Old Photograph Clachan Hotel Fintry Scotland

Old photograph of the Clachan Hotel in Fintry village in Stirlingshire, Scotland. A Scottish village nestled in the strath of the Endrick Water between the Campsie Fells and the Fintry Hills, some 19 miles north of Glasgow. The village is located at the head of the Strathendrick valley high up on the Endrick Water. Alexander Spiers built a water powered cotton mill and whisky distillery around 1789 and the village developed to serve the mill workers. Fintry is a Church of Scotland Parish in the Presbytery of Stirling. The kirk is located to the East of the village. The parish minister for Fintry is shared with Balfron with the Manse located there. 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 Ramsay Arms Hotel Fettercairn Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car and people outside the Ramsay Arms Hotel in Fettercairn located North West of Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A memorial archway erected in this Scottish village in 1864 commemorates the 1861 visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, while staying at Balmoral Castle. Historically Fettercairn lies at the southern end of the Monboddo Estate, where the Scottish philosopher and precursor of evolutionary thought Lord Monboddo lived. Fettercairn houses the Fettercairn distillery that produces the Fettercairn 1824 single malt whisky.



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Old Photograph Canal Dingwall Scotland

Old photograph of the canal in Dingwall, Scotland. The Dingwall Canal was a short tidal canal running from the town of Dingwall to the Cromarty Firth in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It was completed by 1819, to provide better access to the town, but was not a commercial success, and was abandoned in the 1880s after the arrival of the railways. The route of the canal still forms a pleasant walk from the town to a picnic site on the Cromarty Firth, although there is a firing range nearby, which fires over the canal, and so there are red warning flags and signs to indicate when it is unsafe to use this route.



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Old Photograph Cottage New Deer Scotland

Old photograph of people outside a cottage in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded after monks from Deer Abbey, Old Deer built a chapel at Auchreddie, which translates as " field of the bog myrtle ". Around 1507 the register of Deer Abbey lists its lands in the " new paroche of Deir ". The name Auchreddie has dropped in significance over the years, however the southern end of the village is still known by this name. In 1805 New Deer was extended to the north by the third James Ferguson of Pitfour, born 1735, died 1820, the elder brother of Patrick Ferguson who was a Scottish officer in the British Army, an early advocate of light infantry and the designer of the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas.



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Old Photograph Smith And Wellstood Iron Foundry Bonnybridge Scotland

Old photograph of the Smith And Wellstood Iron Foundry in Bonnybridge four miles West of Falkirk, Scotland. Bonnybridge developed greatly during the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century. Significant industries that were established include paper milling, sawmilling, chemical manufacturing, refractory brick manufacture and whisky distilling. Particularly important for Bonnybridge was the establishment of several iron foundries including the famous Smith and Wellstood Foundry, which was important in introducing the American metal heating stoves to Europe under the 'Esse stoves' brand.[citation needed] The output from these foundries was transported via the Forth & Clyde Canal to local markets, and also to Glasgow for export. Bonnybridge was also particularly well served by rail, with the Glasgow to Edinburgh, Kilsyth and Bonnybridge and the Carlisle to Perth lines both nearby. With the canal and rail links Bonnybridge became a centre for industrial production.



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