Archive for the 'Horsehill' Category
Wanted Dead or Alive. Reward of £16,000 Scots for Notorious Traitors in 1680
• October 9, 2013 • 14 CommentsPosted in 1680, Airdsmoss, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Annandale, Auchinleck parish, Auchtitench, Ayrshire, Ayrsmoss, Balmaclellan parish, Barr parish, Benbain, Blairfoot, Carrick, Carsphairn parish, Causeway End (Penninghame), Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Covington parish, Craigminn (Cumnock), Cubs, Cumnock parish, Dalblair, Dalgig, Dalry parish, Daniel McMichael, David Moodie, Donald Cargill, Dumfriesshire, Durisdeer parish, Evandale parish, Fenwick parish, Francis Johnston, Galloway, Galston parish, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Horsehill, Irongray parish, James McMichael (d.1684), James Stewart (Causeway End), John Crichton (Auchtitench), John Fowler, John Gemmell (Cumnock), John Hamilton (fl.1680), John Howie of Lochgoin, John Malcolm (d.1680), John Moodie, John Paterson (fl.1680), John Potter, John Vallance, Kells parish, Kilsture, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow parish, London, Lorgfoot, Loudoun parish, Michael Cameron, Midland, Minnigaff parish, Morton parish, Muirkirk parish, Nithsdale, Old Castle of Cumnock, Penninghame parish, Peter Gemmel, Queensferry paper, Richard Cameron, Robert Dick, Sanquhar, Sanquhar Declaration, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorbie parish, St Brydsbank, Thomas Campbell (Waterhead), Thomas Douglas, Tundergarth parish, Wamphray parish, Waterhead (Cumnock), Wigtownshire
Tags: Airds Moss, Charles II, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, New Cumnock, Sanquhar, Scotland, Scottish History, Wanted Dead or Alive
The Covenanters and Scottish Football
• October 31, 2010 • 27 CommentsPosted in 24 convention, Abjuration oath, Airdsmoss, Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayrshire, Banishment, Barbados, Blackwood, British History, Captain John Inglis, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Darwhilling, David Gemmel, David Hackston of Rathillet, Dean Castle, Dragoons, Ducat Tower, Dykescroft, earl of Kilmarnock, Edinburgh, European history, Fenwick, Fenwick parish, Football, George Wood, George Woodburn, hangman, Hardhill, Hareshawhill, History, Horsehill, Huggincraig Burn, James Robertson, James White, John Boyd, John Fergushill, John Finlay, John Fowler, John Gemmel, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Law, John Nisbet of Hardhill, John Nisbet younger of Knowe, John Paton of Meadowhead, John Reid, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, Lieutenant Nisbet, Little Blackwood, Loudoun Mains, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Meadowhead, Michael Cameron, Midland, Muirside, National Library of Scotland, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Gemmel, Polbaith Burn, Richard Cameron, Robert Bell, Robert Murray, Scotland, Scottish History, Sorn parish, Thomas Wylie, William Wallace, William Wallace of Craigie, William Wylie
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Football, History, Kilmarnock, National Library of Scotland, Off the Ball, Scottish Football, Scottish History, William Wallace