Old Photograph Rathburnie House Longformacus Scotland

Old photograph of Rathburnie House in Longformacus in the Borders of Scotland. Alexander Christison was born in 1753, at Redpath House, Longformacus, Berwickshire. He was the eldest of seven children to a tenant sheep-farmer in the Lammermuir Hills. After a local education he began employment as the local schoolteacher for the parish of Edrom before attending the University of Edinburgh to study Classics, graduating in 1775. This background gave him access to teach at a higher calibre of school and he taught both at George Watson’s College, Dalkeith Grammar School and the High School in Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1800 his main proposer being the physician, James Gregory. He trained under John Hill at the University of Edinburgh and graduated MA in 1806, and from that date he served as Professor of Humanity at the University. He died in Edinburgh on 25 June 1820 and is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the city centre.



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Old Photograph Mill Oxton Scotland

Old photograph of the Mill in Oxton, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is located 25 miles south east of the centre of Edinburgh. The village of Oxton lies in the parish of Channelkirk. This name for the parish appears to have come into general use in the district around the beginning of the eighteenth century but its ancient name was Childer-kirk and later Gingle-kirk. Saint Cuthbert, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne, was born here in AD635.



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Old Photograph Cottages Brodick Isle Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Brodick on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The name Brodick, Breiðvík meaning a Broad Bay, suggests Norse use; it was a key Viking outpost due to its strategic location on the Firth of Clyde.



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Old Photograph Funeral Coldstream Scotland

Old photograph of a funeral in Coldstream, Borders, Scotland. A Scottish a town which is located on the north bank of the River Tweed in Berwickshire, while Northumberland in England lies to the south bank, with Cornhill-on-Tweed the nearest village. A former burgh, Coldstream is the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army, and is the location where Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Coldstream was a popular centre for runaway marriages, much like Gretna Green.






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Old Photograph Post Office Dalmeny Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Dalmeny by South Queensferry near Edinburgh, Scotland.



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