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Scottish local history
This collection contains items on the people, places, events, businesses, institutions, natural history, and topography related to specific communities and regions.
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A short history of St John's Church, Alloa
St John's Church
1969
A history of the Church of St. John the Evangelist published in the centenary year of its current building.
Famous Scottish houses: the Lowlands
James Thin, Mercat Press
1984
A re-issue of Hannan's 1928 survey.
The roads of mediaeval Lauderdale
Oliver and Boyd
1942
An account of the rods in use in Lauderdale in the thirteenth century.
Pullars of Perth
Perth and Kinross District Libraries
1991
A history of the famous Perthshire dyers and dry-cleaners.
Edinburgh: the fabulous fifties
Evening News in association with Archive Publications Ltd
1988
A pictorial record, with commentary, of 1950s Edinburgh.
The place names of Edinburgh: their origin and history
Gordon Wright Publishing
1996
Examines the names of several thousand places within the modern city of Edinburgh.
Some early gravestones in the Holy Rude kirkyard, Stirling
Forth Naturalist and Historian
1990
A discussion of 16th and 17th century gravestones associated with the Holy Rude graveyard.
Memorable Edinburgh houses
Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier
1893
A guide to the abodes of eminent persons of Edinburgh, indicating those that have been lost to improvements.
Livingston in old picture postcards
European Library
1987
A pictorial record of old Livingston, with commentary.
The Calders in old picture postcards
European Library
1997
A pictorial record of old East, West and Mid Calder, with commentary.
Linlithgow: six hundred years a royal burgh
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1989
A history of the West Lothian town.
Discovering the river Forth
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1996
A study of the River Forth from its formation by the merger of the Duchray Water and the Laggan Burn.
The history of Livingston
Livingston Development Corporation
1988
A history of Livingston from its origins as the lands of the Livingstons to its development as a Scottish new town.
Historic memorials of Stockbridge: the Dean, and Water of Leith
West Port Books
1984
A facsimile reprint of an 1887 history of this district of Edinburgh.
History of the hospital and school in Glasgow founded by George and Thomas Hutcheson of Lambshill, A.D. 1639-41 with notices of the founders and of their family, properties and affairs
Royal Incorporation of Hutcheson's Hospital
1881
A history of Hutcheson's School and Hospital in Glasgow. Limited edition of 150.
Through the parish, or, Peeps here and there at things old and new
Arthur Guthrie & Sons
1901
A history of the Ayrshire parish.
The Killin branch railway
Stirling District Libraries
1993
A history of the Killin Railway Company and its branch line from the Callander and Oban Railway.
Kilmacolm, Bridge of Weir and Houston in old picture postcards
European Library
1987
A pictorial record of old Kilmacolm, Bridge of Weir, and Houston, with commentary.
Dundee on record: images of the past
HMSO
1992
A pictorial record of Dundee, with commentary.
A tale of two houses
Thomas McLintock & Co.
1980
A history of a Glasgow accountancy firm covering the years 1918 to 1980 in West George Street and the subsequent removal to Blythswood Square.
Square mile of murder
Molendinar Press
1975
An account of four notorious Victorian murders in the West End of Glasgow. Gift inscription from the author on the title-page.
