Old Photograph United Free Church Longformacus Scotland

Old photograph of the United Free Church in Longformacus in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. This church is located in the village and was built in 1847. It was a United Free church, but is no longer in ecclesiastical use. Longformacus is a village and parish in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It is located six miles north west of Duns, in the Lammermuir Hills. The Dye Water runs through the village, flowing east towards its confluence with the Whiteadder Water nearby. The opera Lucia di Lammermoor, written by Gaetano Donizetti and based on Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor, was set in Longformacus. The Southern Upland Way, a Long Distance Route which crosses southern Scotland, passes through the village, and the Sir Walter Scott Way from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Longformacus. 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 Parish Church Longformacus Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Longformacus in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. There has been a church on this site on the south side of Dye Water since 1243, Extensively rebuilt from a ruinous state in 1730, repaired 1830 and renovated 1892 by George Fortune. Stained glass by Marjorie Kemp and G J Baguley including windows in memory of the Brown family of Longformacus and the Smiths of Whitchester. Longformacus is a village and parish in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It is located six miles north west of Duns, in the Lammermuir Hills. The Dye Water runs through the village, flowing east towards its confluence with the Whiteadder Water nearby. The opera Lucia di Lammermoor, written by Gaetano Donizetti and based on Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor, was set in Longformacus. The Southern Upland Way, a Long Distance Route which crosses southern Scotland, passes through the village, and the Sir Walter Scott Way from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Longformacus. 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 West Garvald Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in West Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland. The combined parish of Garvald and Bara, borders Whittingehame to the East, Morham to the North, Yester to the West, and Lauder to the South. It is mainly an agricultural parish. At one time there were two breweries, three public houses, besides bakers, tailors, weavers, shoemakers, blacksmiths, wrights, coopers, and grocers in the village. Oliver Cromwell's army camped overnight in this parish during his march from Edinburgh to Dunbar. The local tradition is that they drank up all the beer found in the two breweries. In 1890 the proprietors in Garvald parish were: the Marquess of Tweeddale, the Earl of Wemyss, Arthur James Balfour of Whittingehame, Walter W Gray of Nunraw, and Robert Edgar of Linplum and Bara. 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 Carlyle Place Ecclefechan Scotland

Old photograph of houses and cottages on Carlyle Place in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Thomas Carlyle the essayist, satirist and historian was born here on 4 December 1795 in The Arched House in Ecclefechan. Carlyle left Ecclefechan at the age of 13 and walked the 84 miles to Edinburgh in order to attend university. In 1828 he moved to Craigenputtock with his wife Jane. He never forgot his roots and insisted that Ecclefechan should become his final resting place. He was buried in Ecclefechan churchyard on 5 February 1881. Robert Burns composed a song entitled The Lass O' Ecclefechan.



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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Woodland Loch Faskally Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of the woodland that surrounds man made Loch Faskally on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The loch lies between steeply wooded hills and is approximately 2 miles in length, narrowing to around 700 yards wide. The loch is popular with anglers. The water holds many brown trout. Salmon and a few sea trout pass through as they head up the Tummel and Garry river systems.

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