Old Photograph Railway Station Kelso Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Kelso, Scotland. The station opened in June 1851 by the North British Railway. The station was the terminus of the Kelso Line and was situated south of Wallace Nick station. Nearby were sidings with a goods and engine shed. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 15 June 1964. Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders and former county town of Roxburghshire. The town of Kelso came into being as a direct result of the creation of Kelso Abbey in 1128. The town's name stems from the fact that the earliest settlement stood on a chalky outcrop, and the town was known as Calkou. Kelso's main tourist attractions are the ruined Kelso Abbey and Floors Castle, a William Adam designed house completed in 1726. The Kelso Bridge was designed by John Rennie who later built London Bridge. A small hamlet existed before the completion of the abbey in 1128 but the settlement started to flourish with the arrival of the monks. Many were skilled craftsmen, and they helped the local population as the village expanded.



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Old Photograph Canal Old Kilpatrick Scotland

Old photograph of the canal by Old Kilpatrick located three miles from Clydebank by Glasgow, Scotland. This village is on the north bank of the River Clyde immediately to the north of the Forth and Clyde Canal. The Great Western Road runs through Old Kilpatrick, and the next village to its west is Bowling. There is a local legend that it was the birthplace of Saint Patrick. The western end of the Roman Antonine Wall was at Old Kilpatrick.





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Old Photograph Cumbernauld Road Stepps Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Cumbernauld Road in Stepps, on the north eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. Originally part of the Garnkirk estate, the name for the settlement appears to post date that of the main road through its centre, Steps Road, which was named in the 19th century and appended with a Steps Road railway station in the 1850s. The name and spelling Stepps only became accepted when the name of the station formally changed to Stepps in 1924.



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Old Photograph Pitempten Scotland

Old photograph of Pitempten near Dundee, Scotland. A local legend states that the farmer at Pitempton had nine daughters, and one day he sent one to the well for water. When she did not return, he sent another, and so on until all nine were missing. When he investigated he found their mangled remains along with a great serpent or dragon. On rousing the countryside, a young man named Martin. lover of one of his daughters, attacked the dragon and eventually slew it.

A rhyme recalls Martin's killing of the dragon

" Tempted at Pitempton,
Draigled at Baldragon,
Stricken at Strathmartin,
And killed at Martin's Stone. "



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Old Photograph Barnhourie Scotland

Old photograph of Barnhourie on the Solway Firth coast of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Barnhourie is located 1¼ miles east of Colvend and 5 miles south east of Dalbeattie. The Barnhourie Bridge crosses the Barnhourie Burn, which separates the settlement from Sandyhills. Newbarns Loch, to the west, is recorded as Barnhourie Loch on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1854. The Barnhourie Sands lie offshore, 3 miles to the south east.



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