Archive for the 'Midwellwood' Category
Search and Destroy: The Mauchline Martyrs of 1685
• September 1, 2011 • 20 CommentsPosted in 1685, Abjuration oath, Argyll Rising, Auchter Muir, Ayrshire, Bathgate parish, Carluke, Carluke parish, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Daniel Defoe, Dragoons, Edinburghshire, Falkirk, Galston, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Highlanders, James II, John Brounen, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Muirkirk), Killing Times, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Linlithgowshire, Livingston parish, London, Lt General William Drummond, Martyrs, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Mid Calder parish, Midwellwood, Muiravonside parish, Muirkirk parish, Peeblesshire, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, Russia, Scotland, Scottish History, Shotts parish, Skirling, Skirling parish, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Thomas Richard, Thomas Young (d.1685), West Calder parish, Westquarter, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Douglas duke of Queensberry, William Fiddison (d.1685), William of Orange
Tags: 1685, Ayrshire, British History, Covenanters, Highlanders, History, Martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline, Scotland, Scottish History
William Adam: The Wanderer at Wellwood
• October 11, 2010 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Jamieson, Alexander Peden, Andrew Hislop, Annandale, Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain John Dalziel, Carsgailoch Hill, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croftfoot, Crofthead, Dalveen, Daniel McMichael, Dragoons, Dumfriesshire, Dunnottar Castle, Durisdeer parish, earl of Carnwath, Edinburgh, Fugitive Roll of 1684, George Barclay, Glenae, Greenock, Highlanders, History, James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Renwick, James Smith, John Binning, John Brown (Blackwood), John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran of Ochiltree, John Cochrane of Waterside, John Fullerton, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith in Cronan, Killing Times, Kirkmichael parish, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Straiton, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline parish, Midwellwood, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, Nova Scotia, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, River Ayr, Robert Langlands, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish parliament, Stanhope, Thomas Richard, Upper Wellwood, Virginia, William Adam, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Cleland
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, History, Killing Times, Martyrs, Muirkirk, Scotland, Scottish History, Virginia
The Double Life of Thomas Richard
• October 5, 2010 • 7 CommentsPosted in 05 convention, 1685, Alexander Gordon of Earlstoun, Ayrshire, Biography, Britain, British History, Burnfoot, Captain John Inglis, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cumnock, Dragoons, Edinburgh, Glenbuck, Greenock, Greenock Water, History, James Edward, James Irvine of Bonshaw, James Renwick, James Russell, John Brown of Priesthill, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Richard (Burnfoot), Killing Times, Midwellwood, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Priesthill, River Ayr, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Edward, Thomas Richard, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell of Wellwood
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, History, John Campbell in Wellwood, Midwellwood, Muirkirk, Scotland, Scottish History, Upper Wellwood
The Mysterious Martyrdom of John Smith in Croonan
• September 18, 2010 • 16 CommentsPosted in Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Biography, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cronan, Galston, History, James Renwick, James Smith, John Binning, John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith (Muirkirk), John Smith in Cronan, Killing Times, Loudoun parish, Mauchline, Midwellwood, Muirkirk parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Patrick Walker, Peter Aird, Peter Gillies, Peter Inglis, Priesthill, Scottish History, Upper Wellwood
Tags: Covenanters, History, Martyrs, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History