Archive for February, 2006
Harry Lauder
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006All Leith Images
Monday, February 27th, 2006Views of Leith Docks from different sources
Monday, February 27th, 2006The Palace of Holyroodhouse
Monday, February 27th, 2006The history of the Palace of Holyroodhouse reaches back almost nine centuries.
According to legend, David I founded the Palace as an Augustinian monastery in 1128. It is said that the king had a vision in which a cross, or ‘rood’, belonging to his mother St Margaret appeared between the antlers of an attacking stag. Hence the Abbey’s symbol – a stag’s head, with its horns framing a cross.for more click here
HMS CARDIGAN BAY
Monday, February 27th, 2006HMS CARDIGAN BAY was built by Henry Robb Ltd, Leith. for more click here
My ancestors: Adcock, Aitchison, Champnes, Mundell, Mylne, Rennie
Monday, February 27th, 2006Above is a sketch of Camilla Windus MUNDELL, daughter of Alexander MUNDELL and Susanna CHAMPNEYS, drawn by her daughter Annie Camilla AITCHISON later to become Mrs ADCOCK. It is planned that the family history will be issued in book form in 2006 – 100 year’s since Annie Camilla Aitchison (who married Frank ADCOCK, a solicitor and breeder of Bulldogs – he imported the Spanish Bulldog to England in 1885) wrote the history (going back to 1560) for her own daughters and 200 years since the birth of her mother Camilla Windus MUNDELL. for more click here
Sir Henry Raeburn
Monday, February 27th, 2006Scotland capital offers gay history walk
Monday, February 27th, 2006History of St Giles
Monday, February 27th, 2006That St Giles, a 7th century hermit (and, later, abbot) who lived in France, became the patron of both town and church was probably due to the ancient ties between Scotland and France. for more click here
