Castle Kennedy With Music On History Visit To Dumfries and Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Castle Kennedy on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. This is a ruined 17th century tower house located about 3 miles East of Stranraer. The property belonged to the Kennedys from 1482; the castle was started in 1607, on the site of an earlier stronghold, by John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis. After a brief period in the hands of the Hamiltons of Bargany the property passed to the Dalrymples of Stair around 1677. The castle was gutted by fire in 1716, and it was never restored. John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis, born 1575, was a Scottish peer, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis and Margaret Lyon. He succeeded to the titles of 7th Lord Kennedy and 5th Earl of Cassillis on 14 December 1576. He married Jean Fleming, widow of John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, on 4 November 1597. There had been a plan for him to marry a daughter of the Earl of Glencairn. She died soon after, and this was a cause of a quarrel between the families. On 1 November 1604 he was imprisoned in Blackness Castle for assaulting his wife. He appealed several times for his liberty to the Privy Council for the unmannerly insolence committed by him against his wife. He died on the 14th of November 1615. The surname of clan Kennedy was first found in Ayrshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where the earliest record of them dates from 1185, during the reign of King William the Lion, when a Henry Kennedy was reported to have been involved in a rebellion in Galloway but died in battle. The Kennedys derived from a branch of Celtic Earls of Galloway, not to be confused with Galway, which is in Ireland. Their power and influence in that region was great. In fact, there is a rhyme handed down through clansmen and bards from the year 1300 which runs as follows: " Twixt Wigtown and the town of Ayr, Portpatrick and the Cruives of Cree. No man need think to bide there, unless he court with Kennedy. " 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 Kelso On History Visit To Scotland

Tour Scotland short aerial 4K travel video clip, with Scottish Music, of old footage of Kelso, have an ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders and former county town of Roxburghshire. The town of Kelso came into being as a direct result of the creation of Kelso Abbey in 1128. The town's name stems from the fact that the earliest settlement stood on a chalky outcrop, and the town was known as Calkou. Kelso's main tourist attractions are the ruined Kelso Abbey. The Kelso Bridge was designed by John Rennie who later built London Bridge. A small hamlet existed before the completion of the abbey in 1128 but the settlement started to flourish with the arrival of the monks. Many were skilled craftsmen, and they helped the local population as the village expanded. Jane Lundie was born at Kelso on 1 December 1821, in the old manse by the River Tweed, located by the Abbey. She was a daughter of Robert Lundie, minister of Kelso, who had attained literary accomplishments, and, besides being acquainted with Sir Walter Scott and other literary celebrities. Her mother, Mary Grey, was a native of Northumberland, England. Her paternal grandfather, Cornelius Lundie, had also been minister of Kelso, and had preached in Kelso Abbey before its ruined condition required the erection of a new building which was occupied by her father. In April, 1832, her father died, and in the autumn, with her widowed mother, her elder sister, Mary Lundie Duncan, and brother, she moved to Edinburgh. In 1835, she was sent to a school in London, England, and developed a friendship in Mrs. Evans, the friend of her sister Mary. She also spent time with her sister at the manse in Cleish, until 1840, when Mary, a poet and memoirist, died. An elder brother, George Archibald Lundie, went with a missionary band to Samoa, hoping that the climate might restore his failing health, but died in less than three years. There were two other brothers, Cornelius, engineer and railway manager of a branch in South Wales, and Robert, minister of the Presbyterian Church, Fairfield, Liverpool, England. The poetry of Jane Lundie possessed a deep spirituality of tone and a submissive glint of piety. Her hymns appeared in Dr. Bonar's Songs for the Wilderness, 1843, and his Bible Hymn Book, 1845. She was chiefly known through her hymn, Pass away, earthly joy, Jesus, all in all, which appeared in the Songs for the Wilderness, 2nd Series, 1844, and again in the Bible Hymn Book 1845, No. 108, in 4 st. of 8 1., including the refrain, Jesus is mine! The original text was given in Dr. Edwin Francis Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, No. 661. Sometimes, this was altered to Fade, fade, each earthly joy” as in the American Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 774, and others. The last stanza of this hymn was also stanza iv. of the cento, Now I have found a friend, and others. On 16 August 1843, she married Reverend. Horatius Bonar, becoming the first Free Church minister's wife. After marriage, she lived in the manse of Kelso. Intervening years were spent partly in Edinburgh and partly in Ruthwell, her mother having married Rev. Henry Duncan of that parish. These were years of varied financial circumstances. She moved to Edinburgh with her husband and family in 1867. With health never very strong, Jane Bonar often wore herself out for others. She died at Edinburgh on 3 December 1884. He giveth me Salvation, were among her last words. 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 Photographs Bonnyrigg Midlothian Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Bonnyrigg, a small ex mining town in Midlothian, located eight miles South East of Edinburgh city centre. Many bodies strewed the countryside giving rise to the place being called “ boney ridge ” where many bones were found, hence the name Bonnyrigg. In 1766 a village called Bannockrigg, is shown on maps, then in 1815, the spelling changes to Bannocrig. This spelling remains until 1854, when for some unknown reason the spelling changes to the now familiar Bonnyrigg. The first church in Bonnyrigg was built in 1845 and its first minister was Thomas Pitcairn. In 1865 the villages of Bonnyrigg, Red Row, Polton Street, Hillhead and Broomieknowe combined to form the burgh of Bonnyrigg. Bonnyrigg was a mining village until the 1920s and had a carpet factory that was demolished in 1994. The village centre mostly dates from the 19th Century. Bonnyrigg railway station was a railway station that served the town of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland from 1855 to 1965 on the Peebles Railway. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Spring Stormont Mausoleum With Music On History Visit To Scone Palace Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video clip, with bagpipes music, of the Stormont Mausoleum which stands on Moot Hill by Scone Palace on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Perth. Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This is said to be the aisle of the old parish church, which is believed to have been built about 1624, and was remodelled in 1807. Within the Mausoleum, there is a fine baroque memorial to David Murray, 1st Viscount Scone who died in 1631. Moot hill is where Kings of Scots, including Macbeth and Robert The Bruce were crowned. Also known as Boot Hill and the Stone of Scone. The place of coronation was formerly called Caislean Credi, Hill of Credulity. Robert the Bruce was crowned at Scone in 1306 and the last coronation was of King Charles II , when he accepted the Scottish crown in 1651. The Boot Hill, or Moot Hill, was said to have been created by pilgrims each carrying a boot full of soil to the site in a gesture of fealty to the king. Sir David Murray, first Viscount Stormont, was cup bearer to King James VI. Having been instrumental in saving the life of his royal master. The surname Murray was first found in Moray, where the Clan founder, Freskin, received a grant of the lands of Strathbrock in 1100 AD. He was descended from the first Earl, and his grandson, William, married the heiress of the Bothwell Clan in Lanarkshire. His sons founded many other houses, including the Murrays of Tullibardine, who later became the Dukes of Atholl, and Chiefs of the Clan. Murray has appeared in many spellings, including; Murray, Murrey, Moray, Morey, Morrey, Morry, Murry, MacMhuirich in Gaelic, and many more. Margaret Murray landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1773; Christopher Murray landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1773; Mary Murray landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1778; Morton Murray arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1783; Barbara Murray who landed in Cape Fear, North Carolina, America, in 1737; Charles Murray landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1746; Garret Murray arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1746; Elizabeth Murray landed in Boston, Massachusetts, America, in 1755; Archibald Murray, aged 17, arrived in New York, America, in 1755; Mary Murray, an English convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years, was transported aboard the ship Canada in March 1810, arriving in New South Wales, Australia; Jane Murray, born 1775, aged 38, an Irish convict was convicted in Dublin, Ireland for 7 years, and transported aboard the ship Catherine on 8th December 1813, arriving in New South Wales, Australia; William Murray, aged 21, a labourer, arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship Bengal Merchant in 1840; John Murray, aged 24, a ploughman, arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship Blenheim in 1840. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. 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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Spring Snow On History Visit To Rumbling Bridge Falls River Braan Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video clip, of snow starting to fall by the waterfall at Rumbling Bridge near Dunkeld on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The old stone bridge spans the gorge high above the deep, rocky narrows and takes its name from the ferocious rumbling of the River Braan below. The eminent Victorian English painter, Sir John Everett Millais, born 8 June 1829, died 13 August 1896, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, stayed at Rumbling Bridge Cottage in the 1870’s when he visited Perthshire on a hunting and fishing trip and two of his landscape pictures The Sound of Many Waters and St Martin's Summer were inspire by the River Braan. Queen Victoria had also been enthused when she visited the bridge in 1865 and wrote that the flow was most splendid and that swollen by rain, it came down with an immense volume of water, with a deafening noise. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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