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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 the Govan Weavers' Society, 1756-1956
Bi-centenary Committee of the Master Court
1956
A history of the Govan Weavers' Society. Number 69 of a limited edition of 1000.
A look back at old Fife. Series 2
Fife Publicity
2010
A photographic record of life and times in Fife.
Kirkcaldy potteries
Fife Publicity
2000
A history of pottery manufacture in Kirkcaldy focusing on the four main factories. Signed by the author on the title-page.
Culross: a short guide to the Royal Burgh
National Trust for Scotland
1971
A guide to main places of interest in the Fife village of Culross.
Muirkirk and its neighbourhood, being notes of a visit, and recollections of former times
Arthur Guthrie
1883
A history of the parish of Muirkirk in East Ayrshire.
Ballengeich to Barras Yett: the origins of Stirling street names
Stirling District Libraries
1987
One of a series of booklets produced under the Community Heritage Programme.
Dunfermline Abbey: a poem with historical notes and illustrations
J. Miller
1819
A lengthy poem with a history of Dunfermline Abbey. From the library of Alfred Saunders and novelist Lucy Bethis Walford on front free endpaper.
The mediaeval castles of Skye and Lochalsh
MacLean Press
1990
A survey of the castles of the Hebrides, with many reconstructions.
A bit of Breadalbane
Pentland Press Ltd
1995
A discussion of the topography, history and economy of an area around the east end of Loch Tay.
A countryman's cog in the wheel of evolution
Culross
1990
The reminiscences of a Perthshire engineer and local politician.
The Clyde, from its source to the sea, its development as a navigable river, the rise and progress of marine engineering and shipbuilding on its banks, and the leading historical geological, and meteorological features of the Clyde Valley
Blackie & Son
1888
An account of the historical, geological and meteorological features of the Clyde valley.
Old Kincardine
Stenlake Publishing
1998
A pictorial record, with commentary, of the Perthshire village of Kincardine.
The Roman fort at Balmuildy (Summerston, near Glasgow) on the Antonine Wall
MacLehose, Jackson & Co.
1922
A record of the excavations and associated artefacts.
Place names of Edinburgh and the Lothians
Lang Syne Publishers Ltd.
1980
A facsimile of the 1922 edition.
Victorian and Edwardian Edinburgh from old photographs
B.T. Batsford Ltd
1973
A pictorial record, with commentary, of Old Edinburgh.
The people of Calton Hill
Mercat Press
1993
A selection of the diverse residents of the Calton Hill area from the early 19th century to the First World War.
No more corncraiks: Lord Moray's feuars in Edinburgh's New Town
Scottish Cultural Press
1998
A guide to the development of the core of Edinburgh's New Town, with house-by-house lists of the people who lived there.
Edinburgh geology: an excursion guide
Oliver and Boyd
1960
Provides details of twenty excursions which can be made in a whole or half-day from Edinburgh.
Pitlochry district: its topography, archaeology, and history
L. Mackay
1923
An introduction to the natural and man-made history of Pitlochry.
Stone built: Orkney photographs
Stromness Books & Prints
1981
A collection of photographs of notable stone structures. Gift inscription from the author.
The Borders: a history of the Borders from earliest times
Deerpark Press
2002
A history of the Scottish Borders.
St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney
Jarrold Publishing
1995
A guide to the UK's most northerly cathedral, in Kirkwall, Orkney.
Charters and other records of the city and royal burgh of Kirkwall with the treaty of 1468 between Denmark and Scotland
Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of Kirkwall
1950
Transcriptions, with translations, of the charters of Kirkwall from 1536.
Doon Valley diary: the critical decade 1963-72
John Moore
1980
|A history of Doon Valley with a particular emphasis on the impact of pit closures.
