Old Photographs Port Seton Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Port Seton, Scotland. This Scottish town is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles north east of Musselburgh. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665.




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Old Photograph Ascog Scotland

Old photograph of the former church in Ascog, Isle of Bute, Scotland. It is in Georgian style. In 1900 it became a United Free Church on the union with the United Presbyterian Church and in 1929 a Parish Church on the union with the Church of Scotland. In 1957 it linked with Craigmore St Brendan's Church. Ascog Church was sold when the churches of Bute united.


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Old Photograph Humbie Scotland

Old photograph of Humbie, 10 miles South West of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Humbie as we know it today was formed as the result of the union between Keith Marischal and Keith Hundeby in 1618. Originally, Humbie formed part of the Barony of Keith, and was anciently known as Keith Hundeby. The lands were held by Simon Fraser of Keith in the reign of David I. A charter signed by Fraser in 1191 is said to be the first mention of the Anglo-Norman Frasers and the Barony in extant records.



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Old Photograph Joppa Scotland

Old photograph of Joppa, Edinburgh, Scotland. Joppa is bounded on the north by the coast of the Firth of Forth, on the west by Portobello. Joppa is now largely residential, but salt was once produced from sea water by evaporation at Joppa Pans.





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Old Photographs Scone Village Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the village of Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Polmont Scotland

Old photograph of Polmont near Falkirk, Scotland. The name Polmont derives from the Scottish Gaelic term Poll-Mhonadh, which translates into English as Pool of the Moor. Old Polmont, situated on a raised beach overlooking the Firth of Forth and the Ochils, which was an important fort on the Roman Antonine Wall. This fort, embankment and water source has been marked out and can be visited in Polmont Woods, close to the M9 motorway. The Union Canal runs adjacent to the village.


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Old Photographs Lesmahagow Scotland

Old photograph of Lesmahagow near Lanark, Scotland. The name is possibly a corruption of Church of St Machutus. The saint was born in Wales and may originally have been known as Mahagw prior to emigrating to Brittany where he became known by the Latinised form of the name and also as St Malo.



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Tour Scotland Video Chic Murray Greenock

The Long Nose Story by Chic Murray who was born in Greenock near Glasgow, Scotland. Chic, born 6th of November 1919, died 29th of January 1985, was a famous Scottish comedian and actor. I met him once in a pub Edinburgh he was the same off stage as he was on stage, a very funny Scotsman.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Clava Cairns Near Inverness

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Clava Cairns, East of Inverness, Scotland. These cairns are a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn and these are just about the best preserved Bronze Age burial sites in Scotland. A cemetery complex of passage graves, ring cairns, kerb cairn and standing stones in a wonderful setting. There are three separate cairns here, two for holding the souls of the dead until they continue on their way in the afterlife, and one for cremating the bodies. They also served as a giant sundial and calendar for the people who lived 3500 years ago. Clava Cairns is a site in the Outlander film and book, which follows the story of Claire Randall, a married English combat nurse from 1945 who, while on her honeymoon in Inverness, is mysteriously swept back in time to the 18th century Scottish Highlands. There she meets Jamie, a chivalrous young warrior, with whom she becomes romantically entwined.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Old Church Newburn Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of photography of the old Parish Church and graveyard at Newburn near Upper Largo , on ancestry, genealogy history visit and trip to East Neuk of Fife. This Scottish church was consecrated in 1243. Of the medieval church only the east end remains, although the south door is in the correct position for a pre Reformation church and may also be early. The rest of the building dates to the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs St Kattan's Chapel Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of photographs of St Kattan's Chapel and graveyard at Aberuthven, Perthshire, Scotland. In Aberuthven stands the ruins of St Kattan's Chapel, said to be one of the earliest Ecclesiastical foundations in Scotland. It originally served as a cell of Inchaffray Abbey. The chapel is situated by the roadside amongst a group of trees close to the River Ruthven. Adjacent to the chapel in the surrounding graveyard is the Montrose Aisle, dated 1736. It is a square mausoleum of the Dukes of Montrose.

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Old Photograph Inchnadamph Scotland

Old photograph of Inchnadamph, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland. Its name, derived from the Gaelic Innis nan Damh, translates to " meadow of the stags. " The area was historically the heartland of Clan MacLeod.


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Old Photographs Gullane Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Gullane is a town on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth in East Lothian on the east coast of Scotland. There has been a church in the village since the 9th century. The ruins of the Old Church of St. Andrew built in the 12th century can still be seen at the western entrance to the village; the church was abandoned after a series of sandstorms made it unusable, and Dirleton Parish Church took its place. Gullane is part of the John Muir Way, a long distance walking footpath along the coast between Musselburgh and Dunglass. Gullane is the home of Muirfield which has hosted The Open Championship on numerous occasions.



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Old Photograph White Horse Close Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of White Horse Close in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was the site of the Royal Mews in the sixteenth century.



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Old Photograph Blyth Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Blyth Bridge Mill near West Linton, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Weaving Isle Of Lewis Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter loom weaving on the Island of Lewis, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Yachts River Clyde Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of yachts in the River Clyde by Glasgow, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Kilconquhar Church

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Kilconquhar Church, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Women accused of being witches used to be thrown in Kilconquhar Loch, and if not drowned, this was seen as proof that they were witches and then they were burned at the stake! The spot where the church stands is thought to have been a Druidical place of worship and a burial ground long before the time of Christianity.

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Tour Scotland Video Photography Church Of The Holy Rude Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of photography of the Church of the Holy Rude on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish church is the second oldest building in Stirling, after Stirling Castle. The church was founded in 1129 during the reign of David I (1124 to 1153) as the parish church of Stirling. King James VI was crowned King of Scots on the 29th of July 1567; John Knox performed the ceremony. This makes the Church of the Holy Rude, Gloucester Cathedral and Westminster Abbey the only churches in Britain still in use to this day that have been the sites of coronations.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Scottish Vintage Museum

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Scottish Vintage Museum near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The museum is situated on a 49 acre site at Lathalmond, near Dunfermline and houses about 190 vehicles, most of which are buses. The museum is open every Sunday from the first Sunday in April until the first Sunday in October. The entrance charge includes a guided tour of the site and the storage sheds in a vintage bus, starting and ending at the Exhibition Hall, where visitors can spend as much time as they wish. The Exhibition Hall houses several vehicles and artifacts, and also the museum cafe and shop.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Pitlochry

Tour Scotland video of photographs of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was opened 1858. The architect was C Buckeridge of Oxford. The nave was extended in 1890. Stained glass windows by various artists including E Kempe, Clayton & Bell, A Ballantine & Son, John Hardman & Co and Alexander L Russell. Lychgate built about 1925. A small selection of my personal photographs shot on small group tours of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Remote Cottage Wester Ross

Tour Scotland photograph of a remote cottage in Wester Ross, Scotland. The 16th century marked the height of the Clan structure in the Highlands, and Wester Ross was occupied by different clans, chiefly the Mackenzies and the Macdonalds. Historically the chiefs of the Clan Donald held the title of Lord of the Isles until 1493 and two of those chiefs also held the title of Earl of Ross until 1476. During this period the area was farmed under the communal run-rig system, with people living in small townships, growing oats, barley, and later potatoes. Cattle rearing was the chief economic activity, with cattle being raised in the glens and then driven to market. This trade expanded during the early 19th Century, due to the demands of the new industrial cities and the British armed forces for cattle for beef.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Cottage Island of Ulva

Tour Scotland photograph of a cottage on the Island of Ulva off the West Coast of Island of Mull, Scotland. Lachlan Macquarie, was born on Ulva on 31st of January 1762. He is sometimes referred to as Father of Australia. He left when he was 14, and was Governor of New South Wales from 1809 to 1821, the longest tenure of any Australian governor. However, after his long sojourn in India, Australia and elsewhere, Lachlan Macquarie returned to his Scottish homeland, his mausoleum may still be seen at Gruline on Loch na Keal, on the Isle of Mull, within sight of his home island. The mausoleum is possibly the only site in Scotland maintained by the National Trust of Australia.



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Old Photographs Tay Railway Bridge Wormit Scotland

Old photograph of the Tay Railway Bridge over the Firth of Tay at Wormit, Fife, Scotland. The Tay Bridge is a railway bridge approximately two and a quarter miles long that spans the Firth of Tay in Scotland, between the city of Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife.



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Old Photographs Fearnan Loch Tay Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Fearnan village by Loch Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of Fearnan village by Loch Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Blacksmiths Rosyth Scotland

Old photograph of blacksmiths at the Naval Base in Rosyth, Fife, Scotland. The area was best known for its large dockyard, formerly the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth, construction of which began in 1909.



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Old Photograph Post Office Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office in Stirling, Scotland. This iconic building was Stirling's main Post Office for over a century, becoming a community landmark.

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Old Photograph Young Scot With Dogs Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a young Scot with his dogs in, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Frost War Grave Wellshill Cemetery Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Flying Officer, Eric Alfred Frost war grave on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Wellshill cemetery in Perth, Perthshire. Eric served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and died on the 28th of August, 1945, aged 36. Son of Alfred and Bertha Frost; husband of Doris Evelyn Frost, of Salterbeck, Workington, Cumberland. " Sleep on beloved, rest your scars, for peace and victory to the stars "

Frost, also frosti ,froast or froste, is a surname of Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian and German origin, meaning born at the time of frost (winter) or someone with an icy or unbending disposition, and was originally a title of one who was shown to be unflinched in times of battle or confrontation, or to have an " icy " disposition, rather than a surname.

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Tour Scotland Video Wyllie War Grave Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Sergeant, David K. Wyllie war grave on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Wellshill cemetery in Perth, Perthshire. David served with the Royal Artillery, 68th Field Regiment, and died on the 20th of December, 1947 aged 21. " Beautiful memories fond and true will ever remain Dear David of you "

Recorded in the spellings of Willey, Wiley, Wyley, Wylie, Wyllie, and Wyly, this is an English surname. It is of locational origin, and derives from the places called Willey in the counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Devonshire and Surrey, England. The first five of these villages share the same meaning. This is from the Old English " wilig ", meaning " willow " and " leah ", either a fenced clearing in a wood, or in some places a " water meadow. "

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Old Photograph Whaling Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Whaling on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The most common whale hunted in Shetland in the old days was the Pilot Whale.



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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Isle Of Lewis Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters cottage on the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lewis has a Presbyterian tradition and a rich history. It was once part of the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Today, life is very different from elsewhere in Scotland, with Sabbath observance, the Gaelic language and peat cutting retaining more importance than elsewhere. Lewis has a rich cultural heritage as can be seen from its myths and legends as well as the local literary and musical traditions.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Scottish Highland Games Lochearnhead

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Scottish Highland Games in Lochearnhead, Scotland. This Gathering is held beside Loch Earn in the lands of Clan MacGregor, MacLaren, MacNab, and Stewart of Strathearn, with Pipers, Highland Dancing, Tossing the Caber and and all the activities you would expect to see at a traditional highland games. Loch Earn was on the frontier between Pictland and Dalriada, the kingdom of the incoming Scots from Ireland, Dundurn at the east end of the loch being a Pictish frontier fort. This lends weight to the argument that the name Earn therefore comes from Eireann, in other words, the loch of the Irish. The siege, by the Scots, of the Pictish Fort of Dundurn in 683 AD is mentioned in the Annals of Ulster. Giric, King of Picts and Scots, is said to have been killed at Dundurn in 889, and is buried on the Island of Iona.

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Tour Scotland Video Brigadier Willam Edmonstone Duncan Gravestone Inverkeilor

Tour Scotland travel video of Brigadier Willam Edmonstone Duncan gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Inverkeilor, Angus. William was born on the 18th of March, 1890, and died on the 20th of December, 1969. He was a Brigadier Royal Horse Artillery, Eastern Command, and in 1943 to 1944 an Inspector of the Royal Artillery, Field Branch, War Office.

The Duncan surname is composed of the elements donn, meaning " brown "; and chadh, meaning " chief " or " noble ". In some cases when the surname originates in, Sligo, Ireland it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn, meaning " descendant of Donncheann ". The Gaelic Donncheann is a byname composed of the elements donn, meaning " brown-haired man " or " chieftain "; and ceann, meaning " head ". The surname Duncan is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacDhonnchaidh.

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Tour Scotland Video Commander John Alexander Duncan Gravestone Inverkeilor

Tour Scotland travel video of Commander John Alexander Duncan gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Inverkeilor, Angus. John, C.B., Royal Navy was born the 22nd of March, 1878 and died on the 13th of August, 1943, after a short illness at Parkhill, Arbroath, he was an officer of the Royal Navy.

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Tour Scotland Video War Memorial Inverkeilor

Tour Scotland travel video of the War Memorial on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Inverkeilor, Angus, Scotland. This monument stands in the graveyard in front of the church. WWI, Roll of Honour; Anderson G.Highland Light Infantry Private, Brown J. Seaforth Highlanders Private, Burnett W. Royal Engineers Sergeant, Chaplin D. Gordon Highlanders Lance Corporal, Crabb W. Australians Corporal, Donaldson D. Black Watch Private, Garrard E. Gordon Highlanders Lieutenant, Gibb Scots Guards Private, Gibb A. Royal Scots Corporal, Howe D. L. Canadians Private Canadian Mounted Rifles, Kennedy A. Canadians Private, Kennedy D. Black Watch Private, Kydd D. Black Watch Private, Lamb D. Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner, Lawson J. Royal Navy Able Seaman, Lowe W. Royal Scots Private, Macaulay C. Black Watch Private, Macaulay D. Black Watch Private, MacGregor A.J. Black Watch Captain, McGregor A. Highland Light Infantry Private, Orrock G. Black Watch Private, Paula A. Black Watch Private, Ritchie W. Black Watch Lance Corporal, Shepherd R. Highland Light Infantry Private, Shepherd W. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Private, Smith C. Black Watch Private, Smith E. Sherwood Foresters Private, Smith G. Black watch Private, Stephen D. Black Watch Lance Corporal, Stephen J. Canadians Private, Stewart D. Cameron Highlanders Private, Stewart J.Canadians Private, Stewart D. Cameron Highlanders Private, Taylor, Artillery Gunner, Taylor G.L. Black Watch Private, Thomson R. Black Watch Private, Thomson R, Black Watch Private, Valentine A.D, Cameron Highlanders Private, Vannetta A. Highland Light Infantry Private, Vannett R. Gordon Highlanders Corporal.

The distance from Inverkeilor to Glasgow and Paisley is 102 miles

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Tour Scotland Video Raits of Anniston Memorial Inverkeilor

Tour Scotland travel video of the Raits of Anniston memorial gravestone on ancestry, genealogy,history visit and trip to Inverkeilor, Angus. In memory of John Rait Esquire of Anniston born 1748, died at Anniston 1823. And of his wife Elizabeth Guthrie, daughter of James Guthrie Esquire of Craigie who died in 1814 and of their children, William who died at Anniston in 1806, Georgina Henrietta who died in 1812, John who died in 1815, Agnes, wife of George Arbuthnott Esquire of Mavisbank third son of Sir William Arbuthnott, Bart. who died in London in 1842. Alexander who died in 1830 whilst home on sick leave from the Madras Cavalry. Murray who died at Anniston in 1819. JAMES who erected this monument is the only survivor. In loving memory of Walter Garnet Rait son of Arthur Rait of Anniston and of Kathleen Georgina his wife " Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " And in ever loving memory of Eileen Anna Arbuthnott Rait of Anniston, who died on Thursday the 11th of January 1904, aged 23; only and much beloved daughter of Colonel Rait, C.B. of Anniston, and his wife Kathleen Georgina, youngest daughter of Walter Arbuthnott of Hatton, Montrose. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God: Matthew. V.VIII. Also Gertrude Jean Rait, daughter of the late James Rait Esquire of Anniston and Lady Clementina Rait his wife and sister of the above Colonel Arthur John Rait C.B. of Anniston who died at Annesley Arbroath on the 9th day of September 1922.

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Tour Scotland Video Major Gardyne Memorial Inverkeilor

Tour Scotland travel video of the Major William Bruce Gardyne of Middleton memorial gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Inverkeilor, Angus. William Bruce Gardyne, Esquire, of Middleton, Major 37th regiment, born 1777, died 15th of June 1846. And his wife Catharine Cameron Bruce Gardyne, born 9th of November 1798, died 9th of October 1871. Also their children Anne, born 1826, died 15th of May 1831. James Macpherson, born 1828, died 23rd of April 1828. Agnes Mary, born 1835, died 25th of March 1847. Even Bruce Gardyne, Esquire, late Major 6th Royals, born 15th of April 1833, died 9th of September 1875, laid to rest in Dalhousie, Punjaub, India. Also Catherine his daughter, born 2nd of August 1873, died 6th of August 1874, laid to rest in Sealkote, Punjaub, India.The chiefly family of Garden or Gardyne of that Ilk are a very ancient family, who were proprietors in Angus from a remote period, and are first recorded in the locality of the Kirkdon of Angus in 1008 when they are called De Garthuen. First referred to, as the Gardyne of that Ilk, in the Ragman Roll of 1296 the clan was centred on Gardyne Castle and their lands of Cononsyth, Lawton and Middleton in the county of Angus.

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Old Photograph Ardvreck Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ardvreck Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. Standing on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Assynt in Sutherland, north west Highland, Scotland, Ardvreck Castle is a ruined castle dating from the 16th century.



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Old Photograph Fala Scotland

Old photograph of Fala, Midlothian, Scotland. The lands around Fala were granted to Sir Edward Hay in the 15th century, later passing to the Edmonstouns and then the Sinclairs of Roslyn. The name " Fala " likely derives from Anglo-Saxon words meaning " speckled hill."


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Old Photograph Dudhope Castle Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Dudhope Castle, Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish castle was originally built in the late 13th century by the Scrymageour family, with the original castle being a smaller tower house. This was replaced around 1460, and then further extended in 1580 to its current L-plan structure with additional circular towers, although these were demolished in the 18th century. On the death in 1668 of John Scrimgeour, first Earl of Dundee, King Charles II ignored the existence of the rightful heir, John Scrimgeour of Kirkton, and made a grant of Dudhope Castle and the office of Constable to Charles Maitland, a younger brother of the Earl of Lauderdale. Later, when in financial difficulty, Maitland sold Dudhope Castle in 1684 to John Graham of Claverhouse, better known to most as Bonnie Dundee. It was from Dudhope Castle that he departed for Killiecrankie in 1689; the victory which resulted in his death. In 1694, the King therefore made a grant of Dudhope Castle to Archibald Douglas. The Douglas family were thus the last family of occupants of the castle as this continued until about 1790. The history of Dudhope and the Constables are therefore inextricably interwoven with the history of Dundee. In fact, the two are inseparable. The office of Constable and occupancy of Dudhope Castle was held by four different families, as above, of which the Scrymgeours held the post for some 370 years. The Douglas family occupied Dudhope Castle from 1694 until circa 1790.



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Old Photographs John Knox House Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the John Knox house in Edinburgh, Scotland. John Knox House, popularly known as "John Knox's House", is an historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant reformer John Knox during the 16th century. Although his name became associated with the house, he appears to have lived in Warriston Close where a plaque indicates the approximate site of his actual residence.

Old photograph of the John Knox house in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Crofters Cottages South Uist Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters cottages near Lochboisdale, South Uist, Scotland. In 1838, the Clan Ranald chief sold South Uist to John Gordon of Cluny, sparking a brutal period of evictions. By 1851, half the tenantry was forcibly cleared to Canada to make way for more profitable sheep farming.


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Tour Scotland Video War Memorial Leuchars Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the War Memorial on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Leuchars near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish monument stands on a rise south of the cemetery, adjacent to St. Michael's Golf Course. World War I, Roll of Honour. Adam Andrew Private, Anderson Daniel Sergeant Military Medal, Anderson Fulton Corporal, Angus Matthew Lance Corporal, Armitt David Private, Bannerman James Captain, Bell Thomas Private, Bett George D. Private, Bissett John Private, Boyd William C. Sergeant, Broom Cyril T. Lieutenant, Brown James Private, Brown Peter Lance Corporal, Brown Thomas Lance Corporal, Carswell Duncan Private, Christie John Lance Corporal, Corlett W. Private, Cowans Reg. N.S. Sergeant Military Medal and Bar, Croll Andrew Private, Cunningham Henry J. Private, David Bisset Private, Duffus Charles Sergeant Military Medal and Bar, Duncan John A.S. Private, Falconer David Chief Engineer, Ferguson Frank Sergeant, Finlay David Sergeant Victoria Cross, Grant Alexander Private, Gray Clunie Private, Gray David Private, Guthrie Alfred Private, Hampton Alfred Private, Harvey James Private, Henderson John Corporal, Henderson Robert Captain, Henderson Robert Private, Jack Andrew H. Private, Kirkcaldy David Private, Law Duncan H. Private, Martin Alexander Private, McDonald James Private, McGillivray Robert Private, McGregor Robert C. Private, McKenzie Colin Piper, Miller Archibald Private, Morrison James Private, Mowbray C.R.L. Trooper, Mussett John Seaman, Myles Andrew Private Military Medal, Myles James Private, Myles Robert Private, Ogilvie William Private, Rait Douglas Private, Richardson David Lance Corporal D.C.M., Robertson Fred T. Private, Robertson George Sergeant, Rooke Gordon Private, Ross Hugh Private, Ross John Sergeant, Sime Thomas M. Private, Simmers Andrew Private, Smith James Private, Stark William Private, Stewart Duncan Private, Turnbull James Private, Walker James Corporal, Wallace Alexander L/Sergeant, Williams H.M. Captain. Wallace Andrew Sergeant, Wallace Charles Private, Watson Thomas Private. World War II, Roll of Honour. Adam James Guardsman, Burke Sidney Sergeant / Gunner, Christie Alexander Sergeant, Clark John W. Leading Stoker, Davidson Walter Private, Douglas James W. Gunner, Gordon Ramsay Sergeant, Grogan Ronald Private, Hannay Richard Guardsman, Kennedy James A.C., McKay Andrew J. Flight Sergeant, Mitchell David Radio Officer, Rennie James Captain Military Cross, Robertson Peter G. Gunner, Simpson John Sergeant, Suttie Walter Driver, Sword Robert Petty Officer, Thomson Stanley Trooper.

The distance from Leuchars to Glasgow and Paisley is 74 miles

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Old Photograph West Highland Railway Scotland

Old photograph of the West Highland Railway near Mallaig, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Highland Cow Eating Dinner Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Highland Cow eating dinner in rural Perthshire, Scotland. This is a Scottish breed of cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are either coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The cattle breed was developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish.

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Tour Scotland Video Parish Church Cleish Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Parish Church and graveyard cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Cleish, Perthshire. There has been a Church on the site since the 13th century. In 1775 a new seated Church was built on the site by John Adam. In 1832 the new Church was burnt down, and the present one rebuilt in its place. The name Cleish is a Scottish and Northern Irish surname that is an Anglicized version of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Iosa. Mac Gille Iosa is a patronymic that comes from a personal name meaning " servant of Jesus ".
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Tour Scotland March Video Loch Leven Perthshire

Tour Scotland March video shot today of Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. Roughly triangular, in shap this Scottish loch is about miles long at its longest. The town of Kinross lies at its western end. Loch Leven Castle lies on an island a short way offshore. This was a royal castle from 1257, and was stormed by William Wallace after being captured by the English. The English besieged the castle in 1301, but it was relieved before it could captured. It was visited by Robert the Bruce. The castle was held against Edward Balliol and the English in 1335. By the end of the 14th century, it had passed to the Douglases of Lochleven. Lochleven passed to the Bruces, then the Grahams, and the Montgomerys. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in the castle and forced to abdicate as queen, before escaping with the help of her jailer's family.

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Old Photograph Prince Charles Edward Stuart Cave Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the Prince Charles Edward Stuart cave on the Isle Of Skye. Scotland. At the end of the Strathaird peninsular is a small cave in which Bonnie Prince Charlie hid whilst he was on the run after the battle of Culloden.


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Old Photograph Cottage Loch Ussie Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters cottage by Loch Ussie near Strathpeffer, Scotland.



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