Old Footage With Music Of Peebles On History Visit To Scotland

Tour Scotland short aerial 4K travel video clip, with Scottish Music, of old footage of Peebles, have an ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish town is located at the confluence of the River Tweed and Eddleston Water, locally called the Cuddy. Initially a market town, Peebles played a role in the woollen industry. Peebles was first used as a surname by descendants of the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. The ancestors of the Peebles family lived in the town of Peebles in the county of the same name. The name is occasionally derived from residence in the lands called Peebles near St. Vigeans in the county of Angus. Robert Chambers was born in Peebles on 10th of July 1802 to Jean Gibson, born 1781, died 1843 and James Chambers, a cotton manufacturer. He was their second son of six children. The town had changed little in centuries. The town had old and new parts, each consisting of little more than a single street. Peebles was mainly inhabited by weavers and labourers living in thatched cottages. His father, James Chambers, made his living as a cotton manufacturer. Their slate roofed house was built by James Chambers' father as a wedding gift for his son, and the ground floor served as the family workshop. A small circulating library in the town, run by Alexander Elder, introduced Robert to books and developed his literary interests when he was young. Occasionally his father would buy books for the family library, and one day Robert found a complete set of the fourth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica hidden away in a chest in the attic. He eagerly read this for many years. Both Robert and his broth William were born with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Their parents attempted to correct this abnormality through operations, and while William's was successful Robert was left partially lame. So while other boys roughed it outside, Robert was content to stay indoors and study his books. The family moved to Edinburgh in 1813. Robert continued his education at the High School, and his brother William became a bookseller's apprentice. In 1818 Robert, at sixteen years old, began his own business as a bookstall keeper on Leith Walk. At first, his entire stock consisted of some old books belonging to his father, amounting to thirteen feet of shelf space and worth no more than a few pounds. By the end of the first year the value of his stock went up to twelve pounds, and modest success came gradually. On 7 December 1829 Robert married Anne Kirkwood, the only child of Jane and John Kirkwood. Together they had 14 children, three of whom died in infancy. At the beginning of 1832 Robert's brother William Chambers started a weekly publication entitled Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which speedily gained a large circulation. Robert was at first only a contributor, but after 14 volumes had appeared, he became joint editor with his brother, and his collaboration contributed more perhaps than anything else to the success of the Journal. The two brothers eventually united as partners in the book publishing firm of W. & R. Chambers Publishers. Robert was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in middle of 19th century scientific and political circles. Robert Chambers died on 17 March 1871 in St Andrews, Fife. He was buried in the Cathedral burial ground in the interior of the old Church of St. Regulus, according to his wishes. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Old Footage With Music Of Stranraer On History Visit To Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short aerial 4K travel video clip, with Scottish Music, of old footage of Stranraer have an ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries And Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. Around 1600, Stranraer had become the market town for western Wigtownshire. At about this time, Stranraer was reached by a military road built from Dumfries to allow easier access to Portpatrick for transportation of people to Ireland for the Plantation of Ulster. Stranraer became a royal burgh in 1617. The first harbour in Stranraer was built in the middle of the 18th century, with further port development in the 1820s. The arrival of the railway from Dumfries in 1861, which closed in 1965), which gave the shortest journey to/from London, England, established Stranraer as the area's main port. In 1862, the line was extended to serve the harbour directly, and a link to Portpatrick was also opened. In 1877, a rail connection north to Girvan and Glasgow was also established. Stranraer remained the main Scottish port for the Irish ferries for the next 150 years or so. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Old Footage With Music Of Portpatrick On History Visit To Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short aerial 4K travel video clip, with Scottish Music, of old footage of Portpatrick have an ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries And Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom.. Portpatrick village was founded on fishing, operating from the sandy, crescent shaped harbour that remains the focal point of the village today. Attempts were made to render it safer from the strong North Channel gales. In 1770 John Smeaton, the leading civil engineer of his day, was appointed to make further improvements. He constructed breakwaters that turned the sandy bay into an enclosed harbour. Strong westerly winds and waves eventually broke through this construction, and in 1821 John Rennie was appointed to create a new harbour defined by two new piers. Money and weather problems meant that these piers were never finished. The calm inner basin, now home to the port's lifeboat, was constructed between 1861 and 1863, too late to prevent the government switching the mail service to boats that plied between Stranraer and Larne. The harbour retains a fleet of fishing craft, a Navtex and a lifeboat station. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Loch Ken With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottiah bagpipes music, of Loch Ken a 9 miles long freshwater loch in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. It is located in the Glenkens, where it is fed from the north by the Water of Ken and from the west by the Dee. It continues as the Dee south from Glenlochar, where the water is held back by the Glenlochar Barrage. Part of the Galloway hydro electric power scheme, the barrage regulates the river's flow. Villages around Loch Ken include Glenlochar at the south, Laurieston and Mossdale on the west side of the loch, and Crossmichael and Parton on the east. The village of New Galloway lies one mile to its north. John Murray who was gamekeeper to the Gordons at Kenmure Castle and is remembered for having caught in the loch the largest pike on record, the head of which rested on his shoulder, with the tail trailing on the ground. Its weight was seventy two pounds, and it measured about seven feet in length. Loch Ken is used recreationally for water skiing,[2] fishing, and sailing. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Featherstone Castle With Music On History Visit To The Border Between England And Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Featherstone Castle two miles South of Hadrian's Roman Wall on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip from Glasgow to the Border between England and Scotland, Britain, United Kingdom. In the 11th century the manor house situated on the bank of the River South Tyne on this site belonged to the Featherstonehaugh family. It has played an important role in the battles between the English and the Scots. The earliest recorded history of this area derives from the Roman occupation period; in 122 AD, the Romans erected Hadrian's Wall, the course of which lies about 3 miles to the north of Featherstone Castle. In the 17th century the property was acquired by Sir William Howard, father of the 1st Earl of Carlisle, and was remodelled and substantially enlarged. The house was repurchased from the Earl of Carlisle in 1711 by Matthew Featherstonehaugh, born 1662, died 1762. The family remained in occupation until Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh sold the property to James Wallace about 1789. His son Thomas Wallace carried out further alterations between 1812 and 1830. Lord Wallace bequeathed the estate to his nephew Colonel James Hope, born 1807, died 1854, son of the Earl of Hopetoun, who changed his name to Hope Wallace. Abigail Featherstonehaugh, who lived in the late 17th century was to marry a neighbouring Baron’s son, but was in love with a local Ridley. As the bridal party rode the bounds of the estate, the spurned lover made an attack, but the new bridegroom put up a good fight. All were killed in the fray. At midnight the sound of horses’ hooves were heard outside the castle, the door opened into the banqueting hall and the ghostly apparition of Abigail and the rest of the party entered. The Baron fainted at this spectral procession. It is claimed the ghostly wedding party can be seen each 17th January in Pynkin’s Cleugh, a narrow valley just over the river from the Castle. During World War II, bordering the South Tyne river and stretching across a mile of Featherstone Park, there was Camp 18, a POW camp that housed 7000 German Officers after 1945. Some of the remains of the camp are still visible on the grounds of Featherstone Castle. The camp closed its doors on 15 May 1948. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Family Roots in Scotland or England who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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