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Displaying 121 - 130 of 2412 items… The second meeting of the session was held at the Baptist Church Centre, Dumfries and on-line. Bruce Keith, a … a personal Millennium project, Bruce started on a journey to celebrate and record the history of pedestrian, road, and … four obelisks. By 1740 Major William Caulfeild had become responsible for continuing the building of military …
Wood Pigot place list: Wood Places, Stranraer, 1843
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. Academy Note: East side of the extension of Lewis street leading to the road to Stoneykirk. Anne House Note: East side of … Roadway running parallel to shore on west side of map. Commercial Hotel (George Street) Note: South side. Nat. …
Biography: Dr John Bruce Irving
… as the pressures involved were extremely high. His career took him to a research post at the National Engineering … In 1985 he and his first wife Margaret were able to buy Bonshaw Tower which had been in Irving hands for many … and gardening. His interest in genealogy led to him becoming Chairman and Life Member of Dumfries and Galloway …
… funded by Leader. It was on that very subject that he came to address Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and … those in charge can only encourage people to follow their recommendation but, unlike administrators of National Parks, … Newton Stewart Walking Festival, as most of the walks take place on part of the Biosphere Reserve. Other projects …
News: ‘Dinna Forget – Memoirs of the Kirkcudbright District and Beyond by John McKie RN (1821-1915)’
… fascinating, personal account of life in the Kirkcudbright District in the 19th century has recently been published by Kirkcudbright History Society. The author, John McKie, was born in 1821 and … he retired in the early 1870s and became involved in local community initiatives, in particular the establishment of …
TDGNHAS Card: 3090-2
… the parish boundaries is identified through the use of place-name evidence. The analysis includes eighteen … with a rough chronology based on their etymology and comparative place-name types. In cases of uncertainty, … archaeological evidence is added, where possible, to aid the dating process. Seven place-names have been found …
Standard page: John Wood's Town Plans and Pigot & Company's Directories
… John Wood's detailed maps of the major towns and cities of Scotland are a useful source of … — genealogy, property ownership, town and building plans, placenames, etc. Lists of personal names John Wood Map, Annan, 1826 John Wood Map, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1819 John Wood …
Biography: George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
… of Society on 4 January 1884. In April 1888 he was elected to an Honorary Membership — a position he held until the … Thornhill Respecting the Grierson Museum this survey took place whilst Dr Grierson was still alive - recognizing that … Series II, Vol.6, p207 Holywood Abbey , Series II, Vol.7, p126 Notice of various Antiquities found in Dumfriesshire, and …
… and guests of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society were taken on an enthralling … with a family member, sometimes with a friend, but mostly accompanied only by her redoubtable two Fell ponies, the … nights were spent in barns, bothies or a tent. And at each place, there must be grazing for her ponies and somewhere …
Biography: Morag Williams
… primary school and Dumfries Academy. From there she went on to study history at the University of Edinburgh, graduating … by Prince Charles. In 1990 the Museum was awarded second place in the competition for the best new visitor attraction in Scotland. She was Curator of …