Old Photograph Theodore Martin Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Theodore Martin in Edinburgh, Scotland. Theodore born 16th of September 1816, died 18th of August 1909, was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. He was the son of James Martin, a solicitor in Edinburgh, where Theodore was born and educated at the Royal High School and University. He practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh from 1840 to 1845, after which he went to London and became head of the firm of Martin and Leslie, parliamentary agents. His first contribution to literature was the humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads, written along with W.E. Aytoun, which remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845.



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Old Photograph Devil's Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of The Devil's Bridge near Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. On the coast at Holborn Head a shaft in the roof of a cave has broken through to the surface forming a blowhole and caves on either side of a headland have united to form a natural arch. A walk around the headland can be accessed through a gate next to the Principal Lighthouse Keeper's House. There are stiles and bridges, which allow access to the unfenced off promontory of Holborn Head itself. There are clear views over to Dunnet Head and to the Orkney Islands. The name Holborn appears Norse in origin, meaning hill fort.



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Old Photograph Baxter Park Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Baxter Park in Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish park was laid out in 1863, a gift to the people of Dundee from linen manufacturer Sir David Baxter and his sisters Eleanor and Mary Ann. The park was designed by Victorian landscape architect Sir Joseph Paxton, one time gardener to the Dukes of Devonshire and designer of London's Crystal Palace.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Piper Ross Ainslie Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scottish Piper Ross Ainslie playing the bagpipes on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ross is one the finest traditional musicians and composers, highly sought after on the Scottish contemporary folk scene for his skill on pipes. Born in Perthshire in 1983, Ross began his career as a member of the Perth and District Pipe Band, before joining the Grade 1 Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, where he was mentored by piper Gordon Duncan. Hugely influenced by Gordon’s fearlessly innovative spirit and ground breaking compositions, Ross began exploring his own abilities as a composer and writing his own tunes, and in 2002 he was a finalist in the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition.

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Tour Scotland Video Ross Ainslie And Friends Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scottish musician Ross Ainslie and friends playing on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Jenna MacDonald Dancing Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Jenna MacDonald dancing to the music of bagpipes on visit and trip to a Pub in Perth, Perthshire. Jenna, originally from Ullapool.

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Old Photograph Lyon Playfair Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Lyon Playfair in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lyon, born 1st of May 1818, died 29th of May 1898, was a Scottish scientist and Liberal politician. He was born at Chunar, Bengal, the son of George Playfair, Inspector General of Hospitals in that region, and Janet, daughter of John Ross. He was named after his uncle, Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair, and was educated at the University of St Andrews, the Andersonian Institute in Glasgow, and the University of Edinburgh. After going to Calcutta at the end of 1837, he became private laboratory assistant to Thomas Graham at University College, London, and in 1839 went to work under Justus Liebig at the University of Giessen. In 1868, Playfair was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, being sworn of the Privy Council and made Postmaster General in Gladstone's government in 1873. He left the House of Commons in 1892 and was ennobled as Baron Playfair, of St Andrews in the County of Fife.

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Old Photograph James Colquhoun Campbell Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of James Colquhoun Campbell in Edinburgh, Scotland. James, born in 1813, died on 9th of November 1895), was a Scottish born Welsh Anglican bishop. He was born at Stonefield, Argyllshire, the son of James Campbell and his wife Wilhelmina, the daughter of Sir James Colquhoun. He was educated in Chester and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1836 and a Master of Arts three years later. In 1859, he received a Doctor of Divinity. He then became vicar in Roath in 1840 and was subsequently appointed rector in Merthyr Tydfil in 1844. He was nominated Archdeacon of Llandaff in 1857 and was consecrated 70th Bishop of Bangor in 1859.After more than forty years in this post, Campbell retired in 1890 and died at Hastings five years later. In 1840, he married Blanche, the daughter of John Bruce Pryce.

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Old Photograph John Pettie Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of John Pettie in Edinburgh, Scotland. John, born on the 17 of March 1839, died 21st of February 1893, was a Scottish painter who spent most of his career in England. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1866. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of Alexander and Alison Pettie. In 1852 the family moved to East Linton, Haddingtonshire. When he was sixteen he entered the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh, working under Robert Scott Lauder.

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Tour Scotland Video Caledonian Classic Historic Motorsport Club Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Caledonian Classic and Historic Motorsport Club on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Vintage and classic cars arriving after their tour of the Kingdom of Fife.

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Old Photograph George John Douglas Campbell Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll in Edinburgh, Scotland. John, born 30th of 30 April 1823, died 24th April 1900, was a Scottish peer and Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. He was born at Ardencaple Castle, Dunbartonshire, the second but only surviving son of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and his second wife Joan Glassel, the only daughter of John Glassel. He succeeded his father as duke in 1847. With his death he became also hereditary Master of the Household of Scotland and Sheriff of Argyllshire. He was married three times. He married firstly Lady Elizabeth Georgiana, eldest daughter of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, in 1844. They had six sons and seven daughters. Their fifth son Lord Colin Campbell was a politician. Their daughter, Edith, married Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland. Elizabeth died aged 53 in May 1878. In 1881, Argyll married Amelia Maria, daughter of the Right Reverend Thomas Claughton, Bishop of St Albans, and widow of Augustus Anson. She died aged 50 in January 1894. In 1895, Argyll took Ina, daughter of Archibald McNeill, as his third wife. There were no children from either the second or third marriage. Argyll died at Inveraray Castle in April 1900, six days before his 77th birthday, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, John. His third wife survived him by a quarter of a century, dying in December 1925.



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Old Photograph Archibald Campbell Tait Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Archibald Campbell Tait in Edinburgh, Scotland. Archibald, born 21st of December 1811, died 3rd of December 1882, was an Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at the Royal High School and at the Edinburgh Academy, where he was twice elected dux. His parents were Presbyterians but he early turned towards the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was confirmed in his first year at Oxford. In 1842, he became an undistinguished but useful successor to Arnold as headmaster of Rugby School where one of his pupils was Lewis Carroll, and a serious illness in 1848, the first of many, led him to welcome the comparative leisure that followed upon his appointment to the deanery of Carlisle in 1849. His move to Canterbury in 1868, having already refused the archbishopric of York in 1862, constituted a recognition of his work but made no break in it. His last years were interrupted by illness and saddened by the death in 1878 of his only son, Craufurd, and of his wife.



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Old Photograph John Scott Russell Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of John Scott Russell in Glasgow, Scotland. John was born on the 9th of May 1808, in Parkhead, Glasgow, and died 8th of June 1882, in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. He was the son of Reverend David Russell and Agnes Clark Scott. He spent one year at St. Andrews University in Fife before transferring to Glasgow University. It was while at Glasgow University that he added his mother's maiden name, Scott, to his own, to become John Scott Russell. He graduated from Glasgow University in 1825 at the age of 17 and moved to Edinburgh where he taught mathematics and science at the Leith Mechanics' Institute, achieving the highest attendance in the city. He became a famed Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Old Photograph John MacWhirter Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of John MacWhirter in Edinburgh, Scotland. John, born on 27th of March, died on 28 of January 1911, was a Scottish landscape painter. He was the third of four children. He attended a school in Colinton, and after his father's death was apprenticed to Oliver and Boyd, booksellers in Edinburgh. He stayed there for only a few months and then in 1851 enrolled at the Trustees Academy under Robert Scott Lauder and John Ballantyne. He spent long periods sketching and studying nature outdoors. His first painting to be exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy at age 14, was Old Cottage at Braid. In 1880, he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Exploring and painting abroad he visited Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Norway and the U.S.A. the Alps being a great inspiration. He moved to London in 1867 and on 4 May 1893 was elected a Royal Academician.



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Old Photograph William Calder Marshall Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of William Calder Marshall in Edinburgh, Scotland. William, born 18th of March 1813, died 16th of June 1894, was a Scottish sculptor. Born in Edinburgh, he attended the Royal High School and Edinburgh University before enrolling at the Royal Academy school in London in 1834, where he won the silver medal. He studied under Francis Chantrey and Edward Hodges Baily, and then, in 1836 went to Rome to pursue his study of classical sculpture, staying for two years.



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Old Photograph Sir Andrew Clark Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Sir Andrew Clark in Edinburgh, Scotland. Andrew born 28th of October 1826, died on 6th of November 1893, was a Scottish physician and pathologist. He was was born in Aberdeen, the illegitimate son of Amelia Anderson and Andrew Clark. His father, who also was a physician, died when he was only a few years old. After attending school in Aberdeen, he was sent by his guardians to Dundee, attending the High School of Dundee and was then apprenticed to a pharmacist. Upon returning to Aberdeen he began his medical studies in the University there. Soon, however, he went to Edinburgh, where in the extra-academical school he had a student's career of the most brilliant description, ultimately becoming assistant to Dr. John Hughes Bennett in the Pathology Department of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and assistant demonstrator of anatomy to Robert Knox. But symptoms of tuberculosis brought his academic life to a close and, in the hope that the sea might benefit his health, he joined the medical department of the Royal Navy in 1848. In 1853 he was the successful candidate for the newly instituted post of curator to the museum of the London Hospital. In 1854, he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and in 1858 a fellow, and then went in succession through all the offices of honour the College has to offer, ending in 1888 with the presidency, which he continued to hold until his death.



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Old Photograph James Hall Nasmyth Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of James Hall Nasmyth in Edinburgh, Scotland. James, born on 19th of August 1808, died on 7th of May 1890, was a Scottish engineer and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer. His father Alexander Nasmyth was a landscape and portrait painter in Edinburgh, where James was born. One of Alexander's hobbies was mechanics and he employed nearly all his spare time in his workshop where he encouraged his youngest son to work with him in all sorts of materials. In memory of his renowned contribution to the discipline of mechanical engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering building at Heriot-Watt University, in his birthplace of Edinburgh, is called the James Nasmyth Building.

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Old Photograph Parish Church Auchinleck Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland. There has been a church on this site since the 12th century. The present building, designed by James Ingram, was begun in 1833 and was funded by the Boswell family. The bell tower, designed by Robert Ingram, was added 1897. James Chrystal, a Moderator of the Church of Scotland, served as Minister for over 60 years. In the churchyard is the Boswell Aisle of 1754.

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Old Photograph Parish Church Kilbirnie Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Previously known as The Barony Church, after the barony that had been obtained by John Craufurd of Kilbirnie in 1641, the church is built on the site of a 6th century monastic cell. The town of Kilbirnie derives its name from the church. The name is Gaelic in origin and means Church of St Brendan.



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Old Photograph David Octavius Hill Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of David Octavius Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. David was born in 1802 in Perth. His father, a bookseller and publisher, helped to re-establish Perth Academy and David was educated there as were his brothers. He became a Scottish painter and arts activist, and formed Hill and Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland. He died on the 17th of May 1870.

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Old Photograph Joseph Bell Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Joseph Bell in Edinburgh, Scotland. Joseph, born 2nd of December 1837, died 4th of October 1911, was a Scottish lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. He is perhaps best known as an inspiration for the literary character Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle met Bell in 1877, and served as his clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Doyle later went on to write a series of popular stories featuring the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, who Doyle stated was loosely based on Bell and his observant ways.



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Old Photograph Duncraggan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Duncraggan located to the South of Brig o' Turk, Trossachs, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Ballikinrain Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ballikinrain Castle located in the Parish of Killearn not far from Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in 1868 for Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, a Conservative Party politician. Orr-Ewing was Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire from 1868 to 1892, and was created a baronet on 8 March 1886. He commissioned David Bryce to design a new house in the Scottish Baronial style, for his large estate. The castle was burned out in June 1913, the blaze being attributed to suffragettes, causing £100,000 of damage. It was rebuilt in 1916.



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Tour Scotland Video Callum Wallace Never Be The Sun Pub Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Callum Wallace singing a cover version of Never Be The Sun by Donagh Long on visit and trip to a pub in Scone by Perth, Perthshire. You'll never be the sun,
Turning in the sky.
And you won't be the moon above us
On a moonlit night.
And you won't be the stars in heaven
Although they burn so bright,
But even on the deepest ocean
You will be the light.
You may not always shine as you
Barefoot over stone.
You might be so long together
Or you might walk alone.
And you wont find that love comes easy
But that love is always right.
So even when the dark clouds gather
You will be the light.

And if you lose a part inside
When love turns 'round on you
Leaving the past behind
Is knowing you'll do
Like you always do
Holding you blind,
Keeping you true.

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Tour Scotland Video Callum Wallace Leezie Lindsay Pub Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Callum Wallace singing Leezie Lindsay on visit and trip to a pub in Scone by Perth, Perthshire. This traditional Scottish song is about a highland Laird who courts Leezie Lindsay in Edinburgh, after his mother had warned him not to hide his highland origins. Her family warns him off, but her maid encourages her. She finds the highlands hard, but finally he brings her to his family, where he is a lord, and makes her the lady of a great castle.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Kilconquhar Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station in Kilconquhar, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was on the route from Leven to St Andrews and closed in 1964.




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Old Photograph Ardoch House Scotland

Old photograph of Ardoch House by Braco, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish house, now demolished, was built by William Stirling in 1826. William was born in Dunblane on 15 October 1772, the eldest son of James Stirling, wright and cabinetmaker. Stirling began his career working with his father but married well and gained work through his wife's relatives. He built several country houses and extended others including Strowan House in 1804, Moncreiffe House in 1821 and Garden House in 1824. Stirling also built a remarkable number of churches namely Logie Parish Church in 1805, Airth Parish Church in 1818, Kippen Parish Church in 1823, Dron Parish Church in 1825, Crieff Old Parish Church in 1826, Tillicoultry Parish Church in 1827, Monzie Church in 1829, Creich Parish Church in 1830, Forteviot Parish Church in 1830, Port of Menteith Parish Church in 1831 and Dunipace Old Parish Church in 1832. He was responsible the Athenaeum in Stirling in 1814, and for repairs on Dunblane Cathedral and the Leighton Library in Dunblane. He built Holmehill House in that town as his own home, now demolished. He died there and is buried in the churchyard His son, also William, took over his architectural practice.



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Old Photograph Saddell House Scotland

Old photograph of Saddell House located on the east side of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish house is thought to have been built in 1774 by Colonel Donald Campbell of Glensaddell.

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Old Photograph Balhary House Scotland

Old photograph of Balhary House near Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was built for John Smyth by John Carver of Kinloch in 1817. John Carver was born on 11 November 1834, the son of John Carver of Carverfield, Kinloch who died 27 February 1858 and the cousin of the much older David Carver who practised from Kinloch throughout his career. His mother was Elizabeth Henderson. John was trained as an architect by his father but was also apprenticed as a joiner before entering the office of an Edinburgh architect: the style of his draughtsmanship suggests that of David Bryce. He returned to Meigle to take over his father's practice in the mid-1850s. Latterly he is described in census as an architect with two assistants and also as a farmer of 7 acres. The parish church at Coupar Angus shows Carver to have been a very able Gothic designer while the City of Glasgow Bank at Kirriemuir showed an original if idiosyncratic approach to Scottish Baronial. Although he designed a few large houses his practice seems to have consisted mainly of secondary estate work.



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Old Photograph Dall House Scotland

Old photograph of Dall House located on the south shore of Loch Rannoch near Kinloch Rannoch, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The estate here dates back to 1347. Dall House was built later and existed as a principal seat of the Clan Robertson until early last century. The building is a romantically styled Scots Baronial mansion house designed by architect Thomas Mackenzie Architect born in 1814 at St. Martin's in Prrthshire, the son of Alexander Mackenzie, a builder and architect. Three of Mackenzie's brothers were also architects; William in Perth, David in Dundee and James in Liverpool, and it was with his eldest brother William MacDonald Mackenzie that he trained. He is also known to have worked with David in the early 1830s. In 1835, he moved to Aberdeen to work with John Smith and then with his great rival Archibald Simpson. Mackenzie moved to Elgin in 1839, at first working with William Robertson, but within two years he had set up his own practice there. He was commissioned to design Elgin Museum in 1842, going on to build Forres Market Cross in 1844. In the same year, he formed a partnership with James Matthews, who had become a friend when Mackenzie was working with Archibald Simpson. Mackenzie did much of the design work in Elgin while Matthews managed their office in Aberdeen. Together they were responsible for Drummuir Castle in 1845, Poorhouses in Aberdeen and Ellon in 1847 and 1849 respectively, Ballindalloch Castle in 1847, St. John's Episcopal Church in 1850, Aldourie Castle in 1853 and Dall House in 1854, together with various churches, schools and banks and work on Cawdor Castle in 1854


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Old Photograph Thatched Cottage Clubhouse Colonsay Scotland

Old photograph of the thatched clubhouse on the golf course on the Island of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The 18 hole golf course is a natural links course in a spectacular position by Machrins Bay. Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull. Colonsay is the ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeil.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Torosay and Kinlochspelve Parish Church Craignure Isle Of Mull

Tour Scotland photograph of Torosay and Kinlochspelve Parish Church, Craignure, Isle of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish church was built in 1783 with repairs and alteration in 1828 and 1832.

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Tour Scotland Video Small Group Ancestry Tour Of Scotland 8

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry tour of Scotland. Includes visit to Castle Campbell, Croft Moraig Stone Circle, Dunfermline Abbey in Fife, Dunkeld Cathedral in Perthshire, Dunnottar Castle, Dupplin Cross, Edzell Castle, Eilean Donan Castle, Elgol Isle Of Skye, Falkland Palace, Glamis Castle, Glamis Pictish Stone, Glen Quaich, Glencoe, Isle of Ornsay, Kilmuir Museum, Kyle Of Lochalsh, Loch Leven Castle, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Monikie Graveyard, Sligachan, St Andrews Old Golf Course, Stirling Castle, The Quiraing Skye, Uig

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry visit to Dunkeld in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Located on on the banks of the River Tay this Scottish town was the first capital of Scotland. In 1809 the ferry across the River Tay between Dunkeld and Birnam was replaced by a bridge built by Thomas Telford. The centre of the town has many late 17th century houses alongside the ancient cathedral.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Parish Church Glendevon Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photography from a small group ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Parish Church in Glendevon, Perthshire. Plain white washed church of 1803. Large stained glass window by Alf Webster of Glasgow 1913 and small stained glass window in memory of Reverend Alexander Taylor 1872-1949. Many memorial plaques. Pulpit and Communion table and chair carved by Mr Philips of Tormaukin. Many Sinclair gravestones in the graveyard

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Old Photograph Cantick Head Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Cantick Head Lighthouse situated on the South East Coast of the Island of Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was completed in 1858 by engineer Alan Stevenson. He was a member of the famous Stevenson family of engineers, eldest son of Robert Stevenson, and brother of David and Thomas Stevenson, between 1843 and 1853 he built thirteen lighthouses in and around Scotland. The writer Robert Louis Stevenson was the son of Thomas and thus the nephew of Alan Stevenson.



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Old Photograph Maryculter House Scotland

Old photograph of Maryculter House, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This building is erected on the site where Knights Templar trained circa 1227 AD. Close by to the north is where Roman soldiers on the Elsick Mounth emerged from their march from Raedykes to cross the River Dee, on the northern bank of which the Normandykes Roman Camp stands. About the year 1618, the Lands of Maryculter were purchased by John Menzies of Pitfodels. The Menzies family, who had been tenants of Maryculter since 1548, were closely associated with the civic life of Aberdeen. In 1426, Gilbert Menzies was Provost of the city and thereafter a Menzies occupied the civic chair so frequently that in the following two hundred years, the combined provost-ships of the Menzies family amounted to 112 years. In 1811, Maryculter was acquired by General the Hon. William Gordon of Fyvie, a son of the second Earl of Aberdeen. The Gordons remained at Maryculter until 1935.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Braco Castle

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry visit to Braco Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. A rectangular tower, probably late 16th century, now forming the north-west corner of the building, was extended by Sir William Graham, 2nd son of the 3rd Earl of Montrose. He was uncle to the famous 1st Marquis of Montrose and was created Nova Scotia Baronet of Braco in 1625. General David Graeme, equerry to King George III and MP for Perthshire, added the enormous extension of the same height and general style to the east in the late 18th century to impress his royal master and to enhance his own dignity. Unfortunately the King never came. Finally the U-shaped building was filled in with a lower castellated portion in the Victorian time, probably by George Kellie McCallum. After 1894 Sir William Rennie Watson added to the Victorian service wings to the north east and was also responsible for building the water reservoir further up the hill.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Parish Church Dollar

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photography from a small group ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Parish Church in Dollar, Clackmannanshire. Designed by Tite of London and built 1842 to replace an older Kirk. Triple stained glass window in memory of Rev Angus Gunn. Rushworth and Dreaper organ. Reredos tapestry based on Ardchattan Cross designed by Adam Robson. Dollar is a small town in Clackmannanshire. It is one of the Hillfoots Villages, situated between the Ochil Hills range to the north and the River Devon to the south. Dollar is on the A91 road, which runs from Stirling to St Andrews, Fife. The town is around 3 miles east of Tillicoultry.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Balcarres Chapel Fife

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photography from a small group ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip Balcarres Chapel, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland This Scottish chapel, in the east garden of Balcarres House, was built for David Lindsay, 1st Lord Balcarres in 1635. He is buried in the chapel.

The surname of Lindsay continued to be borne by the Earls of Balcarres and Earls of Crawford, down to the current holder of the title, Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, while the Earls of Lindsay have used the additional surname of Lindesay since its adoption by Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay in 1919. The names of John de Lindsay, died 1335, Ingram Lindsay, 15th century, David Lyndsay, born 1490, died 1555, and Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, born 1532, died 1580, are early examples of the name being used as surname by members of lower nobility in Scotland. Lindsay was used in the United Kingdom by younger sons of the Lindsay clan chiefs, acquiring the status of common surname in the course of the 19th century.

In the late 19th century, the surname gave rise to the given names Lindsay and Lindsey in the United States, at first as a masculine given name, and since the mid 20th century, increasingly as a feminine given name. Its popularity as a girls' name is due to actress Lindsay Wagner, who became famous in 1976 as The Bionic Woman. Lindsey was the 570th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2014, while Lindsay ranked 653rd. Both spellings ranked among the top 100 names for girls from 1980 through 1993, with Lindsey peaking at #35 in 1983 and 1984 and Lindsay peaking at #36 in the same years

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Parish Church Clackmannan

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photography from a small group ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Parish Church in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. There has been a church at Clackmannan since St Serf visited from Culross, Fife, in the 8th century. The present church was built in 1815 by James Gillespie Graham to replace a 13th century church.Graveyard has stones dating from the 17th century with several Bruce family memorials.

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Old Photograph Birkhill Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, horse and cart and children in Birkhill near Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish village is located right next to Templeton Woods, home to one of the largest populations of Red Squirrels in the UK. Many street names in Birkhill have been inspired by the local environment, for instance, Post Box Road has a post box on it and Wood Road leads to a wooded area. There are also streets named after the late John Huband who was a very famous accordion player from the village and also wrote a huge amount of music in his day. The streets are John Huband Drive and Accordion Way and are located just off Dronley Road.



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Tour Scotland Video Musician Singing The Loch Tay Boat Song Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a musician singing The Loch Tay Boat song in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

When I've done the work of day
And I row my boat away
Down the waters of Loch Tay
When the evening light is falling
Then I look towards Ben Lawers
Where the after glories glow
And I dream on two bright eyes
With a merry mouth below

She's my beauteous nighean ruadh
She's my joy and sorrow too
Though I own she is not true
Ah, but I cannot live without her
For my heart's a boat in tow
And I'd give the world to know
If she means to let me go
As I sing hori horo

Nighean ruadh, your lovely hair
Has more beauty I declare
Than all the tresses fair
From Killin to Aberfeldy
Be they lint-white, gold or brown
Be they blacker than the sloe
They mean not as much to me
As a melting flake of snow

And her dance is like the gleam
Of the sunlight on the stream
And the songs the wee folk sing
They're the songs she sings at milking
But my heart is full of woe
For last night she bade me go
And the tears begin to flow
As I sing hori horo

When I've done the work of day
And I row my boat away
Down the waters of Loch Tay
When the evening light is falling
Then I look towards Ben Lawers
Where the after glories glow
And I dream on two bright eyes
With a merry mouth below

She's my beauteous nighean ruadh
She's my joy and sorrow too
Though I own she is not true
Ah, but I cannot live without her
For my heart's a boat in tow
And I'd give the world to know
If she means to let me go
As I sing hori horo

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Old Photograph Douglas Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Douglas Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was a stronghold of the Douglas family from medieval times to the 20th century. The first castle, erected in the 13th century, was destroyed and replaced several times until the 18th century when a large mansion house was built in its place. This too was demolished in 1938, and today only a single corner tower of the 17th century castle remains. The castle was the former family seat of the Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home. Douglas Castle was Castle Dangerous in the last of the novels published by Sir Walter Scott in his lifetime.

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Old Photograph Castle Craig Scotland

Old photograph of Castle Craig by Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. This Scottish castle was built over two hundred years ago by the Earl of Hyndford, the Chief of the Carmichael clan. It was first mentioned in 1170 when it was confirmed to Bishop Engelram of Glasgow by Pope Alexander III. The founders of Castle Craig Hospital, Peter McCann and Dr. Margaret Ann McCann, first founded a treatment centre at Clouds House in Wilshire, England, in 1983, before opening Castle Craig in 1988.


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Old Photograph Mining Shotts Scotland

Old photograph of mining in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Shotts was known for its mining and ironworks. In the years leading up to World War II there were 22 coal mines in the area, but the last of these, Northfield Colliery, closed in the 1960s.



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Old Photograph Gavler's Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Gavler's Castle, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The origins of this now ruined Scottish are obscure, but it is believed to have been built around 1350 by the Bairds, on a bend of the Powmillon Burn. Later the castle passed to the Sinclairs and then to the Earls of Douglas. After the suppression of the Earls of Douglas by James II in 1455, the castle was sacked and slighted. Little or nothing of the early castle remains. In 1457 Strathaven was granted to Sir Andrew Stewart, an illegitimate grandson of Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany. Stewart, who later became Lord Avondale, either rebuilt the earlier castle, or built a new castle on the same site. In 1534 it passed to Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, who expanded the buildings. A letter of 1559 mentions that it was here, that Master Patrick Buchanan, brother of George Buchanan, taught the children of Regent Arran.It changed hands one last time in 1611, when the castle was sold to James, Marquis of Hamilton. The last occupant was Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, born 1632, died 1716, whose main residence was Hamilton Palace. The castle was abandoned in 1717.



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Tour Scotland Video Musician Singing Smile In Your Sleep Greyfriars Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of a Scot singing a cover version of Smile In Your Sleep by Jim McLean in a Pub on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.

Hush, hush, time to be sleeping
Hush, hush, dreams come a creeping
Dreams of peace and of freedom
So smile in your sleep, bonny baby

Once our valleys were ringing
With songs of our children singing
But now sheep bleat till the evening
And shielings lie empty and broken

We stood with heads bowed in prayer,
While factors laid our cottages bare,
The flames licked the clear mountain air,
And many were dead by the morning.

Where is our proud highland mettle
Our troops once so fierce in battle
Now stand, cowed, huddled like cattle
And wait to be shipped o'er the ocean

No use pleading or praying
For gone, gone is all hope of staying
Hush, hush, the anchor's a-weighing
Don't cry in your sleep, bonny baby

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Tour Scotland Video Friend Singing Pittenweem Jo Pub Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of a friend singing a cover version of Pittenweem Jo by John Watt on visit and trip to a pub in Perth, Perthshire.

I'm goin' wi' a lassie fae Pittenweem,
She's every fisher laddie's dream.
She guts the herrin' doon by the quay,
And saves her kisses just for me.

Well, last July it come tae pass
I met this bonnie fisher lass,
Wi' her e'en sae blue, and black was her hair.
I met her doon by the village fair.

Oh, Pittenweem, Pittenweem,
She's every fisher laddie's dream.
She guts the herrin' doon by the quay,
And saves her kisses just for me.

So I says tae her, "Can I see ye hame?"
She says, "Och fine, but I ken yer game.
But ne'er the less, ye're awfy kind.
In fact, a widnae really mind."

So I took her hame that Saterday nicht.
The moon was shinin' oh sae bricht.
And as we sat there on the grass,
I said, "Hey, Jo, will ye be ma lass?"

Well, she's ma lass noo, and weel I ken
She disnae gang wi' other men:
'Cause I was fast but they were slow,
And that's how I won my Pittenweem Jo.

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Old Photograph Sandbraes Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages at Sandbraes by Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran, Scotland. The area, including Sandbraes, saw significant development in the early 1900s with the construction of large boarding houses which catered to the growing number of tourists.


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