Tour Scotland Travel Video A Walk Among The Tombstones And Snowdrops Chapel Graveyard Innerpeffray Perthshire
Tour Scotland travel video of a walk among the tombstones and Winter Snowdrops on ancestry visit to the Chapel graveyard at Innerpeffray, Perthshire, Scotland. Innerpeffray Chapel was built as the private chapel for the local noble family, the Drummonds. By 1542 it had become a collegiate church. The Protestant Reformation of 1560 should have ended the chapel’s role as a place of worship, but evidence suggests the Drummonds continued their Catholic worship here. It continued to serve as the family mausoleum, and by 1680 part of it was being used as the first public lending library in Scotland.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Balavil Hotel Newtonmore Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of the Balavil Hotel on the High Street in Newtonmore, Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland. Newtonmore railway station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line. Newtonmore has been bypassed by the A9 since 1979. Newtonmore calls itself the Walking Centre of Scotland, referring both to its geographical location and to the great walking opportunities locally, like the Wildcat Trail. An extension to the Speyside Way could soon add Newtonmore to a Long Distance Route and it will become the new end to this trail.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Esplanade And Beach Aberdeen Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of people on the Esplanade and Beach in Aberdeen, Scotland. Extending for 2½ miles along Aberdeen Bay, from Footdee in the South to the Bridge of Don in the North, Aberdeen Esplanade links Aberdeen Harbour with the sand dunes of Donmouth Nature Reserve. Also referred to as Aberdeen Promenade or Aberdeen Beach, the esplanade provides Scots with a pleasure beach, including these days a Beach Ballroom, Transition Extreme Skatepark and Climbing Centre, Beach Leisure Centre, Linx Ice Arena, Codona's Amusement Park, with associated entertainment arcades, the Old Town Golf Course and a Golf Driving Range. Traces of the former Beach Bathing Station can still be seen. Opened in 1885, this was at the centre of the development of the Beach area for leisure, it having become an industrial area during the earlier 19th Century. with a cotton mill, chemical works, iron works, gas works, and rope and sail manufacturer all located nearby in the 1880s.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Vintage Cars And People Luss Loch Lomond Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of vintage cars and people in Luss, by Loch Lomond, Scotland. Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is Clachan dhu, or dark village. Ben Lomond, the most southerly Munro mountain, dominates the view north over the loch, and the Luss Hills rise to the west of the village. Saint Kessog brought Christianity to Luss at some uncertain date in the Dark Ages. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Pavilion And Beach Ettrick Bay Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of the Pavilion a vintage car and people on the beach at Ettrick Bay on Isle of Bute, Scotland. The Bay is a relatively wide, sandy bay, situated on the west coast of the Isle of Bute. The nearest town is Rothesay, on the east coast of the island. The Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway was a narrow gauge electric tramway on the Isle of Bute. The original tramway was opened in 1882, a horse drawn 4 feet gauge tramway running from the promenade at Rothesay to Port Bannatyne. In 1901 the tramway was bought by British Electric Traction and closed on 2 March 1902 for modernisation. It was regauged to 3 ft 6 in and electrified. The tramway closed on 30 September 1936. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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