Old Photograph Canal Street Renfrew Scotland

Old photograph of Canal Street in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Renfrew is a town 6 miles west of Glasgow. Renfrew is often called the Cradle of the Royal Stewarts for its early link with Scotland's former royal house. The role of the Stewarts of Renfrew was important in 1315 when Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward married Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce. Their son succeeded to the throne as Robert II of Scotland. Renfrew gained royal burgh status in 1397. The town is also a barony: the current Baron of Renfrew is Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, the Prince of Wales, who holds lands in the area. The former Renfrew Airport was located to the south of the town, only a couple of miles from the present Glasgow Airport. The Renfrew Ferry connects to Yoker on the north bank of the Clyde, with the crossing taking a few minutes to make. Renfrew was also once served by a series of stations on a branch of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. I hope these might be of interest to folks with Scottish Ancestry or Roots in Scotland.

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Old Photograph Grampian Hotel Dalwhinnie Scotland

Old photograph of the Grampian Hotel in Dalwhinnie near Newtonmore, Scotland. This Scottish village in the Highlands is one of the coldest villages in the United Kingdom, having an average annual temperature of 6 degrees Centigrade, making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering. It is north of Drumochter, just off the A9 road from Perth, Perthshire to Inverness and has been bypassed since 1975 by the main A9 road. It is about 2 to 2½ hours drive from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, 25 miles from Aviemore, 13 from Newtonmore and 17 from Kingussie. Dalwhinnie railway station lies on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness. The local distillery, the highest elevation working distillery in Scotland. Dalwhinnie Single Malt is a light, heathery whisky. Dalwhinnie railway station lies on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness.



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Old Photograph Aberarder Scotland

Old photograph of the Blacksmith and cottages in Aberarder a hamlet to the south of Loch Ruthven, Scottish Highlands, on the B851 road, to the east of Loch Ness, Scotland. After the Rising of 1745, Aberarder was owned by the Farquharsons of Invercauld.



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Old Photograph Coltness Memorial Church Newmains Scotland

Old photograph of Coltness Memorial Church in Newmains village and former mining community on the eastern edge of Wishaw, Scotland. Norman Gothic, 1878, designed by W Wallace of London. Notable for the striking and intricate polychrome brickwork of the interior.



Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Newmains village and former mining community on the eastern edge of Wishaw, Scotland. A large Scottish town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Wishaw is located on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south east of Glasgow. The story of all the villages in the area surrounding Newmains and Wishaw is essentially the story of one of the most successful ventures into heavy industry in Scotland. Three iron works, the Omoa Ironworks, the Coltness Iron Company and the Shotts Iron Company comprise the earliest and perhaps the most important concentration of iron and steel manufacture in Scotland. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Photograph St Finans Church Lumphanan Scotland

Old photograph of St Finan's Parish Church in Lumphanan village situated ten miles from Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. St Finan's Parish Church was built in 1762, on the apparent site of earlier ecclesiastical foundations from the 7th and 13th centuries. The site was also dedicated to St Vincent after the Reformation. Additions were made to the current church in 1851. It is located on a small hillock above Cloak Burn, near to the manse Peel of Lumphanan. Lumphanan is documented to be the site of the Battle of Lumphanan of 1057 AD, where King Malcolm III of Scotland defeated Macbeth of Scotland. Macbeth was mortally wounded on the north side of the Mounth in 1057, after retreating with his men over the Cairnamounth Pass to take his last stand at the battle at Lumphanan. The Prophecy of Berchán has it that he was wounded at Lumphanan and died at Scone by Perth, Perthshire, sixty miles to the south, some days later. Mac Bethad's stepson Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin was installed as king soon after. The nearby Peel of Lumphanan was built in the early 13th century, and is a good surviving example of an earthwork castle, This site was used in the filming of the 1984 children's TV series A Box of Delights which was based on John Masefield's fantasy novel of the same name.



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