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Scoughall
Auldhame and Scoughall are hamlets in East Lothian, Scotland. They are close to the town of North Berwick and the village of Whitekirk, and are approximately east of Edinburgh. Saint Baldred's legacy It is said that the 8th-century Christian missionary Saint Baldred had one of his bases at Auldhame, and through his influence the parish of Auldhame had significant influence in the development of Christianity in Scotland. His name also lives on in St Baldred's Church and St Baldred's Road in North Berwick. Following his death there was a dispute between the parishes of Auldhame, Tyninghame, and Prestonkirk, as to which should have his body. The story goes that by the advice of a Holy Man, they spent the night in prayer. In the morning three bodies were found, in all respects alike, each in its winding sheet, prepared for burial. To this day all three churches maintain Saint Baldred was buried within their walls. In 2005 skeletal and archaeological remains, thought to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Auchmoutie
John Auchmoutie of Scoughall (floruit 1580–1635) was a Scottish courtier and officer of the royal wardrobe. He was also known as John Auchmoutie of Gosford. Career He was groom of the bed chamber and master and keeper of the royal wardrobe in Scotland. His sister, Elizabeth Auchmoutie, was one of the nurses of Princess Elizabeth at Linlithgow Palace. In July 1600 he and other young men of the royal household including Robert Ker, John Ramsay, John Murray and George Murray were bought green outfits for hunting. Scoughall is near North Berwick. The surname was sometimes spelled "Auchmowtie" or Auchmowty" or "Acmooty". After the Union of Crowns, Auchmoutie had a patent for dye materials. He came to Royston, where King James had a residence, in October 1606. In 1608, he received a gift of £1,200 from King James, paid from confiscations of recusant's lands. John Auchmoutie and the royal wardrobe in Scotland In 1613 he was ordered to go to Berwick-upon-Tweed to collect paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In East Lothian
The List of places in East Lothian is a list for any town, village and hamlet in the East Lothian council area of Scotland. Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum A * Aberlady, Aberlady Bay * Archerfield Estate and Links * Athelstaneford * Auldhame & Scoughall B * Ballencrieff * Bara * Barnes Castle * Barns Ness, * Bass Rock * Battle of Carberry Hill * Belhaven, * Biel * Bilsdean * Birsley Brae * Blindwells *Bolton * Broxburn *Broxmouth C * Canty Bay * Carberry * Castleton * Cockenzie * Cottyburn * Craigleith * Crossgatehall D * Danskine * Dirleton * Doonhill Homestead * Drem *Dunbar * Dunglass E * East Fenton * East Fortune * East Links Family Park * East Linton * East Saltoun * Elphinstone * Elvingston * Eskmills * Eyebroughy F * Fenton Barns, Fenton Tower * Fidra * Fisherrow * Fountainhall G * Garleton * Garvald * Gifford * Gilchriston * Gladsmuir * Gullane, Gullane Bents H * Haddington, Haddington Line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Rock
The Bass Rock, or simply the Bass (), is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland. Approximately offshore, and north-east of North Berwick, it is a steep-sided volcanic plug, at its highest point, and is home to a large colony of gannets. The rock is uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an 8th-century Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which after the Commonwealth period was used as a prison. The island belongs to Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, whose family acquired it in 1706, and previously to the Lauder family for almost six centuries. The Bass Rock Lighthouse was constructed on the rock in 1902, and the remains of a chapel survive. The Bass Rock features in many works of fiction, including Lion Let Loose by Nigel Tranter, ''Catriona'' by Robert Louis Stevenson, ''The Lion Is Rampant'' by the Scottish novelist Ross Laidlaw and ''The New Confessions'' by William Boyd. Most recently it features prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scougal
Scougal, also Scougall, is a ScottishGeorge Fraser Black (1946): ''Surnames of Scotland''. New York surname and may refer to: ;Scougal *Henry Scougal (1650–1678), Scottish theologian *John Scougal (1645–1730), Scottish painter *Patrick Scougal (1607–1682), Scottish churchman ;Scougall *David Scougall David Scougall or Scougal (c.1610–c.1680) was a Scotland, Scottish portrait painter. He is the earliest clearly recorded member of a family of artists, including his son John Scougal, John and grandson George (the latter two often referred to ... (c.1610 – c.1680), Scottish portrait painter * Stefan Scougall (born 1982), Scottish footballer See also * Scoughall References {{Surname Surnames of Scottish origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auldhame Castle (old Photograph)
Auldhame Castle is a ruined L-plan tower house standing on a ridge above Seacliff beach, about 3 miles east of North Berwick in East Lothian, and less than half a mile from Tantallon Castle. Description The castle was built in the 16th century, probably by Adam Otterburn of Reidhall, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. It consists of a three-storey main block with a projecting stair-tower. Part of a vaulted basement kitchen remains, with a bread oven. The upper floors are mostly gone. Some plaster remains on the walls, including traces of a moulded decorative frieze. Archaeological excavation One of the three supposed corpses of Saint Baldred of Tyninghame was said to have been buried at the site in 756. A cemetery site in an adjoining field was excavated in 2008, the remains of at least 326 individual skeletons were noted, plus the foundations of a probable chapel with an estimated 9th century date (based on comparisons with similar structures). See also *List of castles in Scotla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lothian
East Lothian (; ; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the historic county was incorporated for local government in Scotland, local government purposes into Lothian Regional Council, Lothian Region as East Lothian District, with some slight alterations of its boundaries. The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 later created East Lothian as one of 32 modern council areas. East Lothian lies south of the Firth of Forth in the eastern central Lowlands of Scotland. It borders Edinburgh to the west, Midlothian to the south-west and the Scottish Borders to the south. Its administrative centre and former county town is Haddington, East Lothian, Haddington while the largest town is Musselburgh. Haddingtonshire has ancient origins and is named in a charter of 1139 as ''Hadintunschira'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldred Of Tyninghame
Balthere of Tyninghame (later Baldred) was a Northumbrian hermit and abbot, resident in East Lothian during the 8th century. Dating According to Hovendeus the date of Baldred's death is given as 756. Symeon of Durham says "the twentieth year of King Eadberht of Northumbria" and Turgot of Durham "the seventeenth year of the episcopate of Cynulf", that is 756. As his feast is given as 6 March, by the modern calendar, this would be 6 March 757. Although the 8th-century date is now generally accepted, due to a passage in the 16th-century Aberdeen Breviary, he has, in the past, often been associated with the 6th-century saint, Kentigern. Life Baldred is commonly referred to as "the Apostle of the Lothians" and Simeon of Durham says that "the boundaries of his pastorate embraced the whole land which belongs to the monastery of Saint Balther, which is called Tyninghame - from Lammermuir to Inveresk, or, as it was called, Eskmouthe." His cult was certainly centred on the four churches of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seacliff, Scotland
Seacliff comprises a beach, an estate and a harbour. It lies east of North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. History The beach and estate command a strategic position at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, and control of the area has been contested through the ages. The beach and estate were used as a staging post for various raids on nearby Tantallon Castle from the 14th to the 17th century. Troops were also stationed here to prevent landings by the French during the Napoleonic Wars in 1798. Before bloodshed touched the area, the 8th century Christian missionary Saint Baldred was based in nearby Scoughall, and several features of the area have been named after him, such as "Ghegan Rock" (Churchman's Haven). In quieter times, the ownership of the estate has changed hands on several occasions. Seacliff House was built in 1750 by Robert Colt. It was later bought by George Sligo who in 1841 employed the famous Scottish architect David Bryce to build a new house in baronial style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Otterburn
Sir Adam Otterburn of Auldhame & Scoughall, Auldhame and Redhall (died 6 July 1548) was a Scottish lawyer and diplomat. He was Lord Advocate, king's advocate to James V of Scotland and secretary to Mary of Guise and Regent Arran. In 1527 Otterburn was one of 30 Curia Regis, councillors appointed to sit on the Court of Session#Establishment of the Court, Session. The King's lawyer The law brought against the Douglas family Adam Otterburn was an important servant of the Scottish monarchy as a lawyer and a diplomat. In August 1524, Margaret Tudor sent him to England with the Earl of Cassilis and Scot of Balwearie to negotiate peace, and a possible marriage for James V with Mary I of England, Princess Mary. In May 1525, the English ambassador Dr Thomas Magnus recommended him to Cardinal Wolsey for an annual pension of £20. In 1528, Magnus and Otterburn again discussed the possibilities of a marriage between James V and Princess Mary. When James V assumed the throne as an adult rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantallon Castle
Tantallon Castle is a ruined mid-14th-century fortress, located east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. It sits atop a promontory opposite the Bass Rock, looking out onto the Firth of Forth. The last medieval curtain wall castle to be constructed in Scotland,Lindsay, ''The Castles of Scotland'', p.440–442 Tantallon comprises a single wall blocking off the headland, with the other three sides naturally protected by sea cliffs. Tantallon was built in the mid 14th century by William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas. It was passed to his illegitimate son, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, George Douglas, later created Earl of Angus, and despite several sieges, it remained the property of his descendants for much of its history. It was besieged by King James IV of Scotland, James IV in 1491, and again by his successor James V of Scotland, James V in 1527, when extensive damage was done. Tantallon saw action in the First Bishops' War in 1639, and again during Oliver Cromwel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', ''Kidnapped (novel), Kidnapped'' and ''A Child's Garden of Verses''. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Sidney Colvin, Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and William Ernest Henley, W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in ''Treasure Island''. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the Polynesia, South Sea islands, his writing turned from Romance (literary fiction), romance and adven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
