Old Photograph Parish Church Earlston Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland. The origins of our Earlston Parish Church are uncertain. However, a church has been recorded on this site since the 12th Century, and the records tell us that there have been at least five buildings here. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lindsays and the Earls of March and Dunbar were the chief baronial families in this area. Residents of early Earlston, Earlstons, have since spread afar, with some travelling to the United States of America in the early 1800s. But the vast majority of Earlstons with that surname, have taken residence in the Black Country, West Midlands in England. Travelling to the Black Country in the early 1700s, they have set up a strong residence, governed by middle child of the Earlston three brothers, Lord Dale.



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Old Photograph Shoregate Street Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Shoregate Street in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. King James V, the father of Mary Queen of Scots, sent for his wife, Mary of Guise, whom he had recently married by proxy in Paris, and she landed in Crail in June 1538. accompanied by a navy of ships under Lord Maxwell, and 2,000 lords and barons whom her new husband had sent from Scotland to fetch her away, Queen Mary landed at Crail in Fife on 10 June 1538, just over a year since the landing of Queen Madeleine. She was formally received by the king at St Andrews a few days later with pageants and plays performed in her honour, and a great deal of generally blithe rejoicing, before being remarried the next morning in the Cathedral of St Andrews. Queen Madeleine, the first wife of James V, had landed at Leith, Edinburgh, in the spring of 1537 and died shortly afterwards.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Highland Cows Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Highland cows in a field on visit to the grounds of Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. Highland coos are a Scottish cattle breed. They have long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindle, red, yellow, white, silver or dun, and they are raised primarily for their meat. They are a hardy breed due to their native environment, the Highlands of Scotland. This results in long hair, giving the breed its ability to overwinter. Bulls can weigh up to 800 kilograms, 1,800 pounds, and cows up to 500 kilograms, 1,100 pounds. Their milk generally has a very high butterfat content, and their meat, regarded as of the highest quality, is gaining mainstream acceptance as it is lower in cholesterol than other varieties of beef.

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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Morning Drive To Dundee From Perth

Tour Scotland video of an Autumn morning video of a road trip drive East on the A90 road from Perth, Perthshire, on ancestry visit to Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish road originates in Edinburgh, it the travels west and over the Forth Road Bridge, before turning into the M90 motorway. At Perth, the M90 again becomes the A90, now running north east to Dundee and through the Kingsway road system. It then passes Forfar, Brechin, Stracathro, the site of an ancient Roman Camp, Stonehaven, Bridge of Muchalls, where the Burn of Muchalls flows under, near Muchalls Castle, near Saint Ternan's Church, Newtonhill, Portlethen, from there through the city of Aberdeen, crossing the Ythan Estuary, on to Peterhead on its way to Fraserburgh.

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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Drive Through Dundee And Onwards To Newtyle

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a road trip drive through the city of Dundee and then North on the B954 road through Auchterhouse after which the road climbs into the Sidlaw Hills where the road finds a pass to go through so the gradient is not steep, although the road is rather winding in places. Eventually the road descends into Newtyle in Angus, Scotland. The original village of Newtyle was centred on the church and what are now Kirkton Road and Smiddy road.

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