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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 minutes of Edinburgh Trades Council 1859-1873
Scottish History Society
1968
An annotated transcription of the earliest records of Edinburgh trades council.
Walks in and around Inverness
Highland Herald, Ltd.
1960s
A series of walking tours around Inverness.
200 years: bi-centenary souvenir, 1804-2004, D & J MacEwen & Co Ltd
Vizibilty Ltd
2004
A history of the development of D. & J. MacEwen from a single Stirling grocery store, to one with outlets as far as Inverness and Fort William.
A guide to the Old Parish Church of Peebles
Old Parish Church
1984
A guide to the fifth building to house the Parish Church.
Old Glasgow: the place and the people: from the Roman occupation to the eighteenth century
Blackie and Son
1888
A history of Glasgow and its environs.
Highland superstitions: the druids, fairies, witchcraft, second-sight, Hallowe'en, sacred wells and lochs, with several curious instances of Highland customs and beliefs
Eneas Mackay
1960
A selection of Highland folklore with an accent on magic and superstition.
Salt-sprayed burgh: a view of Anstruther
[Pinetree Press]
1982
An account of selected events, mainly concerning Anstruther Wester.
MacBraynes for the Highlands: buses, coaches, lorries, ships
Turntable Publications
1977
An extensively illustrated listing of the transport vehicles and ships used by the MacBrayne organisation.
Geological excursion guide to the Assynt district of Sutherland
Edinburgh Geological Society
1974
Contains a description of the principal geological features in Assynt district that can be visited and examined in a week.
Memorials of the Bass Rock
James Gemmell
1881
A history of the Bass Rock from its first occupation by St Baldred.
The short sea route: Portpatrick - Donaghadee, Stranraer - Larne, Cairnryan - Larne
T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd
1975
Abbey St. Bathans
Printed in Edinburgh for private circulation by John Wilson
1925
A discussion of Abbey St Bathans, the Broch of Edinshall, and the Mutiny Stones.
The St Kilda steamers: a history of McCallum, Orme & Co.
Tempus
2006
A history of steamer routes to St Kilda, with an emphasis on the services offered by McCallum, Orme & Co.
History of the Burgh of Canongate with notices of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood
Johnstone, Hunter & Co.
1886
The first separate account of the historic Canongate in Edinburgh.
Doune: historical notes
Forth Naturalist and Historian Editorial Board
1984
A reprint of a local history first published in 1953.
Old Portpatrick
Stenlake Publishing
1997
A pictorial record, with commentary, of the Wigtownshire town.
The Hearts story: an official history of Heart of Midlothian Football Club
Grange
1998
A history of the world's greatest football club.
Scottish place-names
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.
1931
A guide to the origins and meanings of Scottish place-names, arranged primarily by topographical features.
Touchers, being the story of Queens Park Bowling and Tennis Club
Laidlaw & Mackenzie
1946
A history of a Glasgow bowling club.
Bridge of Allan: the rise of a village
[Burgh of Bridge of Allan]
1971
A history of the Stirlingshire town.
Souvenir book of the jubilee gathering held in the St. Andrews Halls, Glasgow, Friday, 2nd December, 1921
Glasgow Skye Association
1921
A collection of essays on aspects of Skye and the Skye Association issued to accompany its jubilee.
The Clyde district of Dumbartonshire
Bennett & Thomson
1886
A history of the old Parish of Kilpatrick, with a section on the key industries and local dignitaries.
Discovering the River Clyde
John Donald Publishers Ltd
1991
A guide to the history and geography of the vast area through which the Clyde flows.
Tobermory teuchter: a first-hand account of life on the island of Mull in the early years of the 20th century
Luath Press Limited
1998
Further reminiscences of a resident of the Isle of Mull.
