Stockbridge (Aberdeenshire, Scottish Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, City of Edinburgh and Stirling) also in three English counties. The origin of the name of this southern suburb is uncertain, the favoured explanations both referring to individuals with English rather than Scottish family names (Thomas...
Clifton (Scottish Borders, Orkney Islands and Stirling) but the name is used in many English counties as well, most famously the town of Clifton (now a suburb of Bristol) on the River Avon. According to the Clifton-on-Sea website the elite Atlantic seaboard suburb of Clifton was known ori...
The Trossachs and the renowned Loch Lomond are just 1.5 hours' north of the castle, Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital, is 1.5 hours' east of Craufurdland and the Scottish Border counties, a region rich in history and heritage, are just a short drive south from the castle. Prices Craufurdland...
Scottish tartans represent clans or families, and there are 25,000 registered Scottish tartans. Irish tartans are based on counties or districts. There are also tartans for militaries, royal families, and police, to name a few. What is the purpose of a kilt? Traditional kiltswere long stri...
In theSouth of Scotlandfrom Ayrshire through Galloway to the border counties, he will find fly fishing sport on wild lochs and unrivalled trout river fishing on the Tweed, Clyde and Annan. Thesalmon and sea trout fishingis also excellent in many of the rivers in the south. ...
Given the city’s history of large-scale immigration not only from its surrounding counties but also from the Scottish Highlands and Ireland, it is unsurprising that a range of inputs not associated with Scots should be present in the Glasgow dialect. That is not the point I am trying to ...