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The Eaglesham Martyrs
• November 18, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1684, 1685, Abjuration oath, Alexander Shields, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ardincaple Castle, Ayrshire, boots, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Carrot, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet Peter Inglis, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Cowplaw, Dragoons, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Dunwan Burn, Eaglesham, Eaglesham parish, East Kilbride, Eastwood parish, Edinburgh, European history, Evandale parish, Gabriel Thomson (d.1684), Gabriel Thomson (d.1685), Gallowlee, Glasgow, Glassford parish, Hairmyres, Highlanders, History, Holehall, James Nicol, James Smith, John Campbell of Mid Wellwood, John Semple, John Ure, John Watt, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Kilmarnock, Lanarkshire, Leith, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Melowther, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, National Library of Scotland, Newlands, Patrick Walker, Peebles, Renfrewshire, Rhu parish, Robert Lockhart, Robert Thom, Robert Wodrow, Scotland, Scottish History, Sparrow Hill, Strathaven, thumbikins, Torture, Upper Wellwood, William Campbell, William Campbell of Over Welwood, William Young
Tags: Covenanters, Eaglesham, East Kilbride, Hillwalking, History, Martyrs, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
From His Cold, Dead Hands…
• September 25, 2010 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1820, 1820 Society, 1832, Ayrshire, Biography, Britain, Cairntable, Captain John Inglis, Charles II, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dragoons, East Kilbride, Evandale parish, History, James II, James VII & II, James White, James Wilson, John Barrie, John Smith in Cronan, Kilbride parish, Killing Times, Lanarkshire, Little Blackwood, Loudoun parish, martyrdom, Martyrs, Newlands, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Peter Inglis, Radicalism, Radicals, Reform Movement, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven, Thomas Richard, William Paterson
Tags: 1820 Society, Ayrshire, Britain, Covenanters, Dragoons, East Kilbride, History, Martyrs, Newmilns, Scotland, Scottish History, Strathaven