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Ordnance Survey Book entry, 1859, for Castleton burial ground, Scottish Borders. Index card for St Martin’s Church [site of]: Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser, 2 March 1887: The Late Mr Hardie … Continue reading One of the quietest of men
In Hownam churchyard, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, is this poignant tombstone: 23 December 1874, Edinburgh Evening News: 26 December 1874, Teviotdale Record and Jedburgh Advertiser: Blindburn steading: 13 January 1875, The … Continue reading A shepherd lost in the snow
Staplegordon Burial ground, is near Langholm in the Scottish Borders. One of the tombstones in this burial ground has this interesting inscription: 1859 Ordnance Survey map: The 1859 Ordnance Survey … Continue reading He requests of posterity
Compiled from the Aberdeen Weekly, first few days of 1900.
In the Ordnance Survey Book for Yetholm parish, Scottish Borders is the following entry for ‘Tuppie’s Grave‘: Here, as marked on the first edition 25″ to a mile ordnance map: … Continue reading Tuppie’s Grave
To play FEEL please click here or on the image below: Opening voice: Neil Gammon [of Divine Comedy] on BBC Breakfast, October 2025 Song: cover of Cuddly Toy by Alex … Continue reading FEEL
I travelled the ‘Destitution Road’ to visit you: To play this short film please click here. This film is for Robert Savage Reid, who died in January 1861, in Dundonnell … Continue reading SPASM
This photograph was on the front page of the Press & Journal, 6 May 1933. I have made a montage using the typeset title. The location is St Nicholas Churchyard, … Continue reading Whatever their surroundings