Tour Scotland Video March Small Group Tour Cemetery Collace Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photography from a March small group tour on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the cemetery in Collace, Perthshire. Collace parish church was built as a Free Church in 1854 but changed to the Church of Scotland in 1929. It was originally known as the Burrelton Free Church and later as Buerrelton and Cargill. John MacKay Bernard of Dunsinnan and Buttergask born 1857, died 1919, is buried in Collace churchyard close to his Dunsinnan estate. He was a Scottish brewer, philanthropist and noted amateur meteorologist. He was President of the Scottish Meteorological Society from 1912 to 1915. He was born the son of Thomas Bernard, died 1874, of the Edinburgh brewing company of Thomas and James Bernard Brewers Ltd. founded in 1840. They operated from 71 North Back in the Canongate. On his father’s death in 1874 he inherited the company along with his older brother Daniel Bernard. John decided to attend university to better his knowledge and graduated BSc form Edinburgh University in 1887. Thomas and James Bernard Brewers survived until 1960 when it was taken over by Scottish Brewers Ltd. 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 March Small Group Tour Cemetery Abbey Church Coupar Angus Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photography from a March small group tour on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the cemetery at in Abbey Church in Coupar Angus, Perthshire. Coupar Angus Parish Church has a stone tower and spire that houses a 22 inch bell, made in 1712 and recast in 1888 by Robert Maxwell of Edinburgh. The gravestones and the grass are generally in good condition. There are few older stones from before the 19th century. Monks’ stone coffins, which were originally found at the East end of the church and now lie beside the gatehouse and older stones around the watch house, are amongst a small number which have survived. 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 March Small Group Tour Cemetery Abernyte Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photography from a March small group tour and ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the cemetery in Abernyte, Perthshire. The present church was built in 1736 to replace a building of pre-1400, although there may have been a Celtic church here much earlier. A north aisle was added 1800 The present cruciform shape was established in 1837 when the chancel was added and the church reorientated. 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 March Small Group Tour Cemetery Redgorton Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a March small group tour of the cemetery in Redgorton, Perthshire, Scotland. The now unused Redgorton Parish Church was built in 1766. The first recorded spelling of Redgorton was Rochgorton, this can be found in a charter of King David I preserved in the chartulary of Scone. The prefix of the current name, can be seen as translation of the Gaelic word Roch, or Ruach, which means red' Gorton, or Garton, suggests " a little field; ". The name as a whole, Redgorton, can be interpreted as the red field or field of blood' and it has been muted that it arose on account of the proximity of the Battle of Luncarty, which took place near Redgorton in 980AD between the Danes and the Scots. In 1656 four residents of Redgorton were accused of being witches. 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 March Morning Drive To Dundee From Perth

Tour Scotland March video of a morning drive East on the A90 road from Perth, Perthshire, on ancestry visit to Dundee. Scotland. This Scottish road originates in Edinburgh, it the travels west and over the Forth Road Bridge, before turning into the M90 motorway. At Perth, the M90 again becomes the A90, now running north east to Dundee and through the Kingsway road system. It then passes Forfar, Brechin, Stracathro, the site of an ancient Roman Camp, Stonehaven, Bridge of Muchalls, where the Burn of Muchalls flows under, near Muchalls Castle, near Saint Ternan's Church, Newtonhill, Portlethen, from there through the city of Aberdeen, crossing the Ythan Estuary, on to Peterhead on its way to Fraserburgh.

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