Old Travel Blog Photograph South Doorway St Cuthbert's Kirk Dalmeny Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the South Doorway of St Cuthbert's Kirk in Dalmeny by South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The present church building is recognised as the finest Romanesque parish church still in use in Scotland, and one of the most complete in the United Kingdom, lacking only its original western tower which was rebuilt in a sympathetic style in the early 20th century.



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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Greenock

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Greenock near Glasgow, Scotland. The fishing village of Greenock developed along this bay, and around 1635 Sir John Schaw had a jetty built into the bay which became known as Sir John's Bay. In that year he obtained a Charter raising Greenock to a Burgh of Barony with rights to a weekly market. In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly from the 1770s, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour. Greenock suffered badly during the Second World War and its anchorage at the Tail of the Bank became the base for the Home Fleet as well as the main assembly point for Atlantic convoys. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Invergordon

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Invergordon has been a port since the early 18th Century. The Royal Navy visited the port during the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 and 1745. The town of Invergordon was named after Sir William Gordon who was a prominent landowner. In 1907, Invergordon and Cromarty Firth welcomed 14.5 thousand men and 20 torpedo boats, 12 battleships, six cruisers, and two scout ships. In 1912, the UK Ministry of Defense established a permanent naval base there which was in use until 1993. During World War I, Cromarty Firth was a fully equipped navy base and dockyard. The Invergordon Mutiny was an industrial action by around 1,000 sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet that took place on 15 and 16 September 1931. For two days, ships of the Royal Navy at Invergordon were in open mutiny, in one of the few military strikes in British history.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Military Officers Barry Buddon Camp Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph Of Military Officers at Barry Buddon Training Camp by Carnoustie, Scotland. Barry Buddon dates back to around 1850 when the area was used by the Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, the Panmure Battery of the Forfarshire Artillery Brigade, and a Royal Naval Reserve Battery. In 1897 the Earl of Dalhousie sold the site to the War Office for use as a military training area. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Callander

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Callander, Trossachs. The town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland, and is often referred to as the Gateway to the Highlands. The second to last person to be tried and imprisoned for the crime of Witchcraft in the UK was Helen Duncan, from Callander, during World War Two. As late as 1845 Scottish Gaelic was still spoken in Callander with two schools still teaching it. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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