The People and Places of the Stewartry
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The Diary of Col. John Blackadder: The diary of Rev. John Blackadder who was minister at Troqueer and a Covenanter - View
Autobiography of William K Sloan: Author was born at Creetown in 1833 and became a pioneer trader, crossing America several times in the days before the railway. - View
Kirkcudbright in 1853.: Extracted from "The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland" published in 1853, includes many items of historical interest. - View
The Early Days of Gatehouse of Fleet: In 1793 Robert Heron Published his book Observations made in a journey through the western counties of Scotland in Autumn 1792. This is his account of Gatehouse. - View
Galloway Clydesdales: Published in 1910, this article gives an account of the once profitable and competitive nature of heavy horse breeding and use in Galloway. - View
The Galloway Volunteer Rifle Corps 1860 - 1908: This brief history of the Galloway Rifles is from the 'Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force, 1859-1908' published in 1909. - View
Colvend from 1844 to 1894: This very interesting history was written by the minister of Colvend in 1894, after he had been in the parish for 50 years. It covers a period of great change. - View
Pigot & Co's National Commercial Directory of ... Scotland &c., 1837: This article contains the description of the county given in 1837, with links to the e-book sections on the different areas covered. - View
Autobiographical Notes: Murray was the author of the Literary History of Galloway. His biographical notes were published by DGNH&AS in 1910 and give a fascinating insight into life here in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. - View
Buittle - The Castle and its History: Buittle Castle was once occupied by the Balliol family who played an important role in the history of Scotland - View
The McKeand/McKean Families of Kelton and Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania.: The 1851 census return for Hillhead, a small farm of 6 acres, near Rhonehouse in the parish of Kelton records a McKeand family living there. Several of this family went to America. - View
Peter Black of Castle Douglas and Michigan: This extract appeared in the History of Allegan County, Michigan. Can anyone help to identify more accurately the birthplace of Peter Black? - View
The Gatehouse Granny and the Wag at the Wa': Harry Lauder, the musichall entertainer travelled around the rural areas of Scotland performing in small venues. On one of his tours he stayed with an elderly couple in Gatehouse of Fleet. He tells about them in his autobiography. - View
Terregles, Part 2: From the book Ancient Catholic Homes of Scotland published in 1907. It is an introduction to the Earls of Nithsdale, of Terregles, a staunch Catholic family, supporters of Mary Queen of Scots and active Jacobites in the 1715 rebellion. - View
Terregles, Part 1: From the book Ancient Catholic Homes of Scotland published in 1907. It is an introduction to the Earls of Nithsdale, of Terregles, a staunch Catholic family, supporters of Mary Queen of Scots and active Jacobites in the 1715 rebellion. - View
Kirkcudbright in the Sixteenth Century: Taken from the Kirkcudbright Burgh Records of the sixteenth century, this article appeared in the Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society in 1908. - View
The Old Clock of Kirkcudbright: The history of the old Tolbooth clock with it's single hand and two faces. Written by a past curator of the Stewartry Museum in 1897. - View
Notes on the Parish of Kirkgunzeon.: Written by the parish minister and published in the Transactions and Journal of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society in 1912. - View
Kirkconnell House and New Abbey: A history of the Maxwell family of Kirkconnell House, and their influence on Catholicism in the area. - View
Stewartry Roads about 1800: This article describes the rapidly improving condition of the Stewartry roads of the time. Newton Stewart bridge, Tongland bridge, and a section of the Newton Stewart road west of New Galloway had still to be completed. - View