Old Photograph Beach And Pier Kyleakin Isle Of Skye Inner Hebrides Scotland

Old photograph of the pier and beach at Kyleakin on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. From 1841 to October 16, 1995 a ferry service operated from Kyleakin to the mainland across the narrow strait of Loch Alsh, until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge.





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Old Photograph Gordon Arms Hotel West Linton Scotland

Old photograph of the Gordon Arms Hotel in West Linton in the Borders of Scotland. This is a village and civil parish in the Tweeddale area of the Scottish Borders previously the in the historic county of Peeblesshire. At the end of the eighteenth century there were between twenty and thirty looms in the village, rising to about eighty in the early nineteenth century, some weaving household goods but most weaving cotton cloth for Edinburgh and Glasgow merchants. It is estimated that in 1834 about fifty hands worked in the mines and quarries of the area. In 1834 there were five tailors in the village, four dressmakers, two butchers, five carriers, nine retailers of meal, groceries and spirits, two surgeons and four innkeepers. 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 Photograph Beach Longniddry Scotland

Old photograph of the coast and beach by in Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland. John Knox, main figure in the Scottish Reformation and disciple of John Calvin spent significant time in Longniddry as tutor to the sons of the Douglas family who lived at the west side of the village. James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan lived in Longniddry from August 1964 with his mother and new stepfather William Carmichael before moving to London, England.



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Old Photograph Single Track Road Colonsay Scotland

Old photograph of a single track road on the Island of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull. The ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeil. Scalasaig lies on the east coast of Colonsay in the Hebrides of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island and home to its only port; thus tourists, who come by ferry, must pass through it on the way to any part of the isle.



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Old Photograph Keir House Scotland

Old photograph of Keir House, a large country house near Stirling, Scotland. The Keir estate was acquired by the Stirling family in 1448, and a house was built on it in the 16th century. The Stirlings supported the Jacobites during the 18thcentury rebellions, and the estate was forfeited. However, they continued to live at Keir, and built the present house in around 1760. Income from the family's estates in Jamaica funded agricultural improvements and landscaping of the grounds. Additions were made to the house, including the south west wing to designs by David Hamilton, completed in 1831. In 1847 Sir William Stirling Maxwell inherited the estate, and began a remodelling of the house and grounds. Architects Alfred Jenoure and William Stirling II worked on the house, while formal gardens were laid out by James Niven. A chapel was added in 1912, designed by Rowand Anderson and Paul, and with interior mosaic decoration by Boris Anrep. Sir William's grandson David Stirling, founder of the Special Air Service, was born at Keir in 1915.



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