Martin Allen
Articles by this author
Old Maps and Roads in Nithsdale: With Particular Reference to Durisdeer Recent (Social), Parish History, Cartography TDGNHAS Series III, 86 (2012), 129(4.08 MB) |
The Historical Geography of Sanquhar Geography, History, Mediaeval, Parish History, Recent TDGNHAS Series III, 88 (2014), 43(WARNING large file size: 7.34 MB)
Abstract
This essay sets out to trace the development of Sanquhar from the earliest times to the close of the nineteenth century, with a glance at its more recent expansion, a section on its outlying dependency of Crawick and a look at the roads which may have been the main reason for the town’s existence. Conclusions are drawn from maps, observation on the ground, the historical record — mainly the comprehensive 1891 work of local historian James Brown — and information from local residents. |
John Heathcoat’s Steam Plough TDGNHAS Series III, 89 (2015), 123(4.65 MB)
Abstract
John Heathcoat was the inventor of a steam ploughing engine which he demonstrated on marshland near Dumfries in 1837. The organisers were disappointed with its performance, and thereafter it was believed that the machine had sunk into the marsh; but there is evidence against that account of its fate. |
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