Old Photograph Parish Church Maxton Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church in Maxton located just South of St Boswells in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. On St Cuthbert’s Way and dedicated to St Cuthbert. Reputed to have been a place of worship on this site for almost 1000 years. Originally oblong, thatched until 1790. North aisle added 1866, vestry 1962. Wyvern organ. Stained glass by J H Corham gifted 1914, Hebrew and Latin inscriptions, Maxton War Memorial within church. Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, made a charter to John St.Clair, his valet, of the lands of Maxton, Roxburghshire, around 1326, one of the witnesses being Robert de Lauder, Justiciar of Lothian.



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Old Photograph Kildrummie Railway Station Methven Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Kildrummie Railway Station in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland. Kildrummie was the fictional name given to Methven Railway station by the one time minister of the Free Church of Scotland, The Reverend John Watson, who wrote under the pseudonym of Ian MacLaren. He was for a number of years Minister at Logiealmond. Kildrummie along with other fictional names was used by MacLaren in his book, Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush. The Battle of Methven took place in 1306 between Scottish forces led by King Robert the Bruce and the forces from England led by Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and resulted in a resounding win for the English. This was part of the Scottish Wars of Independence.





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Old Photograph Fowlers St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of Fowlers on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Often described as the islands at the edge of the world, the archipelago of St Kilda is located 41 miles west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Now uninhabited, St Kilda was home to a community who survived the inhospitable conditions here for thousands of years before the final 36 people were evacuated in 1930. A significant feature of St Kildan life was the diet. The islanders kept sheep and a few cattle and were able to grow a limited amount of food crops such as barley and potatoes on the better drained land in Village Bay; in many ways the islands can be seen as a large mixed farm. They generally eschewed fishing because of the heavy seas and unpredictable weather. The mainstay of their food supplies was the profusion of island birds, especially gannet and fulmar. These they harvested as eggs and young birds and ate both fresh and cured. Adult puffins were also caught by the use of fowling rods.



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Old Photograph Fishing Boat Launch Fraserburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the launch of a fishing boat at the harbour in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The harbour at Fraserburgh was built to cater for the herring fleet and the vessels which consigned the cured herring to Europe and as the fleet increased a further enlargement of the harbour facilities was required. Fraserburgh is a major white fish port and busy commercial harbour. A seafarers charity Apostleship of the Sea has a port chaplain in Fraserburgh.



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Old Photograph Post Office Connel Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Post Office in Connel, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the southern shore of Loch Etive. Connel lies on the A85 trunk road that runs between Oban and Perth. The A828 Connel to Ballachulish trunk road joins the A85 at a junction towards the west end of the village. Vehicles turning onto the A828 head south then follow the road on a long left-hand curve as it climbs to Connel Bridge, which crosses over the A85. Connel is just 5 miles to Oban by main road. There is also a minor back road to Oban that runs by way of Ardchonnel and Barranrioch.



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