Alex Anderson

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Alex Anderson The Development of the Road System in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 1Mediaeval-1890. Part I Recent, Recent (Social), Mediaeval, History TDGNHAS Series III, 44 (1967), 205(WARNING very large file size: 102.28 MB)
Alex Anderson The Development of the Road System in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 1590-1890. Part II Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), History TDGNHAS Series III, 45 (1968), 211(WARNING very large file size: 70.97 MB)
Alex Anderson Some Notes on the Old Military Road in Dumfries and Galloway Recent, Recent (Social), History TDGNHAS Series III, 72 (1997), 79(1009.36 KB)
Alex Anderson The 'Classified Summary' of the Minutes of the Road Trustees of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Recent, Industrial Archaeology, History TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 168(3.8 MB) Abstract The purpose of this addendum is to make it known that copies of the above summary have been deposited for reference in the Ewart Library and the Archive Centre, Dumfries and the Stewartry Museum. It may be used to locate references to roads, bridges and
Alex Anderson and James Williams Bridgend Bridge, Dundrennan - A Monastic Structure? Mediaeval, Recent TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 71(2.95 MB) Abstract Bridgend Bridge at Dundrennan is situated on the branch road to Rerrick Kirk and Orroland and has the appearance of a mediaeval ribbed arch. In order to gain some idea of its age and origin, the writers have examined both the documentary evidence and the
Alex Anderson Andrew Archibald [Obituary] Obituary TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 128(2.95 MB) Abstract Obituary of Andrew Archibald - the Society's treasurer 1970-75.
Alex Anderson and James Williams Kirk Sessions as Bridge Builders – Lochfoot and Twynholm Parish History, Architecture TDGNHAS Series III, 83 (2009), 232(WARNING large file size: 5.11 MB) Abstract Recent perusal of the Kirk Session Minutes of the Parish of Lochrutton has revealed an interesting record of one of the more unusual functions of that body – the building of a bridge across the Lochfoot Burn in 1740-41. This venture has been compared with a contemporaneous bridgebuilding exercise by the Kirk Session of Tynholm .
Alex Anderson The ‘Old Edinburgh Road’ in Dumfriesshire and Galloway Recent, History TDGNHAS Series III, 84 (2010), 101(3.44 MB) Abstract The ‘Old Edinburgh Road’ marked on Ordnance Survey maps of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright forms part of a route of great antiquity. A brief summary of its history before the turnpike era was given by the writer in a previous paper.2 The following notes are intended as an amplification of this and its extensions into Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire, based on observations made in the intervening forty years.
Alex Anderson James Banks (1914–2010) Obituary TDGNHAS Series III, 85 (2011), 175(3.42 MB)

Alan Pallister with Alex Anderson The Old Edinburgh Road at Barscobe and Balmaclellan Recent, Transport History (Roads) TDGNHAS Series III, 86 (2012), 209(4.08 MB) Abstract In a recent paper by the second author, the ‘Old Edinburgh Road’ was indicated as following a route between Barscobe and Balmaclellan, following the present access road from Barscobe Castle to the present A712 and thence on to Balmaclellan. Since then, an assessment by the first author calls for this section to be revised. Further research makes it clear that this should be replaced by a more direct and anciently established route between the two places.