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Tour Scotland Video Berwick Window Martyrs Church St Andrews

Tour Scotland travel video of the Berwick stained glass window in Martyrs Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife. This window was dedicated in 1937 in memory of three sisters; Mary, Margaret and Agnes Berwick. It has three lights each representing a female saint. Left shows St Bride, central portrays St Margaret and right is St Cecilia in memory of Mary Elisa Warrack.

Berwick is an English and Scottish surname, originating from the places of Berwick-upon-Tweed on the English Scottish border, Berwick, Kent, Berwick, Shropshire, Berrick, Oxfordshire, Barwick, Norfolk and Barwick, Yorkshire, England.

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Tour Scotland Video War Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews

Tour Scotland travel video of the War Memorial stained glass window on ancestry, history visit and trip to Martyrs Church in St Andrews, Fife. Designed and executed by Margaret Kemp of Edinburgh and dedicated on Remembrance Sunday, 9th November 1947, this window is in memory of members of the congregation that fell during the two world wars. It has three lights: Central is the war memorial window depicting St Leonard and an inscription from Psalm 124. Left of this panel shows Dorcas and was donated by the Womens Guild and designed by W. Wilson. The right panel, dedicated to the memory of Mrs Gilchrist, President of the Womens guild, depicts Eunice holding book.

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Old Photograph Throwing The Weight Braemar Highland Gathering

Old photograph of throwing the weight at the Highland Gathering and Games in Braemar, Royal Deeside, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Cottage Luss Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Luss, by Loch Lomond, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Young Fisher Lassie East Neuk Of Fife

Old photograph of a bonny Fisher lassie in the East Neuk Of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Ferguson Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Ferguson Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This window was designed by Herbert Hendrie of Edinburgh, dedicated in 1935 by Rev. Charles L. Ferguson in memory of his brother Rev. James Ferguson and his wife. This large piece consists of seven lights in a decorated style that is surmounted by tracery. The upper part of the central light and the main theme of the window is the Ascension of Christ. There are also scenes of the nativity and images of several saints and followers of Christ embellished by the highly decorated tracery.
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Tour Scotland Video Forgan Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews

Tour Scotland travel video of the Forgan Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Designed and executed by Douglas Strachan in September 1929, inscribed with a dedication: " To the Glory of God and in memory of Robert Forgan and his wife, Elisabeth Berwick; the gift of their son James B. Forgan, Chicago, USA " There are three main panels in the tall single lancet window which reach 18 feet high and 2.5 feet wide. The first panel is an image from the New Testament depicting Christ blessing children. The central panel depicts the Transfiguration of Christ on the mountaintop. The third and lowest panel is a scene taken from Luke of the resurrected Christ travelling.

This name is of Scottish locational origin from the village of Forgan in the parish of Forgandenny, Fife. Originally spelt Forgrund, the name derives from the Olde English pre 7th century words for land on which pigs were bred or reared.

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Tour Scotland Photograph William Watson Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of the William Watson Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This window is by Herbert Hendrie, dedicated in memory of William Watson. The window depicts St Stephen, the first treasurer of the Christian Church. William Watson was treasurer of the congregation from 1907 to 1937.

Watson is a famous Anglo Scottish surname of great antiquity. Very popular in the north of England and the Border Country, it is one of the patronymic forms of the pre 7th century popular male personal name Watt, itself a development of the Anglo Saxon personal name and later surname, Walter. This has the interesting translation of powerful warrior. It is also claimed that the name was introduced into the British Isles by the Norman French invaders after the Conquest of England in 1066, in the forms of Waltier and Wautier.

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Tour Scotland Photograph John Millar Roger Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews

Tour Scotland travel photography of the John Millar Roger Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The figure of Christ is portrayed sowing seed surrounded by a bird, thistle and background images of crops, angels and a dove. John was a farmer in Cupar.

Recorded in over seventy different spellings ranging from Roger, Rodger, and Rodgier, to diminutives and patronymics such as Rogers, Ruggiero, Di Ruggero, Ruckhard and Roggeman, the ancient Roger surname is of Old German pre 7th century origins. The first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere in the world is believed to be that of Richard Roger, which was dated 1263 in England.

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Tour Scotland Video Jessie Roger Grubb Memorial Window Martyrs Church St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Jessie Roger Grubb Memorial stained glass window in Martyrs Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife. Jessie was born Janet Bett on 5th February, 1870 at Burnside, Auchtermuchty, Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Her parents were James Bett, a Gas Manager, and Janet Roger. Jessie was 26 when she married 48 year old Charles Grubb, a Grocer and Wine Merchant, on 15th June, 1896 at Don's Bank, Auchtermuchty. His parents were Charles Maitland Grubb, a Porter and Farmer at different times, and Maria Watson Gardiner. Jessie and Charles lived at St Columba's, 1 Murray Park, St Andrews, at least from 1915 until her death. Charles owned houses and shops at 84 and 86 Market Street where he had his own shop, and others which he let out to various businesses and tenants. Charles died of Cerebral Apoplexy at Kilmorack, Pitlochry, Perthshire on 7th June, 1925, aged 77. Jessie died from Arterio Sclerosis, aged 78, at home on 3rd February 1948. Above is the stained glass window in her memory in the Martyrs' Church, North Street, St Andrews.

This interesting surname, with variant spellings Grob, Grube, Grubbe etc., derives from the Old German " grube ", a mine, pit, hollow or cavity, from the Old High German verb " grubilon ", to dig, related to the Middle Dutch " grobben ", to scrape, and was originally given as an occupational name to a worker in a mine.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Angels Window Martyrs Church St Andrews

Tour Scotland travel photograph of the Angels stained glass window in Martyrs Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to in St Andrews, Fife. Designed and executed by Herbert Hendrie of Edinburgh, this window was dedicated in 1936 by Miss Frances Warrack in memory of her sister, Harriet Warrack. The small window portrays a large angel blessing two smaller angels. Herbert Hendrie was born in Manchester, England in 1887. He trained at the Slade School of Art, London and the Royal College of Art, and as a pupil of Christopher Whitworth Whall. He taught at the Edinburgh College of Art for 20 years. He made use of the facilities of Lowndes and Drury, stained glass workers. Among his students were Sax Shaw and Willie Wilson, both of whom went on to become leading stained glass artists. He made two windows for Glasgow Cathedral, installed in 1946. Among his other works are windows in Scottish churches including St Leonards in St Andrews; St. John's, Perth, Perthshire; Brechin Cathedral; Paisley Abbey; and St. Michael's, Linlithgow. He died in 1946.

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Tour Scotland Photograph 4th Militia Battalion Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders Memorial Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of the 4th Militia Battalion Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders Memorial in the Abbey in Paisley, Scotland. The Battalion volunteered for foreign service in December 1899 and 800 Officers and Men, under the command of Colonel A Douglas-Dick, embarked for South Africa in January 1900. This Scottish memorial for Royal Renfrew Militia, commemorates the soldiers who lost their lives in South Africa 1900-1901, including; J. Hogarth, W. Loughran, J. Connolly, A. Kidd, H. McKendrick, J. O' Neill, C. Reid, R. Watson, R. Robertson, J. Ball, T. Barbour, H. Campbell, J. Cowan, W. Faulds, J. Forrest, R. Kennedy, M. Kerr, J. Lennon, W. McDermott, J. McGuire, J. McKay, J. Quigley.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph 78th Highlanders War Memorial Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the 78th Highlanders War Memorial on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. Celtic cross including three lower stages, on large stone base. The top half of the cross is carved with Celtic knots on all four sides. The 78th Regiment of Foot was a Highland Infantry Regiment of the Line raised in late 18th Century Scotland for service against the French during the French Revolutionary Wars. The Regiment later led to involvement in worldwide military activities in countries such as India, Egypt and South Africa. The regiment is most well known for its involvement in the Siege of Lucknow.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the Scottish Horse, Boer War, Memorial on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1902 to 1956 when it was amalgamated with The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. It carries the traditions and battle honours of The Scottish Horse raised in South Africa in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. The regiment saw heavy fighting in both the Great War as the 13th Battalion of The Black Watch and in World War II as part of The Royal Artillery.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Duke of York Statue Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the Duke of York statue on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. Standing figure of Frederick, Duke of York, wearing a long cloak, short boots, breeches and a ruff. Around his shoulders is a chain to which is attached a military cross. His cloak is tied with two long ropes ending in long tassels. In his right hand he holds a field glass and at his left side is a sword. Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, born 1763, died 1827. Appointed Commander in Chief of the British Army in 1795.

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Tour Scotland Video East Stained Glass Window Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland travel video of the the Altar and Great East stained glass window in the Abbey on ancestry, genealogy history visit and trip to Paisley, Scotland. This window depicts the ascended Christ by the stained glass artist, Dr. Robert Douglas Strachan, born 26th May 1875, died in>Aberdeen in 1950. He was considered the most significant Scottish designer of stained glass windows in the 20th Century. Schooled at Robert Gordon's, he studied art at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, at the Life School of the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the Royal Academy in London, England. From 1895 to 1897 Strachan worked in Manchester as a black and white artist on several newspapers, and as a political cartoonist for the Manchester Evening Chronicle, until ill health forced him to return to Aberdeen. Although Strachan was interested in Futurism, Cubism, and Vorticism, his work shows little influence of this. Strachan often composed his windows in areas of pure colour which were then defined by areas of silvery white. His largest commission was to design the windows for the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle. .
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Tour Scotland Congratulates Lifeboat Crew From Anstruther Fife

Tour Scotland video of the lifeboat in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Having been raised in Anstruther, I am extremely proud of the three volunteer crew members from the RNLI Lifeboat Station in Anstruther who are to be recognised for their part in a dramatic rescue earlier this year. They saved the lives of two men whose boat was driven ashore in very stormy conditions in August in total darkness off the coast at Crail. Inshore lifeboat Helmsman Barry Gourlay, 30, is to be awarded the RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry, one of the charity’s highest accolades, for his courage and boat handling skills in extremely difficult conditions. His fellow volunteer crew members Rebecca Jewell, 30, and Euan Hoggan, 22, will be presented with the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum for their part in the rescue. Well done !!!

Tour Scotland video of crew from the Anstruther Inshore Lifeboat in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A cold, wet and windy day on the East Coast of Scotland. It takes more than bad weather though to deter these fine men from having a wee swim in the outer harbour.

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Tour Scotland Video Interior Of Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland travel video of the interior of the Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Paisley, Scotland. Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery, and current Church of Scotland parish kirk, located on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in west central Scotland. In 1163 Walter FitzAlan, the first High Steward of Scotland issued a charter for a priory to be set up on land owned by him in Paisley. Around 13 monks came from the Cluniac priory at Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England, to found the community. Paisley grew so rapidly that it was raised to the status of abbey in 1245. Monks from Paisley founded Crossraguel Abbey in Carrick, Ayrshire, in 1244. In 1307, Edward I of England had the abbey burned down. However, it was rebuilt later in the 14th century. William Wallace, born in nearby Elderslie is widely believed to have been educated for some time when he was a boy in the abbey.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Richardson Stained Glass Window Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland travel photography of the Thomas Richardson stained glass window in the Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Paisley.
The derivation of Richard is from the Olde English " ric ", power and " heard ", meaning brave, hardy. It is originally Anglo Saxon in origin, but was made very popular in England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Murdac Richardesson, Merchant, which was dated 1359, recorded in Glasgow, Scotland, during the reign of King David 11 of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Burne Jones Stained Glass Window Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland travel photograph of the Burne Jones stained glass window in the Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Paisley. Jones first appears on record as a surname in England in 1273 with the name " Matilda Jones ". Others put the first known record of the surname Jones as 1279, in Huntingdonshire, England. Around the time of the union of Wales with England, the traditional Welsh system of patronymics was increasingly replaced by surnames. Furthermore, Christian names such as John which were common in England had become increasingly preferred to distinctively Welsh Christian names such as Meredudd and Llewelyn. Thus " ab Ioan ", and many variations, meaning " son of John " became the surname Jones in a large number of cases, making it a very frequently used surname. />
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Tour Scotland Photograph Spirit Descending Stained Glass Window Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of the Spirit Descending stained glass window in the Abbey in Paisley, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Whitehead Stained Glass Window Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of the Joseph Whitehead of Kilnside stained glass window in the Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Paisley.
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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Setting Sun Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the sun setting over Edinburgh, Scotland. A cloudy afternoon in the Capital with just a hint of sunset. Shot these photographs from Calton Hill.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the sun setting over Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Squiggly Bridge River Clyde Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Squiggly Bridge over the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Squiggly Bridge over the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Tour Scotland video of the Squiggly Bridge over the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Tour Scotland video of a walk over the Squiggly Bridge over the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Remembrance Day Crosses Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of Remembrance Day Crosses and Poppies by the old Market Cross in the centre of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Remembrance Day War Memorial Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel of the 51st Highland Division War Memorial on the North Inch Park on ancestry, history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. One of my favourite Scottish War Memorials. A soldier with bagpipes and a child with a flower.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset Dundee

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this evening of sunset from Law Hill in Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph video shot this evening of sunset from a very windy Law Hill in Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Video Setting Sun Dundee

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this evening of the setting sun from Law Hill in Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this evening of the setting sun from Law Hill in Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this evening of the setting sun from a very windy Law Hill in Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Sunset Tay Bridge Dundee

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this afternoon at sunset behind the Tay Railway Bridge in Dundee, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn video shot this afternoon at dusk of a passenger train crossing the Tay Railway Bridge in Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Sunset Elie East Neuk of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of sunset at the Elie Ness Lighthouse on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the coast of Elie, East Neuk of Fife. Lighthouse was built following shipowners’ complaints that they couldn’t see the Isle of May or Inchkeith lighthouses in poor weather. Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal village and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked villages of Elie and Earlsferry, which were formally merged in 1930 by the Local Government Act of 1929. To the north is the village of Kilconquhar and Loch of Kilconquhar. Golfers, clubmakers and course designers James Braid, Archie Simpson, and Isaac Mackie were born in Earlsferry. The film The Winter Guest, starring Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law, directed by Alan Rickman, was filmed here. The famous Floral clock Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh was originally constructed in 1903 using the clock mechanism salvaged from Elie Parish Church. In recent decades, the town has become a very popular destination for wealthy residents of Glasgow and Edinburgh. In the summer months the town's population is several times higher than it is during the winter. Attractions include the beach, watersports, golf, restaurants, surfing and sailing.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Sunset St Monans East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of sunset behind the old church by the sea on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Monans, East Neuk of Fife. Scotland. St Monans Church is situated within its kirkyard just to the west of the village on the very edge of the sea. It has a very dramatic setting, perched on a low rock, reached over a small valley with a burn. As seen from most directions it has the sea as a backdrop. A more modern cemetery stands further westwards on the upper slopes of the little hill. This contains the local war memorial. Standing at the extreme west end of this a romantic ruin can be viewed across fields, again perched on the sea edge. It is often said that St Monans is the church nearest the sea in the whole of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Cathedral Ruins St Andrews

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the ruins of the Cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The 16th Century precinct wall encloses the cathedral ruins and the church of St Regulus also known as St Rule. The imposing St Regulus Church with its lofty western tower may well have been the shrine built to shelter the relics of Saint Andrew. Queen Margaret's son, Alexander I, nominated Robert, Prior of Scone as Bishop of St Andrews, and it was he who built the church between 1127 and 1144. The Square Tower has a magnificent panorama of St Andrews. Bishop Robert founded the priory around 1159 and his successor Bishop Arnold began work on the new cathedral, which was consecrated in 1318 by Bishop Lamberton in the presence of Robert the Bruce. Only the 12th Century east end, late 13th Century west gables and the south wall of the nave remain of this once immense building with its 10 bay nave. Following the troubles of the Reformation. subsequent neglect and 17th Century quarrying for stone, this once noble building was reduced to the the ruins you can see now. The remains of what was Scotland's largest and most magnificent church and the graveyard are most definitely worth a visit.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the ruins of the Cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the ruins of the Cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Free Autumn Sunset Photograph For Thanksgiving Day 2013

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of sunset near Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Setting Sun Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of the setting sun at Cellardyke by Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is where I was raised in Scotland. And this is part of my story.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Reflections Harbour Crail East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of reflections in the harbour on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Crail, East Neuk of Fife. At one time Crail harbour was the most important port in the East Neuk of Fife. Most of the buildings found around the harbour area date from the 17th century, the largest being the former customs house.
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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Swilcan Bridge St Andrews

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of the Swilcan Bridge or Swilken Bridge, or Swilcanth as it was known, a small stone bridge which spans the Swilcan Burn between the first and eighteenth fairways on the Old Course on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to St Andrews, Fife. This is a famous small stone bridge which has itself become an important cultural icon in the sport of golf. The bridge had previously been known as the Golfers’ Bridge, and had been known as this for hundreds of years. The bridge itself is extremely small; at its farthest extent it measures about 30 feet long, eight feet wide and six feet tall, in the style of a simple Roman arch. Originally built at least 700 years ago to help shepherds get livestock across. On the second floor of the World Golf Hall of Fame museum in St. Augustine, Florida, America, there is a life-size stone replica of the Swilcan Bridge.
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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Video Sunset Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this evening of sunset at Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is where I was raised in Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot this evening of sunset at Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn video shot this evening of sunset at Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video McCorquodale Stained Glass Windows St Conan's Kirk

Tour Scotland travel video of the McCorquodale stained glass windows in St Fillan's Aisle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Conan's Kirk by Loch Awe, Argyll.. This window was erected in memory of a friend of the Blythswood family. Unlike any of the other stained-glass windows, this was included in the other and smaller building. It was originally installed on the opposite side of the church, but the background of hillside and trees did not do full justice to the stained glass, and so, when the larger scheme was put in hand, the opportunity was taken to move it so that it should overlook the loch. The window consists of three lights. The first shows the Warrior, who has put on the whole Armour of God and bears the Shield of Faith. His faith is so strong that he does not even look at the fiery darts coming up through brambles and smoke. The opposite light shows the Sword of the Spirit piercing evil creatures; while the centre light, " I have finished my course, " depicts angels taking from the Warrior's head the Helmet of Salvation and showing the weeds and smoke at his feet turning to roses.

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Tour Scotland Video Window Nave St Conan's Kirk

Tour Scotland travel video of a stained glass window in the Nave of on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit trip to St Conan's Kirk by Loch Awe, Argyll. A labour of love by Walter Campbell of Innis Chonain. The nave and choir were built between 1881 and 1886 and the church was extended and embellished in 1907 and 1830. An astonishing building, rich in detail, mostly in Romanesque style.

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Tour Scotland Video Window South Aisle St Conan's Kirk

Tour Scotland travel video of a stained glass window in the South Aisle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to St Conan's Kirk by Loch Awe, Argyll.
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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Setting Sun Couttie Bridge River Isla Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot tonight of the setting Sun behind Couttie Bridge over the River near Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish bridge was built in 1766 and it was widened in the 19th century. It takes the A923 over the River Isla.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Kinnoull Tower Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Tower from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Tower from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photographs Kinoull Hill Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Hill from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of Kinnoull Hill from the Perth to Dundee road in Scotland. The stunningly beautiful South facing slopes of Kinnoull Hill this morning from the main road from Perth to Dundee.

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Tour Scotland Video Fireworks Display Perth Perthshire 2012

Tour Scotland video shot tonight of the Fireworks Display by the River Tay, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The display took place at 7.15pm, at South Inch Park at the end of Tay Street overlooking the River Tay. Video was shot from Queen's Bridge.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Millais Viewpoint Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of the Millais Viewpoint by the River Tay, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This unique sculpture by Timothy Shutter, 1997, can be found on looking west across the Tay from the Perth Sculpture Trail. One of Millais' famous pictures is "Autumn Leaves" and these form part of the frame. The cut corners refer to immortality and are reminders of Effie Gray, Millais' wife. John Everett Millais painted many of his famous works in Perth.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Kinfauns Castle Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph Kinfauns Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Kinfauns Castle was designed by Robert Smirke and built between 1822 and 1826 by Lord Gray on the site of a medieval stronghold, founded by the Charteris family. Kinfauns was the family seat from the 14th century.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Scots American War Memorial Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of the Scots American War Memorial on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. This memorial is called " The Call 1914 ", and it was erected in 1927 and shows a kilted infantryman looking towards Castle Rock. Behind the main statue is a frieze showing queues of men answering the call by following a kilted pipe band. The memorial was given by Scottish Americans to honour Scots who had served in the first World War.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Trees Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of trees in Princes Street Gardens on history visit and trip to Edinburgh. Princes Street Gardens is a public park in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. The Gardens were created in two phases in the 1770s and 1820s following the long draining of the Nor Loch and building of the New Town, beginning in the 1760s. The loch, situated on the north side of the town, was originally an artificial creation forming part of its medieval defences and made expansion northwards difficult. The water was habitually polluted from sewage draining downhill from the Old Town. In 1846 the railway was built in the valley to connect the Edinburgh-Glasgow line at Haymarket with the new northern terminus of the North British line from Berwick upon Tweed at Waverley Station

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Scott Monument Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the Sir Walter Scott monument in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the largest monument to a writer in the world. Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1771. His father was a farmer and his mother, Anne Rutherford, was the daughter of Dr. John Rutherford, who was one of the founders of the medical school of Edinburgh. Walter was one of ten children. He spent much time with his grandparents, but it was Aunt Jenny who took a special interest in him and influenced him to write. His visits to an uncle, Dr. Rutherford, professor of botany at the University of Edinburgh, brought him into contact with scholarly people. His first novel, Waverly, was published anonymously. His publishers persuaded him to allow further novels to be designated as " by the author of Waverly," and for this reason some of his novels were called the " Waverly Novels. " Although he published biographies of Swift and Dryden and some history, as well as poems and novels, his chief claim to distinction is his contribution to Romanticism and the historical novel. His popularity, both socially and as a writer, was almost unparalleled. He was married in 1797 to Margaret Charlotte Carpenter, who bore him three sons and two daughters. Scott received his title and baronetcy from King George IV in the spring of 1820. He died, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832.

Tour Scotland Autumn video of the Sir Walter Scott monument in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Loch Rannoch And Schiehallion Mountain Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph shot today of Loch Rannoch and Schiehallion mountain, Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Autumn video shot today of Loch Rannoch and Schiehallion mountain, Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland.

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