Old Photograph Kerrycroy Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and fishing boats by the coast in Kerrycroy, Isle of Bute, Scotland. This Scottish village was designed in 1803 as a model village by Maria North, the wife of the 2nd Marquess of Bute in the style of an English village. John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, born 10 August 1793, died 18 March 1848, styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1794 and 1814, was a wealthy aristocrat and industrialist in Georgian and early Victorian Britain. He developed the coal and iron industries across South Wales and built the Cardiff Docks. He married his first wife, Lady Maria North, in 1818, and together they lived a relatively secluded life in Mount Stuart House in Scotland, one of Bute's four seats. Bute was dour but industrious, with a flair for land management. He focused his daily routine around extensive correspondence with his estate managers, making biennial tours of his lands around the country. The couple did not conceive any children, and Maria died in 1841. Bute remarried four years later, to Lady Sophia Rawdon Hastings, and she gave birth to Bute's only child, John, in 1847.




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Old Photograph Croft Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters cottage on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Kilcreggan Scotland

Old photograph of Kilcreggan, Scotland. This village developed on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde at a time when Clyde steamers brought it within easy reach of Glasgow. Many Glasgow shipowners and merchants made their summer retreats or even permanent residences there.



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Old Photographs Leadhills Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Originally known as Waterhead, this is the second highest village in Scotland after Wanlockhead. Leadhills Golf Course is the highest in Scotland. This nine hole course offers considerable challenge as the winds can be high and unpredictable as they are channelled between the hills.


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Old Photographs Stewarton Scotland

Old photograph of Stewarton in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Stewarton is on the Annick Water in a rural part of northern Ayrshire, about 6 miles to the North of Kilmarnock and to the East of Irvine. In the past, Stewarton served as a crossroads between the traditional routes from Kilmarnock, Irvine and Ayr to the city of Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Johnshaven Scotland

Old photograph of houses, cottages, harbour and fishing boats in Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A coastal Scottish fishing village. The flax industry, sailmaking and fishing were historically an integral part of Johnshaven life and economy. John Burness was born in August 1723 in Johnshaven, he was the son of Alexander Burness and was baptized on 15 August 1723. William Burness was born in October 1723 in Johnshaven, he was the son of Robert Burness and was baptized on 6 October 1723. David Burness was born in March 1724 in Johnshaven, he was the son of James Burness.1 and was baptized on 19 March 1724. Alexander Burness was born in December 1725 in Johnshaven, he was the son of William Burness and Margaret Criggie and was baptized on 25 December 1725. John Burness was born in August 1726 in Johnshaven, he was the son of Robert Burness, and was baptized on 14 August 1726. Robert Burness was born in December 1733 in Duchstown, he was the son of Robert Burness, and was baptized on 22 December 1733.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Highland Games Pipe Band Parade Burntisland Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Scottish Highland Games parade on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The 2nd oldest highland games in the world featuring highland dancing, pipe bands, heavyweights, races and piping. The earliest historical record of Burntisland was in the 12th century, when the monks of Dunfermline Abbey owned the harbour and neighbouring lands. The settlement was known as Wester Kinghorn and developed as a fishing hamlet to provide food for the inhabitants of Rossend Castle. The harbour was then sold to King James V by the abbots of Dunfermline Abbey in exchange for a parcel of land. The land was granted royal burgh status by James V in 1541. When the status was confirmed in 1586, the settlement gained independence from the barony of Kinghorn and was renamed Burntisland, possibly a nickname from the burning of fishermens' huts on an islet now incorporated into the dock.

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