Old Photograph Post Box Finzean Scotland

Old photograph of a Post Box in Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In the 10th century the lands of Finzean became the personal property of Scottish Kings, who used the Forest of Birse as a hunting reserve. In the 12th century King William the Lion gifted the area to the Bishops of Aberdeen who continued to own it until the 16th century, during which they gradually sold off all the land. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Farquharson family acquired the whole of the eastern part of Finzean, while the Forest of Birse was owned by the Earl of Aboyne, but with ancient common rights retained by all the inhabitants of Birse parish to this day. Finzean was the subject of many paintings by the artist Joseph Farquharson, whose family have owned Finzean Estate, which occupies the eastern half of Finzean, since the 17th century.



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Old Photograph Crail's Lane St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Crail's Lane in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Crail's Lane is on land originally belonging to Crail priory in the East Neuk of Fife.



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Old Photograph Oldest Shop In Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the oldest shop in Dundee, Scotland. JA Braithwaite tea and coffee merchants first opened in 1868 at The Pillars in City Square. It moved to 6 Castle Street in 1932. They have an impressive range of 100 different teas and 30 different coffees to choose from as well as an extensive range of tea and coffee pots.



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Old Photograph Moscow Scotland

Old photograph of Moscow on the A719 road some 4 miles east of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is thought to be a corruption of Moss hall or Moss haw but its spelling was formalised in 1812 to mark Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. A stream called the Volga Burn flows through the village. Locally the land and forest around Cowans Law to the north west is referred to as Little Russia. The hamlet also shares the same latitude, 55° North, as the Russian city. In the Spring of 1884 a Mr. Rankin was found murdered in a gruesome fashion at his lonely cottage near Moscow. He was said to be well-to-do, however although no clues were found, theft was considered to be the motive; the guilty party was never brought to book. Mr. McNabb, a retired police officer, related that in his opinion the murder was carried out by a somnambulist who was therefore unaware of the deed. He had never ventured this opinion officially for fear of being laughed out of the force.



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Old Photograph Trinafour Post Office Blair Atholl Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Trinafour Post Office in Blair Atholl by Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The Atholl Country Life Museum is divided into three main rooms, and has been extended to include a wooden post office building relocated from Trinafour, a small settlement in a remote location at the head of Glen Errochty, nine miles to the east of Blair Atholl.



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