Tour Scotland Video Drive To Parish Church Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a road trip drive on the B947 road to and through Blairgowrie on ancestry visit to the Parish Church in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. The present church, designed by D & J R MacMillan, was completed in 1904 in Early English Gothic style with tower and spire, transepts, aisles, apse and a small back gallery. Five stained glass windows in the apse depict scenes from the life of Moses. Norman and Beard organ 1907, rebuilt 1989 by A F Edmonstone. The twin cities are Pleasanton, California, USA and Fergus, Ontario, Canada.

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Tour Scotland Video Drive A93 Road From Perth To Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive North on the A93 route from Perth on ancestry history visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire. Leaving Perth the road passes the entrance to Scone Palace, ancient coronation site of Scottish kings and now home to Britain's most northerly racecourse, then continues to and through the planned 19th century village of Guildtown before crossing the River Isla and passing the famous Meikleour Beech Hedge, planted to commemorate the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion and now the tallest hedge in the world and the onward to Blairgowrie.

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Old Photograph Nunnery Island Of Iona Scotland

Old photograph of the medieval Nunnery on the Island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The nunnery was founded after the establishment of the Benedictine monastery, which was likely founded by Raghnall mac Somhairle in 1203. Raghnall's sister, Bethóc, became the first prioress. This was one of the two Augustinian nunneries in Scotland, St. Leonards Nunnery located at Perth being the other. The construction of the Iona Nunnery follows the typical Irish style. The Church consists of a building with three bays with a passage to the north side and a small chapel on the east side of the passage. The current monastery garden measures 14 metres square, but it was originally smaller. The east wing had three rooms on ground level, above was the dormitory. The south wing contained the refectory. In the sixteenth century a floor was added. The west wing is below the modern road and was most likely the guests wing.



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Old Photograph Station Hotel Strathyre Scotland

Old photograph of the Station Hotel in Strathyre near Balquhidder, Scotland. Now in the Stirling local government district this village was at one time part of Perthshire. It is within the bounds of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. It is largely a Victorian creation, having grown up with the arrival of the railway in the 1870s and the establishment of Strathyre railway station.



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Old Photograph Garden City Tea Rooms Longniddry Scotland

Old photograph of the Garden City Tea Rooms in Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland. John Knox, main figure in the Scottish Reformation and disciple of John Calvin spent significant time in Longniddry as tutor to the sons of the Douglas family who lived at the west side of the village. James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan lived in Longniddry from August 1964 with his mother and new stepfather William Carmichael before moving to London, England.





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