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The Pentland Rising of 1666: The Heads of the Executed in Edinburgh on 7 December #History #Scotland

• December 7, 2018 • 6 Comments

Posted in Agnes Gordon, Borgue parish, Carluke parish, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Galloway, Govan parish, Hamilton, Henry MacCulloch of Barholm, Kilbride parish, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Knockbrex (Borgue), Lanarkshire, Margaret Grainger, Mauchline parish, Pentland Rising, Renfrewshire, Rullion Green, Scotland, Scottish History, Stonehouse parish
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Beyond Orkney’s Fatal Shore: The Wreck of The Croune, 10 December 1679 #History #Scotland

• December 10, 2016 • 7 Comments

Posted 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
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Secrets of Whigs’ Hole near Barholm, Galloway

• November 13, 2014 • 31 Comments

Posted in Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Galloway, Henry MacCulloch of Barholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Whigs' Hole (Barholm)
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The Remarkable Hidden Histories of John and Mrs Stevenson

• August 30, 2012 • 13 Comments

Posted in 1685, 1686, 30 convention, 32 convention, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Blackgannoch, Camregan, Carrick, Carrick Mill, Castle Stewart, Colmonell parish, Colonel Burns (d.1679), Colonel John Burns, Covenanters, Craigdarroch, Dailly parish, Dalry parish, Dumfriesshire, Earlstoun Castle, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Elizabeth McGhie (Craigdarroch), Galloway, George Walker (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Irongray parish, James Renwick, John Ferguson of Craigdarroch, John Stevenson (Camregan), John Welsh, John Welsh of Cornlee, Keir parish, Kirkcalla, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmichael parish, Kirkoswald parish, Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Maybole, Mrs Stevenson, Nithsdale, Penninghame parish, Polgavin Muir, Preaching Stone, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Stevenson (Camregan), Wanlockhead, Wigtownshire
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The Three Covenanters Hanged at Wigtown in 1685

• May 16, 2012 • 16 Comments

Posted in 1685, Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Ballochbeatties, Banishment, Barr, Barr parish, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Carrick, Covenanters, Craigminn, Creetown, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), David Graham, earl of Home, Edinburgh, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Fintalloch, Galloway, George Walker (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Glenvernoch, Grizal Stewart, Hamilton, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Jamaica, James Colquhoun, James Cubison, John McIlroy, John McIlroy (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), Jonet Gordon, Killing Times, Kirkcalla, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Lt General William Drummond, Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Militia, Minnigaff, Minnigaff parish, Patrick McIlroy, Penninghame parish, Straiton parish, Thomas Wilson (Glenvernoch), Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire, William Johnston (d.1685), William McDougal, William McIlroy
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Covenanters

• September 26, 2011 • 25 Comments

Posted in 1684, Alloway parish, Annandale, Anwoth parish, Auchinleck parish, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Ballantrae parish, Balmaclellan parish, Balmaghie parish, Barony parish, Barr parish, Bathgate parish, Bo'ness parish, Borders, Borgue parish, Bothwell parish, Bowden parish, Buittle parish, Cambusnethan parish, Campsie parish, Canobie parish, Carluke parish, Carmunock parish, Carnwath parish, Carrick, Carriden parish, Carsphairn parish, Carstairs parish, Castletown parish, Cathcart parish, Cavers parish, Ceres parish, Clackmannanshire, Closeburn parish, Colmonell parish, Coulter parish, Covington parish, Craigie parish, Cranston parish, Crawford parish, Crawfordjohn parish, Crossmichael parish, Cumbernauld parish, Cumnock parish, Cupar parish, Currie parish, Dailly parish, Dalmellington parish, Dalmeny parish, Dalry parish, Dalserf parish, Dalziel parish, Douglas parish, Dumfries parish, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Dunscore parish, Durisdeer parish, Eaglesham parish, East Calder parish, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Erskine parish, Evandale parish, Falkirk parish, Fenwick parish, Fife, Fintry parish, Fugitive Roll of 1684, Galashiels parish, Galloway, Galston parish, Gargunnock parish, Girvan parish, Glassford parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Glenluce parish, Govan parish, Greenock parish, Haddingtonshire, Hamilton parish, Hawick parish, Hobkirk parish, Hownam parish, Inverkeithing parish, Irongray parish, Irvine parish, Keir parish, Kells parish, Kelso parish, Kelton parish, Kennoway parish, Kettle parish, Kilbride parish, Kilconquhar parish, Kilmacolm parish, Kilmarnock parish, Kilwinning parish, Kippen parish, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcowan parish, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkinner parish, Kirkliston parish, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmahoe parish, Kirkmichael parish, Kirkmichael parish (Ayrshire), Kirkoswald parish, Kirkpatrick-Durham parish, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Larbert & Dunipace parish, Largo parish, Lasswade parish, Lesmahagow parish, Lilliesleaf parish, Linlithgow parish, Linlithgowshire, Linton parish, Little Govan parish, Livingston parish, Lochmaben parish, Lochrutton parish, Lochwinnoch parish, Loudoun parish, Mauchline parish, Maybole parish, Mearns parish, Melrose parish, Mid Calder parish, Minnigaff parish, Mochrum parish, Moffat parish, Morton parish, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Neilston parish, New Monkland parish, Newbattle parish, Ochiltree parish, Old Monkland parish, Orwell parish, Paisley parish, Parton parish, Peeblesshire, Penninghame parish, Penpont parish, Pettinain parish, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Riccarton parish, Rutherglen parish, Sanquhar parish, Scoonie parish, Shotts parish, Skirling parish, Slammanan parish, Sorn parish, Southdean parish, St Andrews parish, St Ninians parish, Stewarton parish, Stirlingshire, Stonehouse parish, Stoneykirk parish, Stow parish, Straiton parish, Strathaven parish, Tarbolton parish, Temple parish, Thankerton parish, Tinwald parish, Tongland parish, Torphichen parish, Torthorwald parish, Troqueer parish, Tweeddale, Tweedsmuir parish, Twynholm parish, Tynron parish, Uphall parish, Urr parish, West Calder parish, West Kilpatrick parish, Whitburn parish, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire, Yarrow parish
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