Tour Scotland Video Lobster Boat Giselle St Andrews Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the lobster boat Giselle leaving the harbour on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife. Lobster landings taken by Scottish fishing vessels have increased substantially in recent years, from 290 tonnes in 2001 to about 1,100 tonnes with a value of over £11.37 million in 2016. In recent years, the majority of lobster landings have come from the South East, Hebrides, Orkney and South Minch.

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Tour Scotland Video Golfers 17th Green Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of golfers on the 17th green of the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Old Course was pivotal to the development of how the game is played today. For instance, in 1764, the course had 22 holes. The members would play the same hole going out and in with the exception of the 11th and 22nd holes. The members decided that the first four and last four holes on the course were too short and should be combined into four total holes (two in and two out). St Andrews then had 18 holes and that was how the standard of 18 holes was created. Around 1863, Old Tom Morris had the 1st green separated from the 17th green, producing the current 18 hole layout with seven double greens. The famous Old Course is home of The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships.

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Tour Scotland Video Golfers 18th Green Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of golfers on the 18th green of the famous Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the " home of golf " because the sport was first played on the Links at St Andrews in the early 1400s. Members played on what would become the Old Course, but because it was the only course St Andrews had, it was not yet known as the Old Course. Golf was becoming increasingly popular in Scotland until in 1457, when King James II of Scotland banned golf because he felt that young men were playing too much golf instead of practicing their archery. The ban was held by the following kings of Scotland until 1502, when King James IV became a golfer himself and decided to remove the ban on golf.

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Old Photograph Dunlossit House Islay Scotland

Old photograph of Dunlossit House, Port Askaig, Island of Islay, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is presently the home of the banker Bruno Schroder, one of the wealthiest men in the world and a generous sponsor of the Islay lifeboat.



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Old Photograph Sark Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Sark Bridge near Gretna Green in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The original bridge built in 1814 by Thomas Telford carrying the road over the River Sark, which forms the border between England and Scotland just outside Gretna. Crossing this bridge became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754. The act abolished irregular marriages in England but not Scotland. Once across the bridge, runaways from England could be married very quickly in accordance with 18th Century Scots law, which required neither banns nor a licence.



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Old Photograph Staerough Scotland

Old photograph of Staerough by Kirk Yetholm, Borders, Scotland. Staerough Hill overlooks Kirk Yetholm, which is situated a half a mile to the North, and Town Yetholm, one mile to the North West. Its summit reaches 1,085 feet and is the site of a small prehistoric burial cairn.


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Old Photograph Kirk Yetholm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Kirk Yetholm, Borders, Scotland. Kirk Yetholm was for centuries the headquarters of the Romany Gypsies in Scotland. The last king of the Gypsies was crowned here in 1898. The first mention of its church was in the 13th century.




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Tour Scotland Video Sundial Abbotsford House Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland video of a sundial outside Abbotsford House near Melrose on ancestry visit to Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Known as the Haliburton dial, the sundial that is now in the South Courtyard of Abbotsford House was recorded first in the grounds of Dryburgh Abbey. Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake.

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Tour Scotland Video Weapons Armoury Abbotsford House Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland video of weapons in the armoury room in Abbotsford House near Melrose on ancestry visit to Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake. It was intended at first to be for the use of Lady Scott, but George Bullock persuaded Scott to fit it up instead as an armoury for the display of his fine collections of arms and armour.

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Old Photograph Foss Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Foss, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This is Scottish village in the Parish of Dull by the banks of Loch Tummel.



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Old Photograph Ardgay Scotland

Old photograph of Ardgay, Sutherland, Scotland. A small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland which lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron.



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Old Photograph Lady Stair’s House Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Lady Stair’s House in Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1622 for Sir Walter Gray of Pittendrum, but the interior has been converted since then. The building is named after the Gray's granddaughter, society beauty Lady Stair, Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Stair; née Elizabeth Dundas, the widow of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, who purchased the building in 1719.


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Tour Scotland Video Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Fife, Scotland. There is a strong ethic within the band to encourage the learning of piping and drumming to the wider community.

In 1882, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Thornton like this: Thornton, a village in the South of Markinch parish, Fife, near the left bank of the River Ore, and near Thornton Junction on the North British railway, this being 15¼ miles East North East of Dunfermline, 20 miles North East of Edinburgh, and 8 miles South of Ladybank Junction. It has a post office under Kirkcaldy, a public school, and an Established church.

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Tour Scotland Video Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife

Tour Scotland video of Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. There is a strong ethic within the band to encourage the learning of piping and drumming to the wider community.

In 1882, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Thornton like this: Thornton, a village in the South of Markinch parish, Fife, near the left bank of the River Ore, and near Thornton Junction on the North British railway, this being 15¼ miles East North East of Dunfermline, 20 miles North East of Edinburgh, and 8 miles South of Ladybank Junction. It has a post office under Kirkcaldy, a public school, and an Established church.

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Tour Scotland Video City Of St Andrews Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife

Tour Scotland video of City Of St Andrews Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. The Band was formed in 1972 and is based in St Andrews in the North East of Fife. It first competed in 1974 and since those early days has competed at all levels and won many contests and major championships. They are currently a very young Band and hope to compete this season at Grade IVB.

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Tour Scotland Video The Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife

Tour Scotland video of The Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. Inverkeithing is a town and a royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, located on the Firth of Forth. The fishing port town was given burgh status by King David I of Scotland in the 12th century and is situated about 9 miles north from Edinburgh Airport and about 4 miles from the centre of Dunfermline. Inverkeithing is famous for its shipbreaking. The second RMS Mauretania and the hull of the RMS Olympic were dismantled here.

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Tour Scotland Video Methil and District Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife

Tour Scotland video of Methil and District Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. Methil is an eastern coastal town in Scotland. It was part of the former Burgh of Buckhaven and Methil. It lies within a continuous urban area described as Levenmouth. Methil lies geographically between Largo bay to the east and Wemyss Bay to the west. Methil Docks were particularly significant during World War II for the movement of coal and other resources.

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Old Photograph Methven Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland. The Battle of Methven took place in 1306 between Scottish forces led by King Robert the Bruce and English forces led by Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and resulted in a resounding win for the English. This was part of the Scottish Wars of Independence. Methven is the birthplace of the Reverend Dr Robert Stirling, inventor of the Stirling engine.





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Old Photographs Gardenstown Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Gardenstown, a small village near Banff, Scotland. Gardenstown was founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden as a fishing village. Nearby are the remains of the Church of St John the Evangelist which was built in 1513, and celebrates the defeat of the Danes at this site in 1004. Prehistoric peoples are known to have lived in the general vicinity of Gardenstown; notably at Longman Hill and Cairn Lee.





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Old Photograph New Aberdour Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, vintage car and people New Aberdour located seven miles West of Fraserburgh, Scotland. One of the earliest churches in Scotland, is said to have been founded here in 580 AD by Saint Drostan and Saint Columba.




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Old Photograph Collace Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Collace, Perthshire, Scotland. Dunsinane Hill, mentioned in Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, is located near Collace.



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Tour Scotland Video Dining Room Abbotsford House Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland travel video of the dining room in Abbotsford House near Melrose on one day ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to the Borders, Scotland. This is the room in which Sir Walter Scott died on 21st of September 1832. He had returned to Abbotsford after a year-long tour of Malta, Naples and Rome, and was gravely ill following a series of strokes.

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Tour Scotland Video Alexander Second Baron Craigmyle Gravestone Caddonfoot Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland travel video of the Alexander Second Baron Craigmyle grave stone on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to the churchyard by Caddonfoot, Borders, Scotland. Galleons at either side of the inscription on this memorial for Alexander Second Baron Craigmyle and his wife Margaret Cargill. Alexander Shaw, 2nd Baron Craigmyle, born 28th of February 1883, died 29th September 1944, was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. In 1913 he married Lady Margaret Cargill Mackay, who gave him one son and three daughters. During the First World War he served in the Royal Marine Artillery and was involved in the Battle of the Somme.

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Tour Scotland Video Reiver Monument War Memorial Galashiels Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland video of the Reiver Monument War Memorial on ancestry visit to Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Mounted Border Reiver monument outside the Burgh Chambers. This statue was sculpted by Thomas J. Clapperton who was born in Galashiels, the son of a photographer. His other public monuments in the Borders include the memorial plaque to the poet James Brown, Selkirk; the Sir Walter Scott Memorial, Galashiels; and the James Guthrie Memorial, Hawick, which commemorates a motorcyclist killed in the German Grand Prix. He was also the sculptor statue of Robert the Bruce at the entrance to Edinburgh Castle. The Reiver statue was officially unveiled by Field Marshall Earl Haig in October 1924.

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Tour Scotland Video July Garden Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a July view of a garden in Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Garden And Mansion House Zoo Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the garden and mansion house on visit to the zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland. Designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and built between 1892 and 1910 this is a popular Scottish wedding venue. Sir Robert Rowand Anderson was a Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860. His works include the Scottish National Portrait Gallery; the Dome of Old College, Medical Faculty and McEwan Hall, Edinburgh University; the Central Hotel at Glasgow Central station, the Catholic Apostolic Church in Edinburgh and Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute for the 3rd Marquess of Bute.

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Tour Scotland Video Abbey Arbroath Angus

Tour Scotland video of The Abbey on rainy ancestry visit to Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. This Scottish Abbey was built in 1178 by King William the Lyon to commemorate the death of his friend, Thomas Beckett. It housed monks of the Tironensian order. The Declaration of Arbroath was issued from here in 1320 and it was actually a letter written by a group of Scottish nobles to the Pope in Rome. It was produced in the light of the struggle by the Scots to retain their independence in the face of an assault by England.

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Tour Scotland Video The Mortuary Chapel Arbroath Angus

Tour Scotland video of The Mortuary Chapel on rainy ancestry visit to the Western Cemetery in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. Designed by Patrick Allan Fraser as a family tomb, construction began in 1875 and took some nine years to complete. In 1873 the wife of the architect, Elizabeth Allan-Fraser, died, an event which was the catalyst for the building of the Fraser family Mortuary Chapel

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Old Photograph Newspaper Shop Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a newspaper shop in Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Sweetie Shop Argyll Scotland

Old photograph of a Sweetie Shop in Argyll, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Langbank Scotland

Old photograph of Langbank located nine miles North of Paisley, Scotland. Langbank Parish Church which was built in 1866 has a spire which was rebuilt three times.



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Old Photograph Long Newton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Long Newton located two miles South West of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. Long Newton is situated within the historic parish of Yester, which later became part of the larger parish of Garvald and Bara. The village is mentioned in connection with the Rose family of Kilravock in the early 17th century, with records indicating William Rose's ownership of a house and lands in Newton.


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Old Photograph Temple Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and children in Temple village, Midlothian, Scotland. Historically the Parish of Temple was divided into three portions, the ancient parish of Clerkington, and the Chapelries of Moorfoot and Balantrodach. In 1127, Hugues de Payens, the first Grand Master met with David I in Scotland, and was granted the lands of Balantrodach. In 1129, the Council of Troyes formally recognized the Order. Balantrodach became their principal Templar seat and Preceptory in Scotland until the suppression of the order between 1307 and 1312.





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Old Photograph Oxton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Oxton, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is located 25 miles south east of the centre of Edinburgh. Saint Cuthbert, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne, was born here in AD635.




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Old Photograph Westruther Scotland

Old photograph of Westruther, Borders, Scotland. Westruther lies in southern slopes of the Lammermuir Hills in western Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the Parish of Longformacus, on the east by the Parishes of Longformacus, Greenlaw and Gordon, on the south by the Parishes of Gordon and Legerwood and on the east by the Parish of Lauder. The parish of Westruther was formed in the 17th century by uniting to the parish of Bassendean the lands of Westruther and the ancient territory of Spottiswoode, which had belonged to the parish of Gordon.



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Tour Scotland Video Kirk and Graveyard Cramond Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Kirk and graveyard cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland. Cramond developed slowly over the centuries, with Cramond Kirk being founded in 1656. The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. In modern times, it was the birthplace of the Scottish economist John Law, born 1671, died 1729. Cramond was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh by Act of Parliament in 1920.

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Tour Scotland Video Roman Fort Cramond Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Roman Fort in Cramond on ancestry, history visit and trip to Edinburgh. The fort at Cramond was located on the River Almond at the point where it flows into the Forth. In Roman times, there was probably a natural harbour here. was established around 140 during the building of the Antonine Wall, and remained in use until around 170 when the Romans retreated south to Hadrian's Wall.

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Old Photograph Kilmartin Scotland

Old photograph of houses, shop and cottages in Kilmartin village in Argyll, Scotland. This part of Scotland is best known as the centre of Kilmartin Glen, an area with one of the richest concentrations of prehistoric monuments and historical sites in Scotland. The present Parish Church was designed by architect James Gordon Davis and opened in 1835, though there had been earlier churches on the site.




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Old Photograph Farm Workers Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of farm workers outside a pub in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Burnmouth Scotland

Old photograph of lower Burnmouth near Eyemouth, Scotland. This is the first village in Scotland on the A1 road, after crossing the border with England. Burnmouth itself is split into two areas: Upper Burnmouth and Lower Burnmouth. Upper Burnmouth is sited at the top of the cliff. Lower Burnmouth is hidden away at the foot of cliff and stretches out along the foreshore.




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Old Photograph Pannanich Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Pannanich near Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is reported that the wells in this area were visited around 1245 by the Knights Templar on their journeys through Deeside. In 1187 William the Lion granted part of the lands of Culter on the south bank of the River Dee to the Knights Templar and between 1221 and 1236 Walter Bisset of Aboyne founded a Preceptory for them. In 1795 the Reverend Dr John Ogilvie, wrote of the wells:

" I've seen the sick to health return,
I've seen the sad forget to mourn,
I've seen the lame their crutches burn,
And loup and fling at Pannanich.

I've seen the auld seem young and frisky,
Without the aid of ale or whisky,
I've seen the dullest hearts grow brisky
At blithesome, helpful Pannanich. "




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Old Photograph Kirkliston Scotland

Old photograph of Kirkliston village located ten miles from Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland. Kirkliston was the location of the first recorded Parliament in Scottish history; the Estates of Scotland met there in 1235, during the reign of Alexander II of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lamington Scotland

Old photograph of Lamington village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located between Biggar and Lanark. It is reputed to be the home of Marion Braidfute, legendary wife of William Wallace. It has also been claimed that the village gave its name to the Lamington sponge cake popular in Australia.



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Tour Scotland Video Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

Tour Scotland Music recommendation, Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife by Bruce MacGregor, founding member of Blazin' Fiddles. Niel Gow born 1727, died 1807, was the most famous Scottish fiddler of the eighteenth century. Gow was born in Inver, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of John Gow and Catherine McEwan.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Piper Busking Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scottish Piper busking by Perth Theatre on the High Street on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities, though busking is particularly associated with singing or playing music.

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Tour Scotland Music Video Brothers In Arms

Tour Scotland Music recommendation, Brother In Arms by Mark Knopfler. Mark Knopfler was born on the 12 August of 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland, to an English mother and Hungarian father.

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged high
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

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Old Photograph Kildary Scotland

Old photograph of Kildary village in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Kildary is an important area for those researching the Clan Ross.


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Old Photograph Stuartfield Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Stuartfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The local area is rich with prehistory as well as historical features. To the south of Stuartfield are a number of prehistoric monuments including Catto Long Barrow, Silver Cairn and many tumuli. In that same vicinity of the Laeca Burn watershed is the site of historic battles between invading Danes and indigenous Picts.




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Old Photograph Cottages Roslin Glen Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children in Roslin Glen near Edinburgh, Scotland. The Battle of Roslin on 24 February 1303 was a Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence. It took place near the village of Roslin, where a force led by the Scots John Comyn and Sir Simon Fraser ambushed and defeated an English reconnaissance party under Lord John Segrave.


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Old Photograph Cottage Kilchattan Bay Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in the village of Kilchattan Bay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. This Scottish village is named after the sixth century bishop, Saint Cathan, who established a hermitage here in AD 539. His nephew was Saint Blane and a chapel was established in his honour in the 12th century. St Blane's Chapel still exists as a ruin, one mile to the south of Kilchattan village.



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