Old Photograph MacKirdy Fountain Lesmahagow Scotland

Old photograph of the MacKirdy fountain in Lesmahagow near Lanark, Scotland. In 1873 water from a spring in Greenburn hill was directed to the village using a ditch. An agreement to provide the village with a proper water supply was reached years later with John MacKirdy who promised a generous donation to create what would become known as the MacKirdy tank. As part of the agreement, Birkwood House, the MacKirdy home, would benefit from the water supply, and a drinking fountain would be erected in the village. The name Lesmahagow is possibly a corruption of Church of St Machutus. The saint was born in Wales and may originally have been known as Mahagw prior to emigrating to Brittany where he became known by the Latinised form of the name and also as St Malo.



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Old Photograph Meadowfield Parish Church Longriggend Scotland

Old photograph of Meadowfield Parish Church in Longriggend, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Longriggend is situated on moorland 8 km north east of Airdrie, in the parish of New Monkland. The village appeared on a map by Pont in 1596, under the name of Langrodge. Slamannan Railway joined Longriggend with Airdrie and the Union Canal in 1840, but its gauge prevented its connection with the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway. Coal pits in the area used the railway extensively, and by 1895 there was a station at Longriggend.



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Old Photograph Central Railway Station Larkhall Scotland

Old photograph of the central railway station in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Larkhall is located fourteen miles southeast of Glasgow. The station is the south eastern terminus of the Argyle Line, 16 1⁄4 miles south east of Glasgow Central railway station. The station was originally opened as Larkhall Central on 1 July 1905 by the Caledonian Railway as part of their Mid Lanark Lines which filled in various gaps around Larkhall, Stonehouse, Strathaven and Blackwood.



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Old Photograph Whelk Gatherers Kerrycroy Scotland

Old photograph of Whelk gatherers by the coast in Kerrycroy, Isle of Bute, Scotland. Whelk is a common name that is applied to various kinds of sea snail. In Scotland, the word whelk is also used to mean the periwinkle which is a species of small edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae. Kerrycroy village was designed in 1803 as a model village by Maria North, the wife of the 2nd Marquess of Bute in the style of an English village.



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Old Photograph Sand Castle Building Competition Ettrick Bay Scotland

Old photograph of a Sand Castle building competition at Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. The bay faces the Kyles of Bute, that is a narrow sea channel that separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal peninsula. The bay is bounded by a coarse sandy beach which is popular with tourists and local people. During low tide, the waters edge can be up to 500 metres from the high tide mark. A number of rivers flow into the bay including the Glenmore Burn, Ettrick Burn, Drumachloy Burn and St Colmac Burn. Ettrick bay was used for practice training for D Day landings.



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