Tour Scotland Video Armistice Day Commemoration Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Armistice Day Commemoration in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Armistice Day marks the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning, he " eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month " of 1918.

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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Trees And Leaves Cemetery Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of trees, leaves and gravestones in the old Parish cemetery on ancestry visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Alex Williamson Shop Birnam Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Alex Williamson shop in Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland. The surname Williamson was first recorded in the 1279 Hundred Rolls of Oxfordshire, England, with one Richard William. An interesting name bearer was Alexander Williamson, born 1829, died 1890, a Scottish missionary, who was ordained at Glasgow in 1855, and worked under the London Missionary Society in China from 1855 to 1858; he was an agent in China to the National Bible Society of Scotland from 1863 to 1890.



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Old Photograph Shepherd's Bridge Glen Tilt Scotland

Old photograph of a Shepherd's bridge in Glen Tilt in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Glen Tilt, Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Teilt, is a glen in the extreme north of Perthshire. Beginning at the confines of Aberdeenshire, it follows a South westerly direction excepting for the last 4 miles, when it runs due south to Blair Atholl. It is watered throughout by the River Tilt, which enters the River Garry after a course of 14 miles, and receives on its right the Tarf, which forms some beautiful falls just above the confluence, and on the left the Fender, which has some fine falls also. The attempt of George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl to close the glen to the public was successfully contested by the Scottish Rights of Way Society. The massive mountain of Beinn a' Ghlò and its three Munros Càrn nan Gabhar, Bràigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain, and Càrn Liath dominate the glen's eastern lower half.



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Old Photograph Victoria Walk Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of Victoria Walk along the clifftops between Thurso and nearby Scrabster, Caithness, Scotland. Thurso was an important Norse port, and has a later history of trade with ports throughout northern Europe until the 19th century. A thriving fishing centre, Thurso also had a reputation for its linen cloth and tanning activities. Ruined Old St Peter's Church, St. Peter's Kirk, is one of the older churches in Scotland, dated to at least 1125, and at one time it was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness. The church held hearings against criminal activity and determined how those caught should be punished. In 1701, a woman who had a relationship with a Dutch sailor had her head shaved and was publicly shamed, paraded through the town by the local hangman. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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