Archive for the 'Kirkmabreck parish' Category
The Pentland Rising of 1666: The Heads of the Executed in Edinburgh on 7 December #History #Scotland
• December 7, 2018 • 8 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: 1666, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Hamilton, History, Kilmarnock, Kirkcudbright, Lanarkshire, Pentland Rising, Scotland, Scottish History
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
Secrets of Whigs’ Hole near Barholm, Galloway
• November 13, 2014 • 31 CommentsPosted in Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Galloway, Henry MacCulloch of Barholm, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Whigs' Hole (Barholm)
Tags: Barholm Castle, Covenanters, Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Galloway, History, Scotland, Walking, Whig's Hole
The Remarkable Hidden Histories of John and Mrs Stevenson
• August 30, 2012 • 13 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Dailly, Hillwalking, History, Newton Stewart, Scotland, Scottish History, women's history
The Three Covenanters Hanged at Wigtown in 1685
• May 16, 2012 • 17 CommentsPosted 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
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, Galloway, History, Jamaica, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown
