Old Photograph Orwell House Scotland

Old photograph of Orwell House by the Allan Water near Kinbuck village located four miles North of Dunblane, Scotland. Kinbuck was the location of the retreat of the Jacobite troops under the Earl of Mar following the Battle of Sheriffmuir on 13 November 1715. Cromlix House is a Victorian mansion by Kinbuck, Perthshire. A house was built on the site in 1874 as a family residence in the time of Captain Arthur Drummond Hay, but was destroyed by fire in 1878. It was replaced in 1880. In February 2013, it was confirmed that tennis player Andy Murray had bought the property for £1.8 million, and opened the house as a 15 room five star hotel in April 2014. Kinbuck Railway station on the Stirling to Perth portion of the Glasgow to Kinnaber Junction Strathmore line of the former Caledonian Railway was opened by the Scottish Central Railway on 22 May 1848. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 11 June 1956, the line itself remaining in use. 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 Novar House Scotland

Old photograph of Novar House located North of the village of Evanton, Easter Ross, Scotland. The lands of the Novar Estate were acquired in 1589 from Keith of Delny by Neil Munro of Swordale, whose brother Andrew Munro was the ancestor of the Novar branch of the Clan Munro. At the time the Novar lands covered one quarter of the lands known as Fyrish. The current house and estate of Novar are largely the creation of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, born 1726, died 1805, who made his name and fortune as an officer in the British Army who fought in India. The building was altered and rebuilt as a classical square by Sir Hector Munro on his return from India in 1765. Sir Hector Munro's sons were both killed in India, one by a tiger and one by a shark in the Bay of Bengal. Therefore, the estate passed, after the death of his nephew Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro, to his daughter Jean Munro who married Ronald Ferguson of Raith.



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Old Photograph Granton House Scotland

Old photograph of Granton House near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The two storey building in the Greek Revival style built between 1830 to 1840 was apparently struck by lightning in 1997, causing a devastating fire that gutted the building. Moffats of Clan Moffat were granted the feu of Granton and Reddings in 1342 by Sir John Douglas Lord of Annandale These remained the principal holdings of the family until 1628, when the lands passed to the Johnstones as a result of overwhelming debt.



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Old Photograph Dankeith House Scotland

Old photograph of Dankeith House by Symington in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The Cunninghames obtained the lands here in 1614 and they held the property until the 1690s, when William Kelso acquired it. In 1839 Lieutenant Colonel William Kelso was the owner of Dankeith. The Factor's house of the Dankeith Estate was Craigowan House in Brewlands Road. Dankeith House itself was built in 1893, incorporating an earlier building. The estate had a fine range of hothouses. In May 1857 Dankeith was rented by Janet Story, wife of Dr Story.



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Old Photograph Patna Scotland

Old photograph of Patna, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Patna is a village straddling the traditional districts of Carrick and Kyle. It was established in 1802 by William Fullarton to provide housing for workers on the coalfields of his estate. Fullarton's father had worked as an employee of the British East India Company, and the town is named after the city of Patna in India. Patna lies south east of Ayr on the A713 to Castle Douglas at its junction with the road to Kirkmichael just north of Dalmellington. Patna lies between the villages of Polnessan and Waterside, and the River Doon flows through it.



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