Résultats

      Postcard to Rev. R.B. Layton, 13 Derby Terrace, Sauciehall St., Glasgow, Scotland, mailed from Liverpool, England.

      Bowdon is mentioned in William the Conquerer's Domesday Book (1086), citing the existence of a church and a mill. Bowdon is in Cheshire, England, now part of Greater Manchester.

      St. Giles, founded in 1120s as a Catholic church, is basically a 15th century Gothic structure with many alterations. The leader of the Scottish Reformation, John Knox (1505-1572), served as minister from 1559-1572. St. Giles is the Mother Church of Presbyterianism.

      Three miles east of Dunblane, at Sheriffmuir is the "Gathering Stone." It was here in 1715 that the powerful Duke of Argyll is said to have watched the opposing Jacobite army gather.

      Cambuskenneth Abbey was an Augustinian monastery, near Stirling, Scotland, that lies in ruins. Nearby is the tomb of King James III, who was buried in 1488.

      Stirling Castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries.

      The Stirling beheading stone is thought to have been used for capital punishments in the 15th Century and was probably used in the executions of various important figures.

      The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.

      The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Founded as a monastery by David I, King of Scots in 1128, it has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 15th century. The Palace stands …

      By the use of galleries, and a dividing wall, two separate congregations could, at the same hour, be accommodated, with seating sufficient for 2,000 worshippers. Church of the Holy Rude (Holy Cross).

      Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. He became one of Scotland’s greatest kings and warriors, leading Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England.

      Reverse: "River very winding, 5 miles to Alloa by air, 21 by river, very fertile valley. [note written by Rev. R.B. Layton]"...

      Prominently situated on a hill above the Glasgow Cathedral (also known as the Cathedral of St. Mungo), the Glasgow Necropolis is the final resting place for at least fifty thousand people who have been buried in approximately 3,500 tombs. The Necropolis, established in 1831 by the Merchants' House of Glasgow, …

      A postcard of St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, from E.P. McKay to the Rev. R. B. Layton in Oakfield, Halifax Co, NS. (Address crossed out and re-addressed to Amherst, N.S.)

      Postcard to Rev. R.B. Layton, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

      A postcard sent to Reverend R.B. Layton in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

      A postcard sent to Reverend R.B. Layton in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

      A postcard sent to Mr. Charles T. Baillie at Naparima College in San Fernando, Trinidad, mailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

      A postcard sent to Miss Louise MacLeod in Middle River, Cape Breton, mailed from Oakfield, Nova Scotia. The Citadel, completed in 1856, is the fourth such fort to be built on the hill overlooking the harbour. The Citadel is symbolic of Halifax's role as a principal naval station in the …

      A postcard sent to Charles T. Baillie at Naparima College in San Fernando, Trinidad, mailed from Halifax, N.S. The Sebastopol monument was erected in 1860 to commemorate the death of two Halifax men in the Crimean War. Major A.F Welsforde and Captain W.B.C.A Parker participated in the siege on Sebastopol.