Old Photograph Mill and Bridge Trinafour Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Mill, and the bridge which spans the Errochty Water by Trinafour, Perthshire, Scotland. General Wade was responsible for a number of military roads in the Scottish Highlands, one of the most important routes being that from Crieff to Inverness. It is on this road that the old bridge at Trinafour lies. The bridge itself is a single stone arch, with a substantial buttress on the south east corner.



Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive West on the B847 narrow road to Trinafour on ancestry, genealogy, visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The B847 road begins about 3 miles west of Blair Atholl and heads west, along the old A9 route, passing under the new route of that road followed by the railway and then enters the small village of Calvine. From Calvine the old road heads South, simultaneously passing under the railway and over the River Garry. The road then starts its journey West up Glen Errochty, a sparsely populated Scottish glen. The road often passes through trees, with the river hidden from view even when it is just a few yards away. After about 3 miles the road takes avoiding action at the entrance to Auchleeks House, again hidden behind trees, and then the small village of Trinafour appears ahead. This is where the B847 briefly follows the route of General Wade's military road. The route is picked up just across Trinafour Bridge, with Wade's old bridge accessible by foot a short distance uphill.

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Old Photograph Gerard Hospital Monifieth Scotland

Old photograph of the Gerard Hospital in Monifieth near Dundee, Scotland. The Reverend James Gerard Young, born 1821, died 1899, was minister of the Parish of Monifieth from 1855 to 1899. The Gerard Trust was set up under his will for the establishment of a cottage hospital in Monifieth. The Gerard Cottage Hospital opened in October 1905 and was operated by a Trust until July 1948, when it was transferred to the Eastern Regional Hospital Board. By 1970 the hospital had been closed and the building altered and extended to become St Mary's Residential Home for the Elderly run by sisters of that Order and owned by the Diocese of Dunkeld.



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Old Photograph Abbey Hotel Melrose Scotland

Old photograph of the Abbey Hotel in Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Melrose is a small town and civil Parish in the Scottish Borders and former county town of Roxburghshire. The town is the location of historic Melrose Abbey, re-founded for the Cistercian order by King David I in the early 12th century, one of the most beautiful monastic ruins in Great Britain. It is the site of the burial of the heart of Scottish king Robert the Bruce. Melrose is the birthplace of Rugby Sevens and also has a rugby union team. King Arthur is supposedly buried in the Eildon Hills, which overlook the town. 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 Scottish Episcopal Training College Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Scottish Episcopal Training College in Edinburgh, Scotland. The original house is believed to have been built in 1661 by the Edinburgh merchant and magistrate Walter Chieslie whose family owned the entire estate. Chieslie did not have much cause for celebration when his son John brought the family into disrepute. In 1688, the younger Chieslie attempted to divorce his wife and was not keen to pay her maintenance so that she could care for their 11 children. The courts disagreed and ordered him to pay 93 a year. John Chieslie took his revenge by shooting the judge, the Lord President, Sir George Lockhart, in the High Street in broad daylight. His reward for the murder was to have his right hand cut off before he was unceremoniously hanged. The house was sold in 1696 to Alexander Brand " who tried to dispose of it in a lottery in 1706. " Brand finally sold the house, but not the estate, in 1714. It later passed to the ownership of the Walker family, who bought part of the estate in 1790, and the remainder, including the house itself, in 1812. The house was eventually sold to the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1870 for use as a teacher training college and the Church gifted the building to the Edinburgh and Leith Old People's Welfare Council in 1963, after which it was restored and opened four years later by the Queen.



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Old Photograph Toll Brae Laurieston Scotland

Old photograph of houses, cottages and people on Toll Brae in Laurieston, Scotland. Laurieston is a village in the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. It is 1.5 miles East Falkirk, 1.6 miles South West of Grangemouth and 1.6 miles West of Polmont. Situated on the main street is Hawthorn Cottage, a nineteenth-century stone dwelling that was once owned by Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Prizes after his death. Nobel lived there while managing an explosives factory near the nearby villages of Redding and Westquarter. The course of the Roman Antonine Wall runs through the village.



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