Old photograph of vintage cars and houses on Vancouver Road in Eastriggs near Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town of Eastriggs was created as a result of the shell and ammunition crisis of June 1915 which prompted the newly founded Ministry of Munitions to create a new cordite factory. Officially designated H.M. Factory Gretna, the factory was spread over a nine mile site stretching through Gretna to Longtown, Cumbria. This required a huge influx of labour, and 30,000 men and women came from all over the British Commonwealth to serve as construction and factory workers.
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Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland Travel Video David Rattray Flax Spinner Gravestone Rattray Perthshire
Tour Scotland travel video of the David Rattray, Flax Spinner, grave stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by Helen Jamieson in memory of her husband, Flax Spinner, Bramble Bank, who died 23rd November, 1850, aged 58 years. Also of their five children who died in infancy. Also in memory of the above Jamieson who died 29th April, 1856, aged 59 years.
The surname Rattray is taken from the barony of Rattray in Perthshire. This barony has been in their possession since the eleventh century, The Rattray estate includes the ruins of a rath tref or fort dwelling It stands on a sandy mound which is associated by local tradition with Pagan rites.
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Tour Scotland Travel Video Thomas Stewart Builder Gravestone Rattray Perthshire
Tour Scotland travel video of the Thomas Stewart, Builder, gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray, Perthshire. Erected by David A. Stewart in memory of his father Thomas Stewart, Builder, Rattray, who died 29th February 1864, aged 64 years. Also of his mother Susan Robertson, who died 19th December 1868, aged 57 years. The above David A. Stewart who died at Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 1875, aged 33 years. Also their son Alexander Stewart who died at Zlobane in the Zulu War 28th of March 1879, aged 42 years.
The progenitor of the Stewart family was Alan fitz Flaad, a Breton knight who settled in England after the Norman Conquest. His son, Walter fitz Alan, relocated to Scotland during the Anarchy, and became the High Steward of Scotland, hence the origin of the surname. Stewart is the 66th most common surname in the United Kingdom.
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Tour Scotland Travel Video Thomas Robertson Gardener Gravestone Rattray Perthshire
Tour Scotland travel video of the Thomas Robertson, Gardener, grave stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. Thomas Robertson, Gardener, Rattray, who died 3rd of February 1889, aged 86 years. Also his spouse Margaret McQueen, who died 2th of May, 1835, aged 84 years.
The Robertson surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including King Robert the Bruce, born 1274, died 1329. Donnachaidh Reamhair, otherwise Duncan, a descendant of the Royal House of Duncan through the Celtic earls of Atholl, was the ancestor of the Clan Robertson which came to prominence in 1306 when Robert the Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven, near Perth, and fled into Atholl for protection. The Clan fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and Duncan's son was called Robert after the King. It is from him that the Robertson surname originates.
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Tour Scotland Travel Video Helen Mustard Peter McLaren Gardener Gravestone Rattray Perthshire
Tour Scotland travel video of the Helen Mustard and Peter McLaren, Gardener, gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of Helen Mustard, wife of Peter McLaren, gardener, New Rattray, who died February 7th, 1868, aged 66 years. Trusting In The Grace And Mercy Of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Also of four of their children, James, aged 4 years, who died in November 1827; Catharine, aged 3 years, who died in October, 1833; Jane, aged 16 years, who died in July, 1838; Susan, aged 12 years, who died in August, 1845. The above Peter McLaren who died 15th of March, 1870, aged 73.
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