Alexander Scott Gravestone Churchyard Kilmany North East Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the Alexander Scott, Bootmaker, Dundee, gravestone in the Parish Church graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kilmany, Fife. The surname Scott, Scot, Scotts, Scutt, and Scotter, as opposed to its earlier unrelated usage first appears in the 12th century and derives from the Anglo-Scottish border and its medieval border clans. Scott is one of the twelve most common surnames in Scotland. The Scott's clan were one of the most powerful of the Riding Clans of the Scottish borders and rose to power in the turbulent, often violent region, where they conducted fierce raids and battles with neighboring clans.
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Baker Gravestone Kirkton of Monikie Angus Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the David Ritchie gravestone in the graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kirkton of Monikie in Angus. Sacred to the memory of David Ritchie, sometimes Baker in Dundee, afterwards Flour Miller in Monifieth, who died on 3rd January, 1849, aged 57 years. Recorded as MacRitchie, McRitchie, Riche, Richie, and Ritchie, this interesting surname is of early medieval English and Scottish origin. It is a diminutive of Richard, the popular Germanic personal name composed of the elements " ric ", meaning power, and " hard ", brave or strong. Kirkton of Monikie is located a mile east northeast of the village of Monikie and 4 miles north west of Carnoustie.
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Balgay Park Footbridge Western Necropolis Dundee Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the elegant cast iron arch footbridge from Western Necropolis to Balgay Park on visit to Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish bridge was designed by George Hird of the Burgh Engineer's Department and the tender of Messrs. Macdonald of £500 for its erection was accepted in April 1872.
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Walk In Balgay Hill Cemetery Western Necropolis Dundee Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of a walk in Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis on visit to Dundee, Scotland. In 1870 Balgay Hill was acquired and a portion of it laid out as a cemetery. William McKelvie was responsible for the layout of the cemetery, which is inspired by Pere La Chaise' garden cemetery in Paris, France.
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Poor Ground Burial Site Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis Dundee Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of the Poor Ground Burial site in Balgay Cemetery Western Necropolis on visit to Dundee, Scotland. As many as 10,000 people were buried in the poor ground of this cemetery in unmarked graves between 1870 and 2004.
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