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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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The Firth of Forth in old picture postcards. Volume 1
European Library
1991
A pictorial record of fishing towns and villages along the Firth of Forth.
Stirling: a stroll down memory lane
Stirling District Libraries
1995
A selection of nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs from the collections at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum, with commentary.
Inverary and the Dukes of Argyll
Edinburgh University Press
1973
A history of the building of the West Highland town of Inveraray.
Georgian Edinburgh
Scottish Academic Press
1973
A guide to the development of the New Town of Edinburgh, highlighting key buildings.
Lowland Scottish villages
Robert Hale
1980
A travelogue through the lowland villages of Scotland.
Around Callander and the Trossachs
Tempus
1999
A pictorial record, with commentary, of villages in the Trossachs.
Origin and history of the Old Glasgow Club 1900-1935 with historical reminiscences of Glasgow
Aird & Coghill, Ltd.
1936
A brief history of the club, with several contributions on aspects of old Glasgow.
Doocots of Stirlingshire
Stirling Council Libraries
2003
A directory of doocots in Stirlingshire including those known to have been lost.
The early days of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
William Blackwood and Sons
1915
A history of St Cuthbert's Church on Lothian Road in Edinburgh.
Killearn past and present
Buchanan 500 in conjunction with Drymen and District Local History Society
2006
A photographic record of the notable buildings and features of Killearn.
The closes of Montrose
John Balfour & Co.
1938
A survey of the old buildings and streets of Montrose.
The old ludgings of Glasgow: pre-reformation manses, etc.
James Hedderwick & Sons
1901
A guide to some of the oldest buildings in Glasgow.
History of the Hammermen of Glasgow: a study of Scottish craft life and organisation
Alexander Gardner
1912
A history of the premier Craft Guild in the Trades House of Glasgow.
History of a Fifeshire tenandry
Fife Family History Society
2006
Reprints of a study originally serialised in three Fife newspapers in 1892, and a second study privately published in 1914.
The Tay Valley plan: a physical, social and economic survey and plan for the future development of East Central Scotland
East Central (Scotland) Regional Planning Advisory Committee
1950
A major study of the characteristics and needs of East Central Scotland.
Iona: the living memory of a crofting community 1750-1914
Edinburgh University Press
1990
The first book to describe the social and economic history of island folk on Iona.
Lost Banff and Buchanan
Birlinn
2012
A guide to the social and economic history of Banffshire.
The misty Isle of Skye : its scenery, its people, its story
Eneas Mackay
1936
A history of the Isle of Skye.
The islands of Scotland: Hebrides, Orkney and Shetlands
B.T. Batsford Ltd.
1939
An introduction to the Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands, with over 80 photographs, as seen through the eyes of MacDiarmid, who lived in the Shetlands in the 1930s and visited every island. Contains the first appearance of 'Island funeral'.
Rambles round Glasgow: descriptive and traditional
John Smith & Son (Glasgow) Ltd.
1910
A revised and expanded edition of MacDonald's 1854 guide to interesting features in and around Glasgow.
Trees in St. Andrews: an illustrated survey prepared for St. Andrew's Preservation Trust
St. Andrews Preservation Trust Limited
1977
A survey of the range and locations of trees in St Andrews.
Exploring Moidart and Morar with hill routes and maps for walkers
West Highland Publications
1989
A guide for walkers to two of the peninsulas in the national scenic area of Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan.
Isle of Tiree = Eilean Thiriodh
Mona MacDonald
1971
An abridged and updated version of the Tiree section of the 'Handbook to the islands of Coll and Tiree' written by the late Rev. Hector Cameron.
