DOCSLIB.ORG

Dumfries & Galloway.Pmd

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Dumfries & Galloway.Pmd Looking for somewhere to stay, eat, drink or shop? www.findsomewhere.co.uk 1 Guide to Rural Scotland DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY DUMFRIES AND A historic building B museum and heritage C historic site D scenic attraction E flora and fauna F stories and anecdotes G famous people H art and craft I entertainment and sport J walks Looking for somewhere to stay, eat, drink or shop? www.findsomewhere.co.uk 2 LOCATOR MAP LOCATOR Guide to Rural Scotland Ayr EAST Abington Ettrickbridge Dippen Coylton BORDER Fisherton Auchinleck AYRSHIRE (Scottish Leadhills Culroy Ettrick New Hawick Maybole Cumnock Wanlockhead Maidens Sanquhar Dalmellington Moffat Turnberry Davington Dailly Straiton Beattock Teviothe Girvan SOUTH Eskdalemuir Balloch Thornhill Newtown Saug Barr Wamphray Moniaive Lendalfoot Carsphairn Kirkstile Kirkpatrick Boreland AYRSHIRE Kirkland Corrie Newcastl Ballantrae Pinwherry Lochmaben Langholm Bogue Dunscore Barrhill Lockerbie Bargrennan New DUMFRIES Dumfries Waterbeck Pentonbrid Galloway AND GALLOWAY GALLOWAY DUMFRIES AND Dalton Evertown Glenwhilly Carrutherstown Springholm Ervie Carseriggan Newton Glencaple Ruthwell Longtown Cairnryan Stewart Castle Gretna Douglas Annan Todhills Stranraer Craighlaw Dalbeattie Creetown Upper Kirkbean Cardurnock Newtow Glenluce Kirkcowan Ruscoe Carlisle Portpatrick F Dunragit Wigtown Tongland Rockcliffe Mainsriddle Kirkbride Newton Wether Kirkcudbright Arlosh Thursby Stoneykirk Auchenmaig Whauphill Gledpark Dalston Sandhead Garlieston Wigton South Port William Ross Aspatria Sebergham Port Logan Whithorn Prospect Monreith Maryport Isle of Crosby Uldale Unthank Flimby Drummore Whithorn Bassenthwaite Workington Cockermouth Pen Mungrisdale Thornthwaite Keswick Troutbeck Pardshaw Braithwaite Towns and Villages Ae pg 8 Ellisland pg 8 New Abbey pg 27 Annan pg 23 Eskdalemuir pg 19 New Galloway pg 33 Ardwell pg 51 Gatehouse of Fleet pg 40 Newton Stewart pg 45 Balmaclellan pg 34 Glenluce pg 44 Palnackie pg 38 Beeswing pg 28 Glentrool pg 44 Penpont pg 13 Caerlaverock pg 22 Gretna Green pg 25 Port Logan pg 51 Cairn Holy pg 41 Grey Mare’s Tail pg 19 Portpatrick pg 53 Cairnryan pg 44 Hightae pg 21 Powfoot pg 24 Canonbie pg 27 Holywood pg 7 Rockcliffe pg 39 Carsphairn pg 35 Keir pg 13 Ruthwell pg 24 Castle Douglas pg 35 Kippford pg 38 Sanquhar pg 16 Chapel Finian pg 48 Kirkbean pg 28 St John’s Town of Dalry pg 35 Closeburn pg 8 Kirkconnel pg 17 Stranraer pg 43 Creetown pg 41 Kirkconnel pg 26 Thornhill pg 8 Crocketford pg 28 Kirkcudbright pg 29 Threave Castle pg 36 Dalbeattie pg 38 Kirkmadrine pg 51 Threave Gardens pg 37 Dalswinton pg 7 Kirkmaiden pg 52 Tongland pg 33 Dalton pg 26 Kirkpatrick Fleming pg 26 Torthorwald pg 22 Drumlanrig Castle pg 12 Kirtlebridge pg 26 Tweedswell pg 19 Dumfries pg 5 Langholm pg 20 Twynholm pg 40 Dundrennan pg 40 Loch Ken pg 33 Tynron pg 14 Dunscore pg 14 Lochmaben pg 21 Upper Nithsdale pg 17 Durisdeer pg 13 Lockerbie pg 21 Wanlockhead pg 15 Eastriggs pg 25 Moffat pg 18 Westerkirk pg 20 Ecclefechan pg 25 Moniaive pg 15 Whithorn pg 49 Eliock House pg 17 Monreith pg 49 Wigtown pg 47 A historic building B museum and heritage C historic site D scenic attraction E flora and fauna F stories and anecdotes G famous people H art and craft I entertainment and sport J walks Looking for somewhere to stay, eat, drink or shop? www.findsomewhere.co.uk 3 Dumfries & Galloway Guide to Rural Scotland People scurrying north along the M74 rarely a visit to St Michael’s Kirkyard to see his turn off at Gretna and head for Dumfries and mausoleum. Kirkcudbright, because of the Galloway. This is a pity, as it is a wonderful quality of light found there, has had an artists’ area that can match anything in Scotland for colony since Victorian times, and is a gracious beautiful scenery, grandeur and history. There place full of Regency and Georgian buildings. GALLOWAY DUMFRIES AND are more than 200 miles of coastline with Wigtown is Scotland’s official book town, and small coves, neat fishing ports, towering cliffs Stranraer, with its ferries, is a gateway to and wonderful sandy beaches. There also are Northern Ireland. Then there’s Lockerbie, beautiful villages, old abbeys and castles, forever associated with the air disaster of 1988. vibrant towns and country roads that meander The area contains three former counties - through soft, verdant scenery or climb up into Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and bleak moorland landscapes that were made for Wigtownshire, and each one has its own walking. In the fields you will see herds of the particular charm. You can explore beautiful region’s own indigenous cattle - the Belted Nithsdale in Dumfriesshire, for instance, and Galloways, so called because they have a wide visit Drumlanrig Castle, one of the homes of white band running round their bodies. the Duke of Queensberry and Buccleuch. Dumfries is the largest town in the area, and Kirkcudbrightshire was the birthplace of John is a lovely place, full of old red sandstone Paul Jones, founder of the American navy, and buildings and great shopping facilities. It is Wigtownshire was where Christianity was where Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, is introduced into Scotland. buried, and any trip to Scotland should include Surrounding the fertile fields and picturesque towns of coastal Galloway are the high hills and bleak moorland that cut off Dumfries and Galloway from the rest of Scotland. Because of this, the area was almost independent of Scottish kings in medieval times, and was ruled by a succession of families, from the ancient Lords of Galloway to the mighty Douglases. All Glenwhan Gardens, Stranraer have left their mark in A historic building B museum and heritage C historic site D scenic attraction E flora and fauna F stories and anecdotes G famous people H art and craft I entertainment and sport J walks Looking for somewhere to stay, eat, drink or shop? www.findsomewhere.co.uk 4 sweetheart to the English Guide to Rural Scotland language; at Glenluce - a word that means valley of light - are the wonderful ruins of Glenluce Abbey; and south of Kirkcudbright is Dundrennan, where Mary Stuart - better known as Mary, Queen of Scots - spent her last night on Scottish soil. The GALLOWAY DUMFRIES AND castles are equally as impressive. Drumlanrig, Threave, Cardoness, Caerlaverock; the names trip off the tongue, and go to the very heart of Scotland’s history. From the middle of August to the end of October each year, the area holds its Gaelforce Festival, bringing together musical events, literary festivals, traditional Scottish entertainment, concerts, drama and art. This part of Scotland has a Galloway Forest Park mild climate, and at one time the coastline was nicknamed the stone, such as Devorgilla’s Bridge in Dumfries, Scottish Riviera. First-time visitors are always and the mighty Threave Castle, built on an surprised to see palm trees flourishing in island in the River Dee. cottage gardens near the coast, or in the grand, Then there are the abbeys, for, like the formal gardens such as Logan Botanic Garden Borders, this was an area much favoured by or Castle Kennedy Garden in Wigtownshire. medieval monks. At New Abbey are the ruins But then, Dumfries and Galloway has always of a monastery that gave the word been full of surprises. A historic building B museum and heritage C historic site D scenic attraction E flora and fauna F stories and anecdotes G famous people H art and craft I entertainment and sport J walks Looking for somewhere to stay, eat, drink or shop? www.findsomewhere.co.uk 5 Dumfries The Globe Inn was the poet’s howff, or Guide to Rural Scotland favoured drinking place, and can still be visited. A Burns Mausoleum A Burns’ House It was established in 1610, and can be found A Globe Inn B Robert Burns Centre down a narrow passage off the main street. On the west bank of the Nith is the Robert A Midsteeple A Theatre Royal Burns Centre (free) which tells the full story I C Organised Chaos Devorgilla’s Bridge of the poet and his connections with the B Old Bridge House B Dumfries Museum town. There is a fascinating scale model of C Lincluden College G Archibald the Grim Dumfries in the 1790s and a haunting audio- GALLOWAY DUMFRIES AND visual presentation (for which there is a small A Crichton Memorial Church charge), as well as a bookshop and a cafe- The Royal Burgh of Dumfries certainly lives gallery with a lively exhibition programme. up to its nickname of the Queen of the South. Another writer associated with Dumfries is It has a lovely location on the banks of the J M Barrie. Though not born here, he River Nith, and was once voted the town with attended Dumfries Academy, a handsome the best quality of life in Britain. building in Academy Street. While at the The town is forever associated with school, he stayed in a house in George Street Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns. and later admitted that the games of pirates he Though born in Ayrshire, he died in Dumfries, and his friends played in the garden sloping and lies in the Burns Mausoleum within the down to the Nith gave him the idea for Peter kirkyard that surrounds St Michael’s Parish Pan and Captain Hook. Church, built in the 1740s. Also buried there Dumfries is an ancient town, with a royal are his wife, Jean Armour, and five of their charter from William I dated 1186. It was family. Burns had a family pew in St Michael’s here, in 1306, that Robert the Bruce murdered (marked by a plaque), and long after his death the Red Comyn, a rival contender for the his wife was a regular attender.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • News from Tobias Parker Many Of
    News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Pilgrimage 2016 Issue Celebrating Saint Andrew in this▸ issue... Ordinariate Pilgrimage to St Andrews ? Pilgrimage ? New Ordinariate HE ORDINARIatE is on Monsignor Keith Newton writes: members TPilgrimage throughout the UK “Pilgrimage holds a special place ? Bl John Henry during this Jubilee Year of Mercy. in the Ordinariate of Our Lady Newman ‘miracle’ They began in North Wales at the of Walsingham. For many of us, ? New Ordinariate Shrine of St Winifrede at Holywell, pilgrimages to the shrine from Mass routine and as you read this, Mgr Keith which we take our name have been Newton, will be in Rome and central to our spiritual life. Loreto with a group of Ordinariate Pilgrims. “Our entry as members of the Ordinariate into the full communion of the Catholic ? First Ecumenical Church was in itself a pilgrimage Chapel in – travelling together, often at some Scotland personal cost, to answer God’s ? Mgr Newton’s call and to receive His grace. It is Scottish visit natural therefore that pilgrimage should be at the heart of our observance of the Year of Mercy.” The Apostle Andrew was the first disciple to follow Jesus. He was present during the Last Supper and in the Garden at Gethsemane. He saw the Risen ? The Oratory Christ after the Resurrection ? Lent Appeal and was amongst those who ? On-line Shopping received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. According to ? Welcome tradition, Andrew left the Holy ? Holy Land and Land after Pentecost to spread Poland the Word in Greece and Asia ? Abbey establishes This will be followed by a Minor.
    [Show full text]
  • List of the Old Parish Registers of Scotland 758-811
    List of the Old Parish Registers Dumfries OPR DUMFRIES 812. ANNAN 812/1 B 1703-1819 M 1764-1819 D - 812/2 B 1820-54 M - D - 812/3 B - M 1820-54 D - RNE 813A. APPLEGARTH AND SIBBALDBIE A 813 /1 B 1749-1819 M 1749-1824 D 1749-1820 A 813 /2 B 1820-54 M 1820-54 D 1820-54 See library reference MT 220.014 for deaths and burial index, 1749- 1854 813B. BRYDEKIRK B 813 /1 1836-54 M 1836-54 D - 814. CANONBIE 814/1 B 1693-1768 M - D - 814/2 B 1768-1820 M 1768-1820 D 1783-1805 814/3 B 1820-54 M 1820-43 D - RNE See library reference MT 220.006 for index to deaths and burials1786- 1805 815. CAERLAVEROCK 815/1 B 1749-1819 M 1753-1819 D 1753-75 815/2 B 1820-54 M 1826-39 D 1826-54 816. CLOSEBURN 816/1 B 1765-1819 M 1766-1817 D 1765-1815 816/2 B 1819-54 M 1823-48 D 1820-47 RNE 817. CUMMERTREES 817/1 B 1749-1846 M 1786-1854 D 1733-83 817/2 B 1820-54 M 1848-54 D 1831-38 818. DALTON 818/1 B 1723-1819 M 1766-1824 D 1766-1817 818/2 B - M 1769-1804 D 1779-1804 818/3 B 1820-54 M 1820-54 D - List of the Old Parish Registers Dumfries OPR 819. DORNOCK 819/1 B 1773-1819 M 1774-1818 D 1774-83 819/2 B 1820-54 M 1828-54 D - Contains index to B 1845-54 820.
    [Show full text]
  • 1. Introduction and Pipeline Legislation
    1. INTRODUCTION AND PIPELINE LEGISLATION Introduction 1.1. Bord Gáis Eireann propose to construct a new pipeline between Beattock, Scotland and Gormanston, Ireland. The project is called ‘Scotland to Ireland – The Second Gas Interconnector.’ The pipeline will provide additional capacity to supply Ireland with natural gas from the North Sea and other international gas reserves via the existing Transco pipeline network. 1.2. The main elements of the project include an extension to Beattock Compressor Station, a new pipeline between Beattock and Brighouse, an extension to Brighouse Compressor Station and a new sub-sea pipeline between Brighouse and Gormanston. 1.3. This Environmental Statement examines the potential interaction between the Scottish Land Pipeline and the environment. The Scottish Land Pipeline will be constructed between Beattock and Brighouse. The land pipeline system will comprise a 36 inch (914mm) diameter pipeline approximately 50miles in length, and four Block Valve Stations (BV’s). The proposed pipeline route is shown in Figure 1.2. Background 1.4. Bord Gáis Eireann and the Irish Department of Public Enterprise initiated a project called Gas 2025 in November 1997, to plan the possible need for further transmission pipelines to meet forecast growth in demand to the year 2025. 1.5. In Ireland, gas is sourced from the Kinsale Head Gas Field off the south east coast, and the existing Interconnector pipeline. The Kinsale Head Gas Field is now in final depletion, placing increasing importance on the Interconnector pipeline. This first Interconnector pipeline was constructed in 1993 and runs from Beattock in Dumfries and Galloway, through to Loughshinny in Ireland.
    [Show full text]
  • ROBERT BURNS and PASTORAL This Page Intentionally Left Blank Robert Burns and Pastoral
    ROBERT BURNS AND PASTORAL This page intentionally left blank Robert Burns and Pastoral Poetry and Improvement in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland NIGEL LEASK 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX26DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York # Nigel Leask 2010 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available Typeset by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by MPG Books Group, Bodmin and King’s Lynn ISBN 978–0–19–957261–8 13579108642 In Memory of Joseph Macleod (1903–84), poet and broadcaster This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgements This book has been of long gestation.
    [Show full text]
  • CYCLING Stewartry
    CYCLING in and around Stewartry The natural place to cycle See also:- - Cycling Signposted Routes in Dumfries and Galloway - Sustrans Maps www.sustrans.org.uk - The National Byway Map www.thenationalbyway.org.uk Particular thanks to John Taylor CTC for route and text contributions and for photographs. Photographs also by Alan Devlin and Dumfries and Galloway Tourist Board This publication has been, designed and funded by a partnership of: Supported by Solway Heritage through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme A Message from the Health Improvement Group Cycling can seriously improve your health & happiness. Enjoy! CYCLING IN STEWARTRY This booklet is one of a series of four covering the whole of Dumfries & Galloway that suggest a variety of cycle tours for visitors and locals of all abilities. Local cycling enthusiasts, using their knowledge of the quieter roads, cycle routes and byways, have researched the routes to provide an interesting and rewarding taste of the region. A note of distance, time, terrain and facilities is given at the start of each route. All start points offer parking, toilets, snack places and accommodation. Some routes include stretches off-tarmac and this is indicated at the start of the route. Parking discs are required for some car parks and these are available at Tourist Information Centres and in local shops. Stewartry is part of the old province of Galloway. In those centuries when the easiest way to travel any distance was by sea, it held a strategic place on the west coast, Irish and Isle of Man routes. This explains the many archaeological remains near the coast.
    [Show full text]
  • Sweetheart Abbey and Precinct Walls Statement of Significance
    Property in Care (PIC) ID: PIC216 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90293) Taken into State care: 1927 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2013 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE SWEETHEART ABBEY AND PRECINCT WALLS We continually revise our Statements of Significance, so they may vary in length, format and level of detail. While every effort is made to keep them up to date, they should not be considered a definitive or final assessment of our properties. Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Principal Office: Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH © Historic Environment Scotland 2018 You may re-use this information (excluding logos and images) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open- government-licence/version/3/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: [email protected] Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Any enquiries regarding this document should be sent to us at: Historic Environment Scotland Longmore House Salisbury Place Edinburgh EH9 1SH +44 (0) 131 668 8600 www.historicenvironment.scot You can download this publication from our website at www.historicenvironment.scot Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Principal Office: Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH SWEETHEART ABBEY SYNOPSIS Sweetheart Abbey is situated in the village of New Abbey, on the A710 6 miles south of Dumfries. The Cistercian abbey was the last to be set up in Scotland.
    [Show full text]
  • Edward Irving
    Edward Irving: Romantic Theology in Crisis Peter Elliott Edward Irving: Romantic theology in crisis Peter Elliott BA, BD, MTh(Hons.) This thesis is presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology of Murdoch University 2010 I declare that this thesis is my own account of my research and contains as its main content work which has not previously been submitted for a degree at any tertiary education institution. …………………… Peter Elliott Abstract In 1822 a young Church of Scotland minister named Edward Irving accepted a post in London and quickly attracted wide upper-class support. He numbered amongst his friends and admirers the political historian Thomas Carlyle and the Romantic poet-philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge. During the next decade, Irving developed views and practices that could be described as millenarian and proto- pentecostal; his interest in prophecy grew and his Christology became unorthodox. He was ejected from his church and hundreds followed him to begin a new group. Within a short period of time, he was relegated to a subordinate position within this group, which later became the Catholic Apostolic Church. He died in 1834 at the age of 42. This paper examines Irving’s underlying Romanticism and the influences on him, including his complex relationships with Carlyle and Coleridge, and then demonstrates how his Romanticism informed all of his key theological positions, often in tension with the more established Rationalism of the time. In ejecting Irving from his pastorate, the Church of Scotland officials were rejecting his idealistic and Romantic view of Christianity. It was this same idealism, with reference to the charismata, that alienated Irving from a senior role in the nascent Catholic Apostolic Church.
    [Show full text]
  • December 2014
    Inside this issue Advent 2014 Diocese of Galloway .................... 2 Bishops’ Conference of Scotland The Guardian Angel Window ...... 2 Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Service Diocese of Dunkeld ..................... 2 My First Year as NSC ................... 3 Diocese of Paisley ....................... 3 Archdiocese of STAE ................... 4 Safeguarding Diocese of Motherwell ................ 4 Archdiocese of Glasgow ………….. 4 Conferences in 2014 ................... 5 Training by the NSC ..................... 6 News Diocese of Aberdeen ................... 6 Diocese of Argyll and the Isles .... 6 SCSS Contact Details ................... 6 Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Service Dedicated to the Protection of the Guardian Angels On October 4 th the Naonal Parish Safeguarding Coordinators came together for the annual conference which this year was held at the Gillis Centre, in Edinburgh. During Mass, Bishop Joseph Toal blessed the new Guardian Angel Window Panel and dedicated SCSS to the protecon of the Guardian Angels. A prayer card with a picture of the window and the new Naonal Safeguarding Prayer together with a candle again replicang the image of the window was given to all delegates. SCSS also commissioned a larger candle for each Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Group. At the end of the conference these candles were taken back to each Diocesan Office and have already been used at other more local safeguarding events and Safeguarding Advisory Group meengs. Message from Bishop Toal This is the first newsleer from Tina Campbell and the SCSS staff as she completes her first year in post. This is my first newsleer as President of SCSS and I would like to express my thanks to and appreciaon for all the volunteers across Scotland who give of their me so willingly in our parishes and in our Catholic sociees and organisaons to help children and the vulnerable and to ensure their safety while benefing from the Church's spiritual and pastoral ministry or while parcipang in its varied social acvies.
    [Show full text]
  • History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway
    H.E NTIL , 4 Pfiffifinfi:-fit,mnuuugm‘é’r§ms,­ ».IVI\ ‘!{5_&mM;PAmnsox, _ V‘ V itbmnvncn. if,‘4ff V, f fixmmum ‘xnmonasfimwini cAa'1'm-no17t§1[.As'. xmgompnxenm. ,7’°':",*"-‘V"'{";‘.' ‘9“"3iLfA31Dan1r,_§v , qyuwgm." “,‘,« . ERRATA. Page 1, seventeenth line. For “jzim—g1'é.r,”read "j2'1r11—gr:ir." 16. Skaar, “had sasiik of the lands of Barskeoch, Skar,” has been twice erroneously printed. 19. Clouden, etc., page 4. For “ land of,” read “lands of.” 24. ,, For “ Lochenket," read “ Lochenkit.” 29.,9 For “ bo,” read “ b6." 48, seventh line. For “fill gici de gord1‘u1,”read“fill Riei de gordfin.” ,, nineteenth line. For “ Sr,” read “ Sr." 51 I ) 9 5’ For “fosse,” read “ fossé.” 63, sixteenth line. For “ your Lords,” read “ your Lord’s.” 143, first line. For “ godly,” etc., read “ Godly,” etc. 147, third line. For “ George Granville, Leveson Gower," read without the comma.after Granville. 150, ninth line. For “ Manor,” read “ Mona.” 155,fourth line at foot. For “ John Crak,” read “John Crai ." 157, twenty—seventhline. For “Ar-byll,” read “ Ar by1led.” 164, first line. For “ Galloway,” read “ Galtway.” ,, second line. For “ Galtway," read “ Galloway." 165, tenth line. For “ King Alpine," read “ King Alpin." ,, seventeenth line. For “ fosse,” read “ fossé.” 178, eleventh line. For “ Berwick,” read “ Berwickshire.” 200, tenth line. For “ Murmor,” read “ murinor.” 222, fifth line from foot. For “Alfred-Peter,” etc., read “Alfred Peter." 223 .Ba.rclosh Tower. The engraver has introduced two figures Of his own imagination, and not in our sketch. 230, fifth line from foot. For “ his douchter, four,” read “ his douchter four.” 248, tenth line.
    [Show full text]
  • Dumfries and Galloway Described by Macgibbon and Ross 1887–92: What Has Become of Them Since? by Janet Brennan-Inglis
    TRANSACTIONS of the DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY NATURAL HISTORY and ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY FOUNDED 20 NOVEMBER 1862 THIRD SERIES VOLUME 88 LXXXVIII Editors: ELAINE KENNEDY FRANCIS TOOLIS JAMES FOSTER ISSN 0141-12 2014 DUMFRIES Published by the Council of the Society Office-Bearers 2013–2014 and Fellows of the Society President Mr L. Murray Vice-Presidents Mrs C. Iglehart, Mr A. Pallister, Mrs P.G. Williams and Mr D. Rose Fellows of the Society Mr A.D. Anderson, Mr J.H.D. Gair, Dr J.B. Wilson, Mr K.H. Dobie, Mrs E. Toolis, Dr D.F. Devereux, Mrs M. Williams and Dr F. Toolis Mr L.J. Masters and Mr R.H. McEwen — appointed under Rule 10 Hon. Secretary Mr J.L. Williams, Merkland, Kirkmahoe, Dumfries DG1 1SY Hon. Membership Secretary Miss H. Barrington, 30 Noblehill Avenue, Dumfries DG1 3HR Hon. Treasurer Mr M. Cook, Gowanfoot, Robertland, Amisfield, Dumfries DG1 3PB Hon. Librarian Mr R. Coleman, 2 Loreburn Park, Dumfries DG1 1LS Hon. Institutional Subscriptions Secretary Mrs A. Weighill Hon. Editors Mrs E. Kennedy, Nether Carruchan, Troqueer, Dumfries DG2 8LY Dr F. Toolis, 25 Dalbeattie Road, Dumfries DG2 7PF Dr J. Foster (Webmaster), 21 Maxwell Street, Dumfries DG2 7AP Hon. Syllabus Conveners Mrs J. Brann, Troston, New Abbey, Dumfries DG2 8EF Miss S. Ratchford, Tadorna, Hollands Farm Road, Caerlaverock, Dumfries DG1 4RS Hon. Curators Mrs J. Turner and Miss S. Ratchford Hon. Outings Organiser Mrs S. Honey Ordinary Members Mr R. Copland, Dr Jeanette Brock, Dr Jeremy Brock, Mr D. Scott, Mr J. McKinnell, Mr A. Gair, Mr D. Dutton CONTENTS Herbarium of Matthew Jamieson by David Hawker ..............................................
    [Show full text]
  • Asset Management Plan for the Properties in the Care of Scottish Ministers 2018 Contents
    ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPERTIES IN THE CARE OF SCOTTISH MINISTERS 2018 CONTENTS Introduction ..................................................3 5.0 Meeting conservation challenges ... 25 1.0 Cultural Heritage Asset 6.0 Ensuring high standards and Management – challenges, continuity of care ..................................... 26 opportunities and influences ................... 4 1.1 Objectives of the AMP ������������������������������������� 5 7.0 Standards and assurance .................27 1.2 Adding value through asset 7.1 Compliance .........................................................27 management ........................................................ 7 7.2 Compliance management 1.3 Scotland’s changing climate ......................... 9 roles and responsibilities for physical assets ............................................27 2.0 The Properties in Care ...................... 10 7.3 Visitor safety management ..........................27 7.4 Conservation principles and standards ...28 2.1 Asset Schedule ................................................. 10 7.5 Project management and regulatory 2.2 The basis of state care ................................... 10 consents ............................................................. 30 2.3 Overview of the properties in care ..................11 7.6 External peer review ...................................... 30 2.4 Statements of cultural significance .............11 2.5 Acquisitions and disposal ..............................12 8.0 Delivering our climate change objectives
    [Show full text]
  • George Washington Wilson (1823-1893)
    George Washington Wilson (1823-1893) Photographically innovative and entrepreneurial in business, Wilson was the most notable, successful and prolific stereo-photographer in Scotland and perhaps the entire UK. Having trained in Edinburgh as an artist, he worked as a miniature portrait painter and art teacher in Aberdeen from 1848. He started experimenting with photography in 1852, probably realising that it could potentially supplant his previous profession. In a short-lived partnership with Hay, he first exhibited stereoviews in 1853 at the Aberdeen Mechanics' Institution. A commission to photograph the construction of Balmoral Castle in 1854-55 led to a long royal association. His photos were used in the form of engravings for Queen Victoria's popular book “My Highland Journal”. His best-selling carte-de-visite of her on a pony held by Brown (judiciously cropped to remove other superfluous retainers) fuelled the gossip surrounding this relationship. His portrait studio in Aberdeen provided steady cashflow and in 1857, to promote his studio, he produced a print grouping together famous Aberdonians, one of the earliest ever examples of a photo-collage. He soon recognised that stereoviews were the key to prosperity and by 1863 had a catalogue of over 400 views from all across the UK, selling them in a wide variety of outlets including railway kiosks and inside cathedrals. His artistic training helped him compose picturesque and beautiful images, but he was also an innovative technician, experimenting on improving photographic techniques, chemistry and apparatus, working closely with camera and lens manufacturers. He was among the very first to publish “instantaneous” views, ranging from a bustling Princes Street, Edinburgh to a charming view of children paddling in the sea, both dating from 1859.
    [Show full text]