Archive for the 'Meadowhead' Category
The Covenanters’ Secret Hideout: Dunton Cove
• September 12, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1684, Ayrshire, Benbeoch, Clanfin (Fenwick), Dunton Cove, Fenwick parish, Floak, Isobel Howie, James Howie (Lochgoin), John Howie (Lochgoin), John Paton of Meadowhead, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lochgoin, Meadowhead, Mearns parish, Renfrewshire, Robert Howie (Floak)
Tags: Ayrshire, Caves, Covenanters, Dunton Cove, Fenwick, History, Lochgoin, Scotland, Scottish History
The Raid on Lochgoin in c.1684
• September 8, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1684, Ayrshire, Captain John Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Eaglesham parish, Fenwick parish, George Woodburn, George Woodburn (Ladyton), His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Isobel Howie, James Howie (Lochgoin), John Howie (Lochgoin), John Kirkland, John Paton of Meadowhead, Kilmarnock, Lochgoin, Loudoun parish, Major John Balfour, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Meadowhead, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History, Sergeant Thomas Rae
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Lochgoin, Scotland, Scottish History, Whitelee Windfarm
Donald Cargill’s Preaching at Meadowhead near Fenwick
• September 4, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1681, Ayrshire, Carrick, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Dumfriesshire, Fenwick parish, Field Preaching, Galloway, Glenkens, James Howie (Lochgoin), James Mundell, John Paton of Meadowhead, Kirkcudbrightshire, Maybole parish, Meadowhead, Nithsdale, Scotland, Scottish History, Tinwald parish
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, Early modern history, Fenwick, History, Lochgoin, Scottish History, Whitelee Windfarm
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