Cluanie Inn
The Cluanie Inn is situated in remote Glen Shiel. These days it runs as a very fine hotel. Some historic photographs of Cluanie Inn: The original Ordnance Survey Book entry for … Continue reading Cluanie Inn
Tag: Ordnance Survey
Peep o’Day
Earlier this month, on the way to visit our daughter in Broughty Ferry, I noticed a signpost on the Ferry Road to ‘Peep O’Day Lane‘. Fascinated by the name of … Continue reading Peep o’Day
Clydesdale orchards
This is the description given of the orchards on the banks of the river Clyde as given in the 1st Ordnance Survey book for Carluke.
LOVE LANE
Love Lane, Peterhead: a fractured timeline: The Ordnance Survey Book: 6 December 1856, Aberdeen Herald: 12 May 1857, Banffshire Journal: 25 July 1863, Dundee Courier: 3 June 1864, Buchan & … Continue reading LOVE LANE
Warldsend
Ordnance Survey Book, Warldsend, Tarves: Please note: there are several Warldsends‘ in Aberdeenshire! This post is about the Warldsend , Ythanbank, in the parish of Tarves. It should not be … Continue reading Warldsend
‘a very curious curve between the two Drove Gates’
Drove Hill, Campsie Fells [as described in the Ordnance Survey Book, 1854]: “A small projecting brow on the northern ascent of ‘Lecket Hill’, having a large whinstone called the ‘Gray … Continue reading ‘a very curious curve between the two Drove Gates’
informs the curious
Ordnance Survey book [1st Edition]
Falcon House
Last month, with a friend, I was exploring an area of the river Avon south of Boness. Having looked closely at the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1854 I … Continue reading Falcon House