Linlithgow, The Cross Well 1897

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All is peace and quiet in this scene, but things were livelier on 23 January 1570. Lord James Stewart, Earl of Moray and Regent, was shot by James Hamilton as he rode through the town. The assassin fired his musket from an upper window in a house belonging to the archbishop of St Andrews, who also appears to have supplied the getaway horse. The archbishop was executed at Stirling in 1571 without the formality of a trial.

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The Auld Hoose

I spent a lot of my childhood at my G.Grandmother's auld hoose in the High Street, Linlithgow across the road from Alva House. Through a close, a Mrs Swan lived up right and Liza Dalrymple on the left. Next door was a Jimmie O'Connor (?) and Ian (?) who sang like a linty. On my only return visit, was devastated to find those houses gone, taking precious memories with them. I remember Tyndall McClellands, the swing ...see more