Tour Scotland Video Scottish Piper Tay Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee video of a Scottish Piper playing the bagpipes outside St Matthews Church on visit to Tay Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Salmon Fishing River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a fisherman fishing for salmon below the old bridge over the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Cottages Sangamore Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by Sangamore Bay, Durness, Northern Sutherland, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Pictish Stone Forteviot Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a pictish stone in the Parish Church on ancestry visit to Forteviot, Perthshire, Scotland. Forteviot was the site of an important Pictish settlement in the reign of King Oengus. With the defeat of the Picts by the Scots in the ninth century, Kenneth macalpin had his palace there. The present church building, the third, was erected in 1778.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Exterior Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the exterior of the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. There are seven Scottish regions, each known as a Diocese, which form the structure of the Scottish Episcopal Church. These Dioceses are: Aberdeen and Orkney Islands; Argyll and The Isles; Brechin; Edinburgh; Glasgow & Galloway; Moray, Ross and Caithness; and St Andrews, Fife, Dunblane and Dunkeld, Perthshire. Each Diocese is run by a Diocesan Bishop who oversees the spiritual and practical concerns of all the clergy and lay people within their own diocese. The seven bishops together comprise The College of Bishops. Within the College a ‘ primus inter pares ’ is elected to act as ‘ first among equals ’ in his role as Senior Bishop.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sunset Drive Old Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a drive at sunset over the Old Bridge on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Drinking Well Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the drinking Well on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Kelpies Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Kelpies on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Two three metre tall Kelpie models on display in the centre of the Fair City. These maquettes pay homage to Scottish heavy horses. The full size Kelpies by the brilliant Glasgow based artist Andy Scott will be installed in Falkirk.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video St Bride of the Isles Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Bride of the Isles stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. Saint Bride, as she is usually referred to in Scotland, is also known as Saint Bridgit, Saint Brigid of Kildare, or Brigid of Ireland. She probably lived from about 451 to about 525. She was an Irish nun and abbess who became one of the patron saints of Ireland and had many Scottish churches dedicated to her. Her feast day is 1 February, or Candlemas. She is the patron saint of babies, blacksmiths, boatmen, cattle, chicken farmers, children whose parents are not married, dairymaids, dairy workers, fugitives, infants, Ireland, mariners, midwives, milk maids, newborn babies, nuns, poets, poultry farmers, poultry raisers, sailors, scholars, travellers, watermen.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video St Mary Magdalene Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Mary Magdalene stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. St. Mary Magdalene is one of the greatest saints of the Bible and a legendary example of God's mercy and grace. The precise dates of her birth and death are unknown, but it is known that she was present with Christ during his public ministry, death and resurrection. She is mentioned at least a dozen times in the Gospels. She is the patron saint of the contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairstylists, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumeries and perfumers, pharmacists, and women.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video St Catherine of Alexandria Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Catherine of Alexandria stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. She is the patron Saint of philosophers and preachers. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine, is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age of fourteen, and converted hundreds of people to Christianity. She was martyred around the age of 18. Over 1,100 years following her martyrdom, St. Joan of Arc identified Catherine as one of the Saints who appeared to her and counselled her.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video St Elizabeth of Hungary Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Elizabeth of Hungary stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. St. Elizabeth was born in Hungary in 1207, the daughter of Alexander II, King of Hungary. At the age of four she was sent for education to the court of the Landgrave of Thuringia, to whose infant son she was betrothed. As she grew in age, her piety also increased by leaps and bounds. In 1221, she married Louis of Thuringia and in spite of her position at court began to lead an austerely simple life, practiced penance, and devoted herself to works of charity. Her husband was himself much inclined to religion and highly esteemed her virtue, encouraging her in her exemplary life. They had three children when tragedy struck, Louis was killed while fighting with the Crusaders. After his death, Elizabeth left the court, made arrangements for the care of her children, and in 1228, renounced the world, becoming a tertiary of St. Francis. She built the Franciscan hospital at Marburg and devoted herself to the care of the sick until her death at the age of 24 in 1231. Saint Elizabeth is the patron saint of nursing services, bakers, countesses, death of children, falsely accused, the homeless, tertiaries, widows, and young brides. Her symbols are alms, flowers, bread, the poor, and a pitcher.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video St Martin of Tours Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Martin of Tours stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. Gifted by his brother officers in memory of Major Douglas James MacGregor MacDonald, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died 17th Nov. 1893, aged 43.

St. Martin of Tours was Bishop of Tours, whose shrine in France became a famous stopping point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Saint Andrew Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Andrew stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. This window depicts St Andrew with the Saltire cross, bearing a fishing net. Andrew was a Galilean fisherman before he and his brother Simon Peter became disciples of Jesus Christ. He was crucified by the Romans on an X-shaped cross at Patras in Greece and, hundreds of years later, his remains were moved to Constantinople and then, in the 13th century, to Amalfi in southern Italy where they are kept to this day. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, Russia, Romania, and Barbados.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video St Francis of Assisi Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Francis of Assisi stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. This window shows Francis preaching to the birds reflecting his affinity with the natural world.

Saint Francis of Assisi, born as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, on 3 October 1226, was an Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. St. Francis is honored in the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Episcopal Church USA, the Old Catholic Churches, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and other churches and religious communities on October 4. The Evangelical Church in Germany, however, commemorates St. Francis' feast day on his death day, October 3.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Saint Columba Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Saint Columba stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. This window depicts St Columba bearing the cross before him, as he would have on various missionary journeys to the Picts.

Saint Columba, born 7 December 521, died 9 June 597, was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on the Island Of Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the Patron Saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

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Old Photographs Wishaw Scotland

Old photograph of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is not very old, but settlement in the area dates back to the 12th century when St. Nethan established a kirk dedicated to St. Michael by a bend in the Clyde near what is now Netherton. The area then became known as the parish of Cambusnethan, and remained so until the Reformation. The site of the original church remains as a ruined burial ground, including an impressive mausoleum to Lord Belhaven, although the church is in a ruined state.



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Old Photographs Alexandria Scotland

Old photograph of children and houses in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The town's traditional industries, most importantly cotton manufacturing, bleaching and printing, are long gone. Alexandria sits on the former A82 main road between Glasgow and Loch Lomond. There are regular bus services on the route and the town has a railway station on the rail line between Balloch and Glasgow Queen Street.

Old photograph of Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kilmahew Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Kilmahew Castle a ruined castle situated just North of Cardross which is located halfway between Dumbarton, and Helensburgh, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built upon the lands granted to the Napiers by Malcolm, the Earl of Lennox around the year 1290. The castle itself was built sometime in the 16th century by the Napier family, who owned it for 18 generations. The Napiers who owned Kilmahew are notable for being the progenitors of most of the Napiers in North America, as well as some of their members who had notable contributions in the field of engineering, such as Robert Napier, the Father of Clyde Shipbuilding, and David, James and Montague Napier, who owned the engineering company of Napier & Son. The estate was inherited by George Maxwell of Newark and Tealing in 1694, when he assumed the name of his maternal grandfather, John Napier of Kilmahew, but having no legitimate children he was the last of the name, although the Napier of Kilmahew coat of arms survives as a quartering of those of Noble of Ardmore, who therefore now represent the family in heraldry. Following his death the estate was successfully claimed by an illegitimate daughter, Jean Smith, who married David Brydie, and was finally sold to Alexander Sharp in 1820 in repayment of gambling debts. In 1839, the estate was acquired by James Burns of Bloomhill, the son of Rev. Dr. John Burns, eventually dying in the Castle in 1871.





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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Eurofighter Typhoon Jet Flying Above Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Eurofighter Typhoon Jet flying above the countryside on visit to rural Perthshire, Scotland. Not a great video, however these planes fly over so quickly it is rare that I ever manage to video them in this way. Just happy to have seen them.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Moon Rising Above Friarton Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the moon rising above Friarton Bridge on visit to River Tay just outside Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish bridge which spans the River Tay forms part of the important east coast road corridor from Edinburgh through to Dundee and Aberdeen. It is the single largest structure on the M90.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Setting Sun Old Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the sun setting behind Smeaton's Bridge, known locally as the Old Bridge, on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a toll-free Scottish bridge in the city of Perth. It spans the River Tay, connecting Perth, on the eastern side of the river, to Bridgend, on its western side, carrying both vehicle and pedestrian traffic of West Bridge Street. The engineer of its construction was John Smeaton, for whom the bridge is named.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Morning Drive Rural Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a morning drive on visit through rural Perthshire, Scotland. Driving this morning on rural country road in Perthshire on ancestry visit to Angus.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Honesty Box Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of an honesty box in rural Perthshire, Scotland. Saw this box at a junction in the road. Plums, 2lbs for £1.50 with an honesty box for the money for the purchase. Nice to still see these in Scotland.

An honesty box is a method of charging for a service, or for a product such as home grown produce, which relies upon each visitor paying at a box using the honour system. Receipts are not issued and such sites are usually unattended. When used in camping sites and other park settings, they are sometimes referred to as an iron ranger as there is often an iron cash box instead of an actual park ranger. Such boxes are typically used in rural areas where the low number of customers and other visitors means that employing an attendant would not bring a positive return on investment. Many are also domestically run operations where attendance is not feasible.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Tractor Ploughing Rural Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of tractor ploughing in rural Perthshire, Scotland. After recently harvesting Barley the Scottish farmer is now preparing the field for potato planting.

The Highland Potato Famine was a period of 19th century Highland and Scottish history, 1846 to roughly 1856, over which the agricultural communities of the Hebrides and the western Scottish Highlands saw their potato crop repeatedly devastated by potato blight. It was part of the wider food crisis facing Northern Europe caused by potato blight during the mid 1840s, whose most famous manifestation is the Great Irish Famine, but compared to its Irish counterpart it was much less extensive, and took many fewer lives, prompt and major charitable efforts by the rest of the United Kingdom ensured that there was relatively little starvation. The terms on which charitable relief was given, however, led to destitution and malnutrition amongst its recipients. A government enquiry could suggest no short term solution other than reduction of the population of the area at risk by emigration to Canada or Australia. Highland landlords organised the emigration of about 16,000 of their tenants, chiefly to Canada; many highlanders made their own way to other destinations in the Scottish Lowlands or further afield and it is estimated that about a third of the population of the western Highlands and the Hebrides migrated from the area between 1841 and 1861.

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Tour Scotland Video Reflections Old Bridge River Forth Stirling

Tour Scotland video of reflections below the old bridge on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish bridge was built around 1500 and was the lowest bridging point over the River Forth for almost four centuries. The southern arch was rebuilt in 1749, the original arch having been blown up in 1745 to prevent the Highland army entering Stirling. In 1297, William Wallace fought the Battle of Stirling Bridge against the English army, and won. It was a critical point in Scottish History, effectively marking the start of the Scottish resurgence that led to victory at Bannockburn 17 years later. The only downside of the battle was that the old timber bridge was destroyed, leaving Stirling without a crossing of the river. Doubtless ferryboats would have provided a service in the interim, but it is believed that the bridge was rapidly replaced. The original bridge was sited a little to the north of the current structures, but it's replacement may have been nearer the current site.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Wallace Monument Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Wallace Monument from Alloa Road on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. The National Wallace Monument is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish hero.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Morning Drive To Stirling Castle

Tour Scotland video of a morning drive up Mar Place road to visit Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland. Stirling Castle is one of the largest and most important castles, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. Its strategic location, guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification from the earliest times. Most of the principal buildings of the castle date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

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Old Photograph Glengorm Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Glengorm Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The Mishnish estate was purchased in 1856 by James Forsyth of Quinish. Forsyth was a hated figure on the island, he cleared the crofters from the area by bullying and concerted pressure. One old woman had a title to her land which Forsyth took from her and throwing it into the fire told her she had a week to leave. Upon his return he was meet by the woman and the local minister who had kept the original. Forsyth incadescent with rage decided to fence her in so that she could not leave to get provisions. However the woman managed very well it was said that men climb the cliffs near by to bring provisions. When Forsyth was building the castle he was told by an old woman he would never live in the place. He died just before it was opened. Forsyth when building asked an elderly woman what he should call his splendid new house, she said call it Glengorm, he did not understand that it means blue smoke a comment on the peat smoke that would no longer be seen from the houses of the people he had made homeless. Many of the folk moved into Tobermory to find work.



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Old Photograph Salen Scotland

Old photograph of Salen, Isle of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish village is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, almost halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement in Gaelic is Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille. A minor road branches off here towards Gruline and various places on the west side of Mull.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Muir Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Muir memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Archie Muir, born 1915, died 1999.

The Scottish surname Muir originated as name denoting someone who lived beside a moor. The name is derived from the Scots form of the Middle English more, meaning " moor" or "fen ". Muirs are thought to have descended from the Pictish Celts, of both Ireland and Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Christie Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Christie memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. To the Glory of God and in memory of Joy Christie, born 1937, died 1992.

The Christie surname is a shortened form of Christian and possibly also of Christopher. Clan Christie was in the area of Fife in the 15th Century. Said to be a sept of the Clan Farquharson. Another tradition is that the name was given to descendants of Christianus, a younger son of Alwyn II, one of the first Earls of Lennox. Variations of Christie: Christy, Chrystie, Chrysty, McChristie, McChristy, Christe, Christi, Cristi, Christian and many more.

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Old Photographs Arbirlot Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and church in Arbirlot located West of Arbroath, Scotland. In the 18th and 19th centuries Arbirlot was principally occupied by handloom weavers and farmers. It once had a meal mill, a slaughterhouse, two schools, a post office, a savings bank, an inn, a parish library as well as a number of shops. The parish is believed to be the original home of Clan Elliot, which was transplanted to the Scottish Borders to defend the newly crowned Robert the Bruce's Scotland from English invaders through an intricate network of peel towers. The Elliots joined the clans of Armstrong, Scott, Douglas, Kerr, Nixon, Hepburn and Maxwell in this effort. The Border Reivers and other titles such a Outlaws of the Marshes are most informative about the Elliots and their exploits after leaving the Arbirlot parish.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Bastable Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Bastable memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. To the Glory of God and in loving memory of our daughter Valerie Bastable, 1959 to 1991.

This unusual and interesting surname is of uncertain origin, but believed to be locational either from Barnstaple in Devonshire or Barstable Hall in Essex, England. The first recording of the Devonshire placename is spelt Beardastapol in 979, but had evolved into the form Barnestaple by 1086.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Kerr Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Kerr memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. To the Glory of God and in loving memory of our parents William and Helen Kerr, Riverbank, 1905 to 1983.

Clan Kerr is a Scottish clan whose origins lie in the Scottish Borders. During the Middle Ages it was one of the prominent border reiver clans along the present-day Anglo Scottish border. The surname name Kerr is rendered in various forms such as Kerr, Ker, Carr, Carre, and Cares. The name stems from the Old Norse kjrr which means marsh dweller, and came to Scotland from Normandy, the French settlement of the Norsemen. Another variant is found on the west coast of Scotland, particularly on the Isle of Arran, taken from the Gaelic ciar, meaning dusky. The Clan Kerr feuded in particular with the Clan Scott. The feud began on the 25 July 1526 when Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch launched an attack at the Battle of Melrose to rescue the young King James V of Scotland who was being held by the Douglas Earl of Angus at Darnick just west of Melrose, and in the ensuing fight Kerr of Cessford was killed.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Ewing Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Ewing memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. To the Glory of God, and in memory of many of the family of Ewing, who have served God in this Parish during three centuries, and who rest therein, and more especially in memory of William Ewing of Craigmill, his wife, Margaret Anderson, and their sons Ralph and Archibald of Dunedin, New Zealand who gifted this window.

The surname Ewing is of Scottish origin, and is an Anglicised form derived from the Gaelic clan name Clann Eóghain meaning Children of Eóghain. The forename Eógan is thought to derive ultimately from the Greek eugenes, meaning, noble.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Tait Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Tait memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. In memory of John Tait, Elder of this church, and his brother James Tait, members of Logie Church from 1838 to 1878.

Tait is an Anglo Scottish surname, probably of Norse Viking origin, deriving from the pre 7th century Old Norse word " teitr ", meaning glad or cheerful. The name was first recorded in Scotland in 1329 when a debt due by the king was paid to Thomas Tayt, a clerk who was connected with the hospital of Montrose.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Dawson Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Dawson memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. To the memory of John Dawson of Manor, died 28th of March, 1900. Dedicated by his daughters.

The Dawson surname is of English origins, and is a patronymic form of the medieval male given name Daw. This is a nickname form of David, adopted from the Hebrew male given name Dodavehu meaning " beloved of Jehovah ". This name was borne by the greatest of the early Kings of Israel, and led to its popularity, first among the Jews, and later among the Christians. In Britain the popularity of the name was increased by the fame of St. David, the patron saint of Wales, and by the fact that it was borne by two kings of Scotland as the name David.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video McNab Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the McNab memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie kirk by Stirling, Scotland. In memory of Alexander McNab of Techmuiry who died 27th of November, 1890. He was for 41 years an Elder in this parish. Gifted by the family of his brother William.

This ancient and historic surname is of Scottish origin, although popular in parts of Ireland. It derives from Mac an Abbadh, meaning the son of the abbot. The early clan chiefs were the lay abbots of the monastery of Glen Dochart, a valley which joins Glen Lochay at the head of Loch Tay in Highland Perthshire. Angus Macnab was brother in law of John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch who was murdered by Robert the Bruce in 1306. Macnab then joined forces with the Clan MacDougall in their campaign against the Bruce when Bruce was nearly captured at the Battle of Dalrigh. When the Bruce's power consolidated after his victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, the Macnab lands were forfeited and their charters were destroyed. The fortunes of the Clan Macnab were restored to some extent when Angus's grandson, Gilbert, received a charter from David II of Scotland in 1336. Gilbert was succeeded by his son, Sir Alexander Macnab, who died in about 1407. Robert Macnab, the fourteenth chief of Clan Macnab married a sister of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland. This connection to the Clan Campbell constrained him from supporting the Jacobites in the rising of 1715, although many of his clansmen did take part. The fifteenth chief was a major in the Hanoverian government army and was captured at the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745. He was then held prisoner in Doune Castle.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Bennet Window Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the Bennet memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Adam Bennet, born 20th of May, 1790, died June 1st, 1879, and Margaret Bennet, born 7th January, 1823, died, 5th November, 1902. Both for over 60 years members of this church. Also in memory of David Halley, R.D. Copenhagen, born 11th of March, 1850, died 4th of January, 1895. Window gifted by Mima Halley in 1904.

Bennett, also spelled Bennet, is an English and Irish language surname, and, less commonly, given name; related to the medieval name Benedict, both ultimately from Latin Benedictus " blessed ". Bennett is the English spelling of the Anglo Norman name Benet. The oldest public record of the surname is dated 1208 in County Durham, England.

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Old Photograph Galabank Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Galabank near Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. This is where Robert Burns, the national poet, wrote the poem Braw Lads O Galla Water.

Braw, braw lads on Yarrow-braes,
They rove amang the blooming heather;
But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws
Can match the lads o' Galla Water.

But there is ane, a secret ane,
Aboon them a' I loe him better;
And I'll be his, and he'll be mine,
The bonie lad o' Galla Water.

Altho' his daddie was nae laird,
And tho' I hae nae meikle tocher,
Yet rich in kindest, truest love,
We'll tent our flocks by Galla Water.

It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth,
That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure;
The bands and bliss o' mutual love,
O that's the chiefest warld's treasure.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Rainbow Old Bridge River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a rainbow over Smeaton's Bridge, known locally as the Old Bridge, on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a toll-free Scottish bridge in the city of Perth. It spans the River Tay, connecting Perth, on the eastern side of the river, to Bridgend, on its western side, carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of West Bridge Street. The engineer of its construction was John Smeaton, for whom the bridge is named.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video The Allan Church Bannockburn Stirling

Tour Scotland video of The Allan Church on ancestry visit to Bannockburn village located just South of Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish church was designed by John Henderson. The Allan Church sits at the heart of Bannockburn. The church, designed by John Henderson, is a hall church with gothic features on its entrance façade. The doorway has an ogee curved lintel. Above this is a square tower with a stone spire flanked with pinnacles. The interior has a gallery running round three sides. The furnishings are oak with Gothic details.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video Murrayfield United Free Church Bannockburn Stirling

Tour Scotland Winter video of Murrayfield United Free Church on ancestry visit to Bannockburn village located just South of Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish church was built in 1850 as a Free Church.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Charles Stirling Memorial Lecropt Kirk By Bridge of Allan Stirlingshire

Tour Scotland video of the Charles Stirling memorial on ancestry visit to Lecropt Kirk by Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. He was the fourth son of William Stirling of Keir born at Cawder on the 12th of May, 1771. He married Christian Erskine at Linlathen on the 14th of October 1817. He died at Cawder on the 30th of January, 1830, and is buried under this church.

The surname Stirling can be found in many different forms and spellings. From to time the surname was spelled Stirling, Sterling, Sturling, Strivelynd, and some of these versions are still used today. These changes in spelling frequently occurred, even between father and son. One clans woman was recorded as being born with one spelling of her name, married with another and died with yet another. More specifically the surname developed in the original territories of Stirling where the Stirlings of Cadder can claim an unbroken line of Chiefs from the year 1160 to the Present. Soon after 1160 a branch of the family settled at Dunmaglas in Nairnshire. The Stirlings of Keir although the most wealthy of the sundry Stirling lines were never the chiefly line. That honour was reserved to the Stirlings of Cadder. Even after the Keirs acquired the Cadder estates in 1534, the Chief of the Name stayed with the Cadder branch and came down to the Drumpelliers in 1818 where it resides to this day with Francis John Stirling Chief of the Name and Arms of Stirling.

Three Chiefs or chieftains swore allegiance to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland in 1296. They were John Stirling of Moray, Andrew Strivelyn of Inverkeithing, Fife, and Henry Strivelyn of Stirlingshire. Sir John Stirling, Laird of Keir, represented Stirlingshire in the Scottish Parliament in 1524, Henry Stirling represented Ardoch in Dumbartonshire in 1621, Sir John Stirling of Garden represented Linlithgowshire in 1640, and Sir John Stirling of Keir represented Stirlingshire from 1669 to 1678. Amongst the roll of Scottish Baronets were Sir George Stirling of Glorat and Sir Henry Stirling of Ardoch, both in 1666. Their present family seats are at Faskine, Mansfield, Ardoch, Cadder and Muiravonside, Glorat, Garden, Gargunnock, Fairburn, Larbert, Auchyle and Kippendavie. Notable amongst the Clan at this time was Sir Henry Stirling of Keir.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Christian Erskine Memorial Lecropt Kirk By Bridge of Allan Stirlingshire

Tour Scotland video of the Hannah Ann Stirling memorial on ancestry visit to Lecropt Kirk by Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. She was the second daughter of David Erskine of Linlathen. She was born in Edinburgh on the 19th of October 1789. She married Charles Stirling at Linlathen on the 14th of October 1817. She died in Edinburgh on the 1st of December, 1866 and is buried under the church.

Erskine is a Scottish surname. The name is derived from a habitational name from a location; Erskine on the southern bank of the River Clyde, near Glasgow. This place was first recorded in 1225 as Erskin. Early spellings of the place include: Yrskin, Ireskin, Harskin and Irschen.

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Tour Scotland Video Children's Memorial Stained Glass Window Lecropt Kirk

Tour Scotland video of the Children's memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to Lecropt Kirk by Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. This window is in memory of the sixteen children and the teacher who were killed in the Dunblane massacre by Thomas Hamilton before he committed suicide. It remains the deadliest massacre of children ever in the United Kingdom and one of saddest days in Scotland.

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