Archive for the 'Maybole' Category
The British Army of the Killing Times in the Winter of 1685 #History #Scotland
• September 23, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in 1685, 1686, Adam Blair (Carberry), Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayr, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Bathgate, Bathgate parish, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Captain John Inglis, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Captain William Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet James Innes, Cornet James Naismith, Cornet John Baillie, Cornet Peter Inglis, Cornet William Graham, Covenanters, Cumnock, Cumnock parish, David Graham, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, earl of Airlie, earl of Balcarres, Earlshaugh, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Evandale parish, Galloway, General Thomas Dalyell, Glasgow, Glenkens, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, John Graham of Claverhouse, Kells parish, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanark, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant James Stewart, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel James Douglas, Linlithgowshire, Lord Ross, Loudoun parish, Lt General William Drummond, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Maybole, Maybole parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Old Castle of Cumnock, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Strathaven, Teviotdale, Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire
Tags: British Army, Early modern history, Edinburgh, Glasgow, History, Military History, Scotland, Scottish Army, Scottish History
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
‘Wilt thou become a Walloway’: Cargill and the Lord’s Cause in Carrick and Galloway
• June 7, 2011 • 9 CommentsPosted in 1679, 1681, 25 convention, 33 convention, 37 convention, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Banishment, Benty-rig, Britain, British History, Cargill Stone, Cargilston, Carrick, Coulter, Coulter parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Dalry parish, Donald Cargill, Earlstoun, Earlstoun Castle, Field Preaching, Friarminnan, Galloway, Glenkens, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun Hill, Maybole, Maybole parish, Scottish History
Tags: 1679, 1681, 33 convention, 37 convention, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Banishment, Benty Rig, Britain, British History, Cargill Stone, Cargilston, Carrick, Coulter, Coulter parish, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croune of London (1679), Dalry parish, Donald Cargill, Earlstoun Castle, Field Preaching, Friarminnan, Galloway, Glenkens, History, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun Hill, Maybole, Maybole parish, Presbyterianism, Radicalism, Radicals, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History, twenty-fifth convention
