Author : Janet McLeman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 2012-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1470962365
There has been a church at Peathill, near Rosehearty, since the 17th century. The ruins of the old church and the gravestones which surround it reflect the changes in the local community which have taken place over the centuries. The gravestones tell the fascinating story of Peathill's links with the Covenanters, the Jacobites, the American War of Independence and the impact of two World Wars.
Author : James Boswell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 43,36 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Authors, Scottish
ISBN : 030025038X
This volume, tenth in the Research Correspondence Series of the Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, documents the long friendship between Boswell and Sir William Forbes This volume, tenth in the Research Correspondence Series of the Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, collects the letters exchanged between lawyer, diarist, and biographer James Boswell and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, eminent Scottish banker, civic improver, philanthropist, literary and cultural patron, and lay leader of Edinburgh's "English Episcopal" community. Forbes served as Boswell's most valued Scottish advisor, to whom he would often turn for personal, financial, moral, and religious guidance, and whom he would name executor of his estate and co-guardian of his children. The volume includes a total of 111 comprehensively annotated letters, few of which have appeared previously in print, between Forbes and Boswell and other correspondents. It illuminates in particular the period in which Boswell moved from Edinburgh to London and wrote his major books, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson and The Life of Samuel Johnson.
Author : Ingval Maxwell
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Cemeteries
ISBN :
Illustrating the relationship between animals and people, and the struggle to survive that many animals face day in day out, this book reveals how many types of animals are in danger of extinction as they are hunted for their skin, teeth and bones and how other species have become threatened because humans have destroyed their habitats. All sections of the animal world are represented, from butterflies, beetles and bugs to snakes and larger mammals - bears, big cats and elephants. The text explains what is currently being done to protect these endangered animals and how research is helping experts to understand what can be done to preserve them and their habitats in the future.
Author : Julian Cope
Publisher : HarperThorsons
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,53 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 9780722535998
In this unique guide to Britain's megalithic culture, rock n' roller Julian Cope provides an inspired fusion of travel, history, poetry, maps, field notes, and pure passion.
Author : Great Britain. Office of Works and Public Buildings
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Castles
ISBN :
Author : Great Britain. Commissioners of Works
Publisher :
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 1938
Category : Castles
ISBN :
Author : Charles McKean
Publisher : Rutland Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Land of barren hillsides, glorious beaches, beautiful valleys, magnificent chateaux, planned towns, ancient kirks, remote graveyards, castles, and cliff-bottom fishing villages like Crovie and Pennan. This ''cold shoulder of Scotland'', under some of the clearest skies in Europe, contains a surprising quantity of architectural wealth; and it is through the architecture of Banff and Buchan that the hidden treasures and character of this once-private principality is explored.
Author : Alex Johnston Warden
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781016810593
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Publisher :
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Archaeology
ISBN :
Includes List of members.
Author : David Dobson
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Company
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,51 MB
Release : 2021-03-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780806321134
This work identifies the major sources and repositories for those just getting started on their research, and it also focuses on the other, less commonly used, sources that exist, which will allow more advanced researchers to put the basic facts they have gathered into context. With an emphasis on publications, manuscript sources, and archival records, David Dobson highlights ways to trace Scottish ancestors using alternative sources, primarily those covering the years between 1550 and 1850. For each research topic--including statutory registers, church records, tax records, sasines and land registers, court records, military and maritime sources, burgh and estate records, emigration records, and much more--Mr. Dobson has compiled an extensive list of the publications and archival records that will enable family historians to advance their research. Another unique feature is the inclusion of numerous excerpts from publications and archival records, which will help lead researchers to the sources most applicable to their research.
