and local legend tells of two giant shoemakers, the sutors, who used the two cliffs as their workbenches, and tossed their tools to and fro between one another. Both North Sutor and South Sutor carry the remains of substantial military gun emplacements, coastal batteries built in the early 20th century to protect and defend the naval anchorage in the firth, which saw service during both World War I.



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Old Photograph Duncansburgh Church Fort William Scotland

Old photograph of the Alexandra Hotel and Duncansburgh Church in Fort William, Highlands, Scotland. During the nineteenth century, Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, tried unsuccessfully to rename the town Duncansburgh after himself. The name survived only as the name of the new parish which was created out of Kilmallie parish in 1861. Duncansburgh remained the name of the church and parish reflecting the fact that Sir Duncan Cameron provided the necessary endowment for the quod sacra parish church. By 1878 the church of 1792 was proving too small on account of the eloquent preaching of Mr MacQuarrie and the influx of summer visitors. The present church building was opened or August 1882 when the church leader Professor Charteris preached in English, and Mr Watson of Kiltearn in Gaelic.



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Old Photograph Salmon Leap Pot of Gartness River Endrick Scotland

Old photograph of the salmon leap at Pot of Gurnessa on the River Endrick which flows into the eastern end of Loch Lomond, Scotland. Its drainage basin covers a large part of the west of Stirling District. The Burnfoot Burn rising on the southern slopes of the Gargunnock Hills and the Backside Burn rising on the eastern slopes of the Fintry Hills combine to form the Endrick Water which flows south before turning sharply westwards at the foot of the western dam of Carron Valley Reservoir. The river flows through Strathendrick, the village of Fintry and past Balfron and Drymen before entering Loch Lomond.



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Tour Scotland Video Interior Of Greyfriars Tolbooth And Highland Kirk Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the interior of Greyfriars Tolbooth Kirk on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Greyfriars Kirk, today Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, is a parish kirk of the Church of Scotland in central Edinburgh. The kirk stands on the site of a pre Reformation establishment of the Franciscan order, the " Grey Friars ". Greyfriars Kirk has an important place in the history of the Scottish Covenanters. In 1638 the National Covenant was presented and signed in front of the pulpit. In 1679, some 1,200 Covenanters were imprisoned in the Kirkyard pending trial. Given the depopulation of Edinburgh's Old Town in the early part of the 20th century, many neighbouring church buildings were closed and their congregations united with Greyfriars, including the New North Church and Lady Yester's Church. In 1979 the congregation united with the former Highland Tolbooth St John's Church on the Royal Mile.

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Tour Scotland Video Inglis Stained Glass Window Greyfriars Tolbooth Highland Kirk Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Inglis Memorial, stained glass window in Greyfriars Tolbooth Kirk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Edinburgh.

The Inglis surname is a Scottish form of the word referring to a Scottish border dweller of English as distinct from Celtic stock. Variant forms of the surname as it has evolved include Ingull, Ingle, Inglish and Ingliss. A famous Inglis was Charles Inglis, born 1731, died 1781, a rear admiral who was present at the Relief of Gibraltar in 1781.

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