Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Lenzie

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Lenzie situated six miles from Glasgow. Lenzie was built in the 19th century as a commuter town for those travelling to Glasgow and Edinburgh, as Lenzie railway station is a stop between the two cities. The train station was originally named Kirkintilloch Junction and later Campsie Junction, as it was a junction between the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and its Campsie branch line through Kirkintilloch, the latter line no longer exists. 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 Travel Blog Photograph Dining Room The Georgian House Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the dining room in an 18th century townhouse situated at No. 7 Charlotte Square in the heart of the historic New Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. John Lamont of Lamont was born in 1741 and was the eldest of seven children. He became the 18th Chief of the Clan Lamont in 1767 and inherited the Ardlamont Estate in Argyllshire. In 1773, he married Helen Campbell and the couple had five children together: John, Amelia, Norman, Georgina and Helen Elizabeth. Although John Lamont was a comparatively wealthy person he had inherited some debts and owing to his own extravagant lifestyle his financial difficulties began to mount up. He spent much of his time in London, England, where he attempted to involve himself in politics and lived beyond his means. His portrait was painted by one of Scotland's most sought after artists of the day, Henry Raeburn. He died at his Ardlamont country seat in 1816, heavily in debt. The previous year he had sold No. 7 Charlotte Square for £3,000 and had abandoned his urban pursuits. It is this first owner who is of most interest to the visitors of the Georgian House today, due to the fact that it has been restored to represent what the house may have looked like at the time it was occupied by the Lamont family around the turn of the 19th century.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Dining Room Dunrobin Castle Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the dining room in Dunrobin Castle located one mile North of Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland. The panelled dining room, 40 feet long and 22 feet wide, has a wall top Italian Grisaille frieze and a Khorassan carpet, as well as chairs containing needlework. During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart stormed Dunrobin Castle without warning, because the Clan Sutherland supported the British government. The 17th Earl of Sutherland, who had changed his surname from Gordon to Sutherland, narrowly escaped them, exiting through a back door. He sailed for Aberdeen where he joined the Duke of Cumberland's army. On the death of the 18th Earl in 1766, the house passed to his daughter, Elizabeth, who married the politician George Leveson-Gower, later created 1st Duke of Sutherland. In 1785, the house was altered and extended.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Finnich Glen Bridge Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of people on Finnich Glen Bridge located 1¼ miles South East of Croftamie and 2 miles South West of Killearn which is located fifteen miles North of Glasgow, Scotland. The Finnich Burn, which further upstream is the Carnock Burn, flows through the glen, and the A809 road crosses this stream via the Finnich Bridge.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Fountain Graham Street Airdrie Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the drinking Fountain, shops and people on Graham Street in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Cast iron drinking fountains erected in Airdrie in 1865 were removed at the beginning of the 20th century, possibly to be melted down for armaments during the World Wars. Airdrie town really came to prominence through its weaving industry. Airdrie Weavers Society was founded in 1781 and flax was being grown in sixteen farms in and around the burgh. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, coal mining was in progress and around thirty colliers were employed. Weaving continued to flourish making up a substantial part of the population of over 2,500 around the turn of the 19th century. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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