Old Photograph Mussel Sellers Scotland

Old photograph of Mussel sellers in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Musselburgh the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here. In doing so they established the line of the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. The bridge built by the Romans outlasted them by many centuries. It was rebuilt on the original Roman foundations some time before 1300, and in 1597 it was rebuilt again, this time with a third arch added on the east side of the river. The Old Bridge is also known as the Roman Bridge and remains in use today by pedestrians. To its north is the New Bridge, designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1806. This in turn was considerably widened in 1925. Musselburgh Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in the Millhill area of Musselburgh. Blog post 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 Railway Station Dunning Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. This intermediate Scottish train station on the Stirling to Perth portion of the Larbert to Kinnaber Junction, main line, of the former Caledonian Railway was opened by the Scottish Central Railway on 22 or 23 May 1848. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 11 June 1956.



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Old Photograph London Missionary Society Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the London Missionary Society in Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa.



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Old Photograph Bridge And Railway Viaduct Linlithgow Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge and railway viaduct in Linlithgow, Scotland. The bridge, completed in 1960, replaced one of 1660, built by Alexander, Earl of Linlithgow. The railway viaduct was built in 1841, by John Miller.



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Old Photographs High Street Dunbar Scotland

Old photograph of cars, shops, houses and people on the High Street in Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish town became successively a baronial burgh and royal burgh in 1370 and grew slowly under the shadow of a great Castle of the earls. Scotland and England contended often for possession of the castle and town. The castle was impregnable and withstood many sieges; the town was burnt, frequently. The castle had been deliberately ruined in 1568 but the town flourished as an agricultural centre and fishing port despite tempestuous times in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Major battles were fought nearby in 1296 and 1650. The second Battle of Dunbar in 1650 was fought during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms between a Scottish Covenanter army and English Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell. The Scots were routed, leading to the overthrow of the monarchy and the occupation of Scotland. A permanent military presence was established in the town with the completion of Castle Park Barracks in 1855. Dunbar later gained a reputation as a seaside holiday and golfing resort in the 19th century.



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