Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery in Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. Built in 1643 in the shape of a Greek cross, with four arms of equal length. The Fenwick Weavers Society was founded in Fenwick in 1761 and is considered one of the first co-operatives in the world.
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Old photograph of the Parish church in Bolton, West Lothian, Scotland. The earliest church at Bolton was erected in around 1240. It was placed under the superiority of the Canons of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, and remained so for the next three hundred years. By 1804 the church had fallen into disrepair and the heritors agreed that something must be done. In January 1805 the heritors met and decided that a new church should be built instead of repairing the old one, and that the new church should be capable of containing 250 people. By the end of 1809 the new church was built. Buried under the church's aisles are the Lords Blantyre and the Stuarts of Eaglescairnie.
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Old photograph of the Parish Church in Greengairs, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Greengairs is located 3 miles South East of Cumbernauld and 3 miles North East of Airdrie. Its nineteenth century origins are in coal mining and quarrying. The first parish church of the 1870s was demolished in 1989 and replaced by the present, simple, single storey L plan church.
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Old photograph of the Parish Church and cottages and houses on Kirkgate Street in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Cupar Old and St. Michael of Tarvit Parish Church was formed by the union of St. Michael of Tarvit Church with the remains of the earlier parish church, built in 1415, much of which was removed to make way for the new building. The first church on this site was constructed in 1415 to replace St. Christopher's church. In 1618, this church was united with the disused St. Michael of Tarvit. By 1785, the church was in a decayed condition; the main body was demolished, and a new church was built on the site. but the tower was retained, as well as part of the north aisle, which was later converted into a session house. These medieval features of the original building survive in the present building. The north elevation faces onto Kirkgate.
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Old photograph of the Established Church in Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A coastal Scottish town located South of Stonehaven. Inverbervie appears in written history at least as far back as the 12th century AD; in a document relating to Arbroath Abbey, Simon of Inverbervie is noted as having witnessed a charter transferring the lands of Balfeith to the Abbey. Inverbervie was formerly a royal burgh from 1342 to 1975 and a parliamentary burgh from 1708 to 1950, the former status being conferred by King David II of Scotland for hospitality he and his Queen received when shipwrecked there the previous year when returning from exile.
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