Scottish History

This Ayrshire town has its origins in the salt industry. By 1800 there were 2,000...

Port Glasgow is in Renfrewshire, not in Glasgow. Its earliest building is the...

The 2000-plus years of Scottish history have seen a huge variety of events, from great...

Although the Victorians are widely credited with popularising the Trossachs as a...

Evocative pictures of Arbroath's fishing community give a realistic portrayal of what...

Within an area widely considered to be a golfers paradise and where the game has been...

Based on the extensive collection of old photographs and postcards gathered over the...

In the 18th century, when excise duty on whisky was 10s 2d in England but only 6s 2d in...

The 'Fair City of Perth' is aptly named. Situated on the banks of the Tay, Scotland s...

Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which...

Beyond Fort William, on the road to the Isles, lies Morar, the 'Highlands of the...

The Solway Coast has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most picturesque parts of...