Old Photographs Braemar Scotland

Old photographs of Braemar, Royal Deeside, Scotland. Historically the village is situated in the upper end of the historical Earldom of Mar or literally the Braes o' Mar. Malcolm III with his first Queen came to the area in around 1059, and according to legend held a great gathering at the original settlement of Doldencha, situated under the present day graveyard. These days an annual Highland Games Gathering is held at Braemar on the first Saturday in September and is traditionally attended by the British Royal Family.

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Old Photographs Tayinloan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Tayinloan village on the Kintyre peninsula Argyll, Scotland. Killean House near Tayinloan was built in the 1880s by John James Burnet for James Macalister Hall, after the original house burnt down.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Exterior Song School St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the exterior of the Song School by St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Sanctuary St Michael and All Saints Church Tollcross Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Sanctuary in St Michael and All Saints Church on ancestry visit and trip to Tollcross, Edinburgh.
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Tour Scotland Video St Michael's Chapel St Michael and All Saints Church Tollcross Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of St Michael's Chapel in St Michael and All Saints Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Chapel was designed by Hamilton More Nisbett.

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Tour Scotland Video Lady Chapel St Michael and All Saints Church Tollcross Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Lady Chapel in St Michael and All Saints Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Chapel was designed by William Burges, born 2nd of December, 1827, died 20th of April 1881, who was an English architect and designer. His most notable works are Cardiff Castle, constructed between 1866 and 1928 and Castell Coch constructed between 1872 and 1891, both of which were undertaken for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute.

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Old Photograph Bilbster Scotland

Old photograph of Bilbster located five miles from Wick, Scotland. This tiny Scottish village was once served by the now closed Bilbster railway station, perhaps an indication of a slightly larger population in days gone by.



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Old Photographs Bower Scotland

Old photograph of Bower located eight miles from Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.

Old photograph of Bower located eight miles from Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Staxigoe Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Staxigoe near Wick, Scotland. The name of this Scottish village, located on the North East coast of Caithness, comes from the Norse, " the inlet of the stack ". It was once the largest herring salting station in Europe, but its fishing industry went into decline with the construction of a larger port in central Wick.



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Old Photographs Aberdour Fife Scotland

Old photographs of Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. In the 18th century Aberdour's harbour was improved by the addition of a stone pier to help handle the coal traffic from nearby collieries. However by the 1850s the traffic had changed dramatically, and Aberdour Harbour became a popular destination for pleasure steamers from the port of Leith, Edinburgh.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Virgin Hot Air Balloon Flying Over Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Virgin Hot Air Balloon flying over Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Gremista Scotland

Old photograph of Gremista at the North end of Lerwick, on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. An 18th century Shetland fishing booth was built here in 1780 by Arthur Nicholson, local landowner and manager of the Gremista fishing station. The building provided family accommodation and a store for the fishing and fish curing activities that took place on the adjacent beach. It was the birthplace of Arthur Anderson, co-founder of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.





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Old Photograph Ballygrant Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Ballygrant, Island of Islay, Scotland. This is the longest established village on Islay, pre-dating the clearance and distillery villages on the coast, and nearby place names suggest connections to Viking times. Ballygrant means Town of Grain and the water powered mill, now demolished, was turning oats into meal up until the early 20th century.



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Old Photograph Latheron Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Latheron near Wick, Scotland. One of the most eminent men known to have been connected with this area, was Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1st Baronet, born 10th of May 1754, died 21st of December 1835. He was a Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Exterior St Michael and All Saints Church Tollcross Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the exterior of St Michael and All Saints Church on ancestry visit to Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the exterior of St Michael and All Saints Church on ancestry visit to Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video St Columba's Parish Church Blackhall Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the interior of St Columba's Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip Edinburgh. The original Church building was of the old iron Church design, which was soon found to be too small for the rapidly growing congregation and in 1902 plans were made for a new Church. A Glasgow architect, Mr. P. McGregor Chalmers was appointed, who had connections with Iona Abbey Church and in consequence the design of St. Columba's does resemble to some extent Iona Abbey Church. The new Church building was dedicated on May 28th, 1904.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video The Grassmarket And Castle Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of The Grassmarket and Castle on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. The Grassmarket is located directly south east of Edinburgh Castle with the castle dominating views northwards. This was a place of public executions. A popular story is that of Maggie Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh who was hanged in the Grassmarket in 1724 for murdering her own baby. After the hanging, her body was taken back to Musselburgh in a coffin. However, on the way there she awoke. Under Scots Law she had served her punishment. Only later were the words " until dead " added to the sentence of hanging.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sheriff Court Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of the main Sheriff Court on doors open day in Edinburgh, Scotland. The office of sheriff dates from the early days of the Scottish monarchy. In days gone by one of the more powerful local lords in each county was appointed and the office became hereditary in his family. The legal cases which are heard within the Courts are dealt with by a Sheriff. A Sheriff is a Judge who is usually assigned to work in a specific Court, although some work as floating Sheriffs, who may work anywhere in Scotland. There are about a hundred and forty full-time Sheriffs in the various Courts and a number of part time Sheriffs. They are appointed on the recommendation of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. The Courts are staffed by civil servants who are employed by the Scottish Court Service which is a public body, independent of the Scottish Government.

Tour Scotland photograph of the main Sheriff Court on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video The Cowgate Street Old Town Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of The Cowgate Street on ancestry visit to the Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland. This street is part of the lower level of Edinburgh's Old Town, which lies below the elevated streets of South Bridge and George IV Bridge. It meets the Grassmarket at its west end and Holyrood Road to the east. The name is recorded from 1428, in various spellings, as Cowgate and in 1498 as Via Vaccarum. It is derived from the medieval practice of herding cattle down the street on market days.

Tour Scotland photograph of The Cowgate Street on ancestry visit to the Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Rothesay Isle Of Bute Scotland

Old photographs of Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. During the Victorian era, Rothesay developed as a popular tourist destination. It became hugely popular with visitors from Glasgow.

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Tour Scotland Video Fife Charity Motorcycle Ride Kinross Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of motorbikes on a Fife Charity motorcycle ride leaving the Motorway Services after visit to Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. This wonderful group of folks raised £2,313.00 for Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres in Dundee and Fife on this charity motorbike ride. Well done to all, and great to see you today.

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Tour Scotland Video Margaret Rule Tombstone Graveyard Currie Kirk Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the Margaret Rule tombstone on ancestry visit to the graveyard cemetery at Currie Kirk by Edinburgh, Scotland.
Recorded as Roule, Rule, Rhule, and Ruwel lthis is an Anglo Scottish surname. If Scottish it is locational from the lands of Rule in the parish of Hobkirk, Roxburghshire. The derivation is from the River Rule which flows through the area, and is so called from the ancient Welsh word " rhull " meaning " hasty or rushing ".

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Cross Slabs Currie Kirk Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of two Cross Slabs on ancestry visit to Currie Kirk by Edinburgh, Scotland. These Calvary Cross Slabs which are on the North inside wall of Currie Kirk date back to Norman times and up to the 13th Century. These two stones were discovered a few feet underground when in 1898, the grave of Reverend Langwill was being dug. These stones were preserved through the generosity of Wallace of Candacraig, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, in memory of his wife, Lois Wishart Thomson.

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Tour Scotland Video Graveyard And Kirk Currie Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the graveyard and kirk on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Currie by Edinburgh. Currie, originally Kinleith, parish church, which was dedicated to St Kentigern, St Mungo, is first mentioned in 1296. The present church was built in 1785. The remains of the old church are incorporated in the David Stewart Memorial Session House of Currie Kirk, built about 1950.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Coates House Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of Old Coates House on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house was built as a small tower house in the early 17th century by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. An early laird's house built in 1615 is a rare survival of the suburban residence of a wealthy burger of this period. Byers purchased the land in 1610 and after this date held office as Baillie and Treasurer of Edinburgh. The initials of his first wife, Mary Barclay, are inscribed along with his own and a blank armorial shield on the datestone in the West elevation. The original 17th century core of the building is a survival of a type of suburban dwelling which would have characterised this area before the expansion Edinburgh's New Town.

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Tour Scotland Video Interior St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of the interior of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. St Mary's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh. It was built in the late 19th century in the West End of Edinburgh's New Town. The cathedral is the see of the Bishop of Edinburgh, one of seven bishops within the Episcopal Church, which is part of the Anglican Communion. Designed in a Gothic style by Sir George Gilbert Scott.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Dusk Forth Road Bridge North Queensferry Fife

Tour Scotland September video of dusk at the Forth Road Bridge over the Firth of Forth on ancestry visit to North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Passenger Train Dusk Forth Railway Bridge North Queensferry Fife

Tour Scotland video of a passenger train from Edinburgh crossing the Forth Railway Bridge at dusk on visit to the Firth of Forth at North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Hot Air Balloon Trees Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Virgin Hot Air Balloon descending through the trees and landing onto a field near Old Scone Parish church on visit to Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The flight started at North Inch Park by Rose Terrace in Perth.

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Tour Scotland Video Beveridge Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Beveridge memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry visit and trip to Dunfermline, Fife. Gifted by Erskine Beveridge in memory of his first wife Mary Owst. Erskine was a Scottish textile manufacturer, historian and antiquary and the owner of Erskine Beveridge & Co. Ltd., which had been founded by his father in 1832 and was the largest linen manufacturer in Dunfermline, Fife. Beveridge was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, serving as vice president of the latter from 1915 to 1918. The University of St Andrew's awarded him an honorary degree. He married twice, first in 1872 to Mary Owst, with whom he had six sons and a daughter, and second to Margaret Scott Inglis, with whom he had two sons. He was a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Erskine was born 27 December 1851, and died on 10 August 1920.

Beveridge is a medieval Anglo Scottish surname. Introduced into the British Isles after the famous Norman Conquest of 1066, it has at least two possible origins. The first is from French word " beivre ", meaning to drink, the term being used to describe a drink bought to seal a bargain, the surname being a nickname for one who habitually concluded contracts in this way. Walter Beverage was a juror at St Andrews, Fife, whilst two centuries later in 1530, David Beverage was the official cup bearer to King James V of Scotland. Modern name spellings include Beverage, Beveridge, Bavridge, Bavidge, Belfrage, Berrige and others.

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Tour Scotland Video Drysdale Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Drysdale memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. In memory of Charles Drysdale, Lance Corporal, Gordon Highlanders who died on the Somme aged 19 on 18th of July 1916. Son of Mrs. Mary Drysdale, of 12, Headwell Rd. Dunfermline, and of the late Charles Drysdale. Bookseller and Vice-Consul at Dunfermline for U.S.A. Returned from Canada to Scotland for the purpose of enlisting. Previously wounded Sept., 1915.

This interesting locational surname name, with the variants Drysdall and Drysdell, is Scottish in origin, from Dryfesdale, a parish in county Dumfries. The parish takes its name from the River Dryfe and the Olde English " Doel " meaning valley. The use of village or parish names for surnames was quite common among persons who migrated from their native homes and would thereafter be known as being from that place. For example, as in the case of two brothers, William and James Douglas who in May 1503 being outlawed from Drysdale as a result of a right of way dispute involving killings, settled in Fife. They changed their names to Drysdale which accounts for the adoption and popularity of the name there.

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Tour Scotland Video Halkett Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Halkett memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry history visit and trip to Dunfermline, Fife. In loving memory of Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, Baronet, born on 1 May 1834, at Pitfirrane, Dunfermline, died 8 Mar 1904. The Halketts held Pitfirrane in Fife from the 16th century. A former Sir Peter Halkett who succeeded the title in 1746, died in the service of Major General Edward Braddock at Fort Duquesne, Pennsylvania, in 1755. In 1779 a Wedderburn of Gosford, Sir John Halkett, again held the lands of Pitfirrane and the baronetcy of Gosford. Admiral Sir Peter Halkett succeeded to the title in 1837. He was at the time Commander in Chief of the American and West India Station. He was succeeded by Sir Peter Arthur Halkett in 1847: he settled at Pitfirrane in 1856.

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Tour Scotland Video North Window Holy Trinity Church Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the North memorial stained glass window in the Holy Trinity Church at East Port on ancestry history visit and trip to Dunfermline, Fife. Gifted by Mr and Mrs North in memory of their son Sub Lieutenant Frank North who died in HMS Affray, a British Amphion-class submarine which was the last Royal Navy submarine to be lost at sea, on 16 April 1951, with the loss of 75 lives.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Clootie Dumpling Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of clootie dumpling and custard on visit to a Tearoom by Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a traditional Scottish dessert pudding made with flour, breadcrumbs, sultanas and currants, suet, sugar and spice with some milk to bind it. Ingredients are mixed well into a dough, then wrapped up in a floured cloth, placed in a large pan of boiling water and simmered for a couple of hours before being lifted out and dried before a fire or in an oven. Recipes vary from region to region and I always enjoy mine with custard.

Tour Scotland photograph of clootie dumpling and custard on visit to a Tearoom by Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Ditch Digging Machine Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a ditch digging machine on a narrow Scottish road on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. When you come encounter one of these when driving in Scotland, just be patient, and the digger will make room to allow you to drive past safely.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video September Morning Drive To Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of part of a September morning drive North on the A93 road from Perth on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. On the left hand side of road at the start of the video the drive goes past the Meikleour Beech Hedge which was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate. It is said the hedge grows towards the heavens because the men who planted it were killed at the Battle of Culloden. The hedge is noted in the Guinness World Records as the tallest and longest hedge on earth.
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Tour Scotland September Morning Photographs Video Deep Pool River Ericht Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland September morning video of a deep pool in the River Ericht on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Fishing for salmon and trout is possible on some stretches of this Scottish river with an appropriate license.

Tour Scotland September morning photograph of a deep pool in the River Ericht on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland September Morning Photograph Video River Ericht Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland September morning video of the of the River Ericht on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The River Ericht runs close to the centre of Blairgowrie and takes its name from the Scots Gaelic word for " beauteous " The banks of the river provide a delightful walk at any time of year.

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Old Photograph Battle of Carberry Hill Battlefield Scotland

Old photograph of Battle of Carberry Hill battlefield near Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The Battle of Carberry Hill took place on the 15th of June 1567. A number of Scottish lords objected to the rule Mary Queen of Scots after she had married the Earl of Bothwell, who was widely believed to have murdered her previous husband Lord Darnley. The Lords were intent to avenge Darnley's death. However, Bothwell escaped from the stand-off at Carberry while Queen Mary surrendered. Mary abdicated, escaped from prison, and was defeated at the battle of Langside. She went to exile in England while her supporters continued a civil war in Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. A commemorative Stone at Carberry marks the site of the conflict.



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Old Photograph Flodden Field England

Old photograph of Flodden Field battlefield in the county of Northumberland, England. The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field or occasionally Battle of Branxton, Brainston Moor, was a conflict between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. The battle was fought on the 9th of September 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by the Earl of Surrey. It was an English victory. In terms of troop numbers, it was the largest battle fought between the two Kingdoms. James IV was killed in the battle, becoming the last monarch from the British Isles to suffer such a death.



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Old Photograph Dipple Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Dipple, North of Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The area was site of the Drumbain Brick and Tile Works, which produced bricks and drainage pipes.


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Old Photograph Connel Scotland

Old photograph of houses in Connel, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the southern shore of Loch Etive. Connel lies on the A85 trunk road that runs between Oban and Perth.




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Old Photograph Port Logan Scotland

Old photograph of Port Logan, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was formerly known as Port Nessock. The village was planned; it was created by Colonel Andrew MacDowall, the laird of Logan, in 1818. On 27 July 1944, two Douglas C-47 Skytrains of the United States Army Air Forces were on a flight from Filton to a stop at Prestwick before flying on to the United States. The flight was transporting wounded soldiers. The flight encountered bad weather, and the pilot of 42-93038 tried to gain altitude to clear the cliffs. The C-47 crashed into the cliff side at Port Logan, where sadly all 22 passengers and crew died.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Autumn Sunset St Matthew's Church Spire Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Autumn sunset behind St Matthew's Church Spire on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Robertson Family Window Dunning Strathearn Perthsgire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Robertson family memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit and trip to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire. Gifted to this church by Jane Anne Robertson in loving memory of her father, mother and sister, Thorntree House, Dunning, 1908.

This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including King Robert the Bruce, born 1274, died 1329. Donnachaidh Reamhair, otherwise Duncan, a descendant of the Royal House of Duncan through the Celtic earls of Atholl, was the ancestor of the Clan Robertson which came to prominence in 1306 when Robert the Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven, near Perth, and fled into Atholl for protection. The Clan fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and Duncan's son was called Robert after the King. It is from him that the Robertson surname originates.

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Tour Scotland Video John Whyte Window Dunning Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the John Whyte memorial stained glass window on ancestry, history visit and trip to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire. In memory of John Whyte and May Wedderspoon, his wife. Placed here by their sons in 1909.

This name, with variant spellings White, Whitt, Whyte, Witt and Witts, has two possible origins; the first deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century " hwit " meaning white and originally given as a nickname to one with fair hair or pale complexion. The surname from this source is first recorded in the early half of the 11th Century. One Alestanus Hwit appears in the 1066 Winton Rolls of Hampshire, England, and an Alwin Wit in the Domesday Book of 1086 for Hampshire. Berwaldus le White is recorded in the 12th Century in London. A second distinct possibility is that the name is topographic for one who lived by a bend or curve in a road or river. The derivation is from the Olde English " wiht ", a bend. Ralf de Wyte and Jon Atte Wyte are recorded in Somerset and Sussex in 1279 and 1296 respectively. One William Whyte married Janet Pringle on February 21st 1650 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Thomas Douglas Wilson Window Dunning Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Thomas Douglas Wilson memorial stained glass window on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire. In loving memory of Thomas Douglas Wilson, Second Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Who fell in battle in France aged 26 on April 23rd, 1917. Only son of Lady Wilson, of Airdrie House, Airdrie, Lanarkshire and Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire, and third son of the late Sir John Wilson, husband of Kathleen Elise Knowles, formerly Wilson, nee Gray, of Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire.

Douglas, occasionally spelled Douglass, is a common name of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning " black stream ". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the given name Douglas. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, the location of Douglas Castle, the chief stronghold of the Lords of Douglas. The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dùbhghlas; the Irish language form it is Dúghlas, and Dubhghlas.

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Tour Scotland Video Jane Anne Robertson Window Dunning Strathearn Perthsgire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Jane Anne Robertson memorial stained glass window on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of Jane Anne Robertson, died August 19th, 1908.

This Dunning name is of Anglo Saxon origin and is from a nickname for a man with particularly dark hair or a swarthy complexion, usually found as " Dunn ", and of which " Downing" and "Dunning " are the patronymic forms, meaning " the son of Dunn ". The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word " dunn " meaning " dark coloured ". The name may also partly derive from an Olde English byname recorded as " Dunn " or " Dunna ", meaning " the dark one ". The surname development has included Geoffrey Dounyng, in Essex, England, Alice Downyng, Yorkshire) and John Downing, sheriff of Norwich in Norfolk. Francis Downing was an early emigrant to the New World, being listed in the " muster" at Charles City, in Virginia, America in 1624. Sir George Downing, born 1623, died 1684, first baronet, was scout master general of Cromwell's army in Scotland in 1650, and headed the movement for offering the crown to Cromwell.

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Tour Scotland Video Andrew Whyte Window Dunning Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Andrew Whyte memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit and trip to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire. In memory of Andrew Whyte, son of John Whyte, born at Muirhead, Dunning in 1843. Died at Bowden, Cheshire, England, in 1909. " A man greatly beloved "

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Old Photograph Couston Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Couston Castle near Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built on lands granted to Robert de London, an illegitimate son of King William the Lion in 1199. It was was firstly the property of the Logans of Restalrig, but passed later to the Earls of Moray. By the sixteenth century there was a fortified castle protected by artillery. King James V confirmed a charter to James Logan of Couston, whose family were resident at that period, during which the castle was rebuilt. For part of the second half of the seventeenth century it was occupied by Robert Blair, a Presbyterian clergyman, who was a former tutor of King Charles I, and who died there in 1666.



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