Archive for the 'Kelton parish' Category
Beyond Orkney’s Fatal Shore: The Wreck of The Croune, 10 December 1679 #History #Scotland
• December 10, 2016 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1679, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Balmaclellan parish, Balmaghie parish, Banishment, Barony parish, Barr parish, Bathgate parish, Berwickshire, Bo'ness parish, Borders, Borgue parish, Bothwell parish, Bowden parish, Calder parish, Cambusnethan parish, Carmichael parish, Carnwath parish, Carrick, Carstairs parish, Castletown parish, Cavers parish, Ceres parish, Closeburn parish, Colmonell parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Craigie parish, Cranston parish, Croune of London (1679), Cumnock parish, Dailly parish, Dalmellington parish, Dalry parish, Dreghorn parish, Drummond parish, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, East Calder parish, Eastwood parish, Edinburghshire, Evandale parish, Falkirk parish, Fenwick parish, Fife, Galashiels parish, Galloway, Galston parish, Gargunnock parish, Girthon parish, Girvan parish, Glasgow, Glassford parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Govan parish, Haddingtonshire, Hobkirk parish, Irongray parish, Kelso parish, Kelton parish, Kilbride parish, Kilconquhar parish, Kilmarnock parish, Kincardine parish, Kinross, Kinross parish, Kippen parish, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkliston parish, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmichael parish (Ayrshire), Kirkoswald parish, Lanarkshire, Larbert & Dunipace parish, Largo parish, Leith, Lesmahagow parish, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, Lochrutton parish, Loudoun parish, Mauchline parish, Maybole parish, Melrose parish, Merse, Mid Calder parish, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Neilston parish, New Monkland parish, Nithsdale, Ochiltree parish, Old Monkland parish, Orkney, Orwell parish, Paisley parish, Penninghame parish, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburgh, Scotland, Scottish History, Selkirkshire, Shotts parish, Sorn parish, Southdean parish, St Ninians parish, Stewarton parish, Stirlingshire, Stow parish, Straiton parish, Strathmiglo parish, Temple parish, Torphichen parish, West Calder parish, Wigtownshire
Tags: British History, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), History, Orkney, Scotland, Scottish History, Shipwrecks
Daniel Defoe on the Killing Times of 1685
• September 18, 2015 • 7 CommentsPosted in -------- Auchenleck (d.1685), 1685, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Auchencloy, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Borgue parish, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Cumnock parish, Dailly parish, Daniel Defoe, David Dun (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), Dumfriesshire, Eaglesham parish, Edward McKean (d.1685), Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Galloway, George Woodburn, Girthon parish, Glencairn parish, Highlanders, James Bennoch (d.1685), James Clement (d.1685), James McMichael (d.1684), John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), John Brounen, John Bryce (d.1685), John Fergushill, John Gibson (Ingleston), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Jamieson (d.1685), John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Semple (d.1685), John Smith (Muirkirk), Joseph Wilson (d.1685), Kelton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Matthew McIlwraith (d.1685), Mauchline parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Peter Gemmel, Peter Gillies, Renfrewshire, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Robert Lockhart, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Robert Mitchell (d.1685), Scotland, Scottish History, Simon Paterson (d.1685), Tarbolton parish, Thomas Young (d.1685), Tongland parish, William Adam, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Paterson, William Shillilaw (d.1685)
Tags: Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, English Literature, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Killing Times of 1685: The list of the Dead in Cloud of Witnesses
• September 18, 2015 • 13 CommentsPosted in ------- Mowat (d.1685), -------- Auchenleck (d.1685), 1685, Adam Macquhan (d.1685), Alexander Ferguson of Kilkerran, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alexander McCubbin (d.1685), Andrew Hislop, Andrew McRoberts (d.1685), Annandale, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Borgue parish, Captain James Maitland, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain Thomas Douglas, Cathcart parish, Colmonell parish, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet John Baillie, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Crossmichael parish, Cumnock parish, Dailly parish, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), Daniel McMichael, David Dun (d.1685), David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), David Halliday in Mayfield (d.1685), David Steel (d.1686), Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Durisdeer parish, Eaglesham parish, earl of Annandale, Edward McKean (d.1685), Eskdale, Eskdalemuir parish, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Galloway, Galston parish, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, George Short (d.1685), George Wood, George Woodburn, Gilbert Macadam (d.1685), Girthon parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Highlanders, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, Irongray parish, James Bennoch (d.1685), James Clement (d.1685), James Dun (d.1685), James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Kirko (d.1685), James McMichael (d.1684), James Smith, James White, John Barrie, John Bell of Whiteside (d.1685), John Brounen, John Brown (Blackwood), John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Craik of Stewarton, John Douglas of Stenhouse, John Fergushill, John Ferguson (Glencairn), John Gibson (Ingleston), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Hunter (d.1685), John Jamieson (d.1685), John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), John Reid, John Reid of Ballochmyle, John Semple (d.1685), John Smith (Muirkirk), John Smith in Cronan, John Urie (d.1685), Joseph Wilson (d.1685), Kells parish, Kelton parish, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcowan parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmichael parish (Ayrshire), Kirkpatrick-Durham parish, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Nisbet, Lieutenant Straiton, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Loudoun parish, Lt General William Drummond, Major John Balfour, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Matthew McIlwraith (d.1685), Mauchline parish, Militia, Minnigaff parish, Moffat parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Peter Gemmel, Peter Gillies, Quentin Kennedy of Drummellane, Renfrewshire, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Dun in Benquhat (d.1685), Robert Grierson (d.1685), Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Robert Lennox (d.1685), Robert Lockhart, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Robert Mitchell (d.1685), Robert Thom, Scotland, Scottish History, Simon Paterson (d.1685), Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, Sorn parish, Straiton parish, Tarbolton parish, Thomas Cook (d.1685), Thomas McHaffie (d.1685), Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), Tongland parish, Twynholm parish, Wigtownshire, William Adam, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Graham (d.1682/84), William McKergur (d.1685), William Paterson, William Shillilaw (d.1685), William Smith (d.1685), William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Killing Times, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History
Making History: The Secret Covenanters Cave near Kirkcudbright and St Ninian
• May 30, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in Covenanters, Covenanters Cave (Kelton), Galloway, John Colton, Kelton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Netherthird
Tags: Caving, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Kirkcudbright, Saint Ninian, Scotland, Scottish History
The Wrong Man: The Shooting of Auchenleck by Captain Douglas at Carlingwark in Galloway in 1685.
• January 28, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in ------- Mowat (d.1685), -------- Auchenleck (d.1685), 1685, Balgreddan, Buittle parish, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carlingwark, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Galloway, Kelton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Robert M'Whae (d.1685), Scotland
Tags: Castle Douglas, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Killing Times, Martyrs, Mote of Urr, Scotland, Scottish History
