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In the 1880s the railway came, and the town grew yet more hectic as the London to Scotland expresses roared by.

It was built by Robert Stewart, first Duke of Albany, Guardian of Scotland on behalf of the captive James I.

The finished design is similar to Mellerstain Castle, Scotland.

Golf was hardly played outside Scotland until the 1860s, when the first English club, the North Devon at Westward Ho!

Paisley Abbey, a Cluniac monastery founded in 1163 and now a charge of the Church of Scotland, has much 14th- and 15th-century architecture and stained-glass windows.

In 1887 Peter and Alexander Campbell decided to relocate their excursion steamer business from Scotland to the relatively untapped Bristol Channel, where they soon came to dominate the market.

There was a pier, and no doubt American cotton could be brought from Belfast, and coal for the boilers would come direct from Scotland and England.

The par- ish, which included Etal, Kimmerston, Hetherslaw and Crookham, suffered much during the wars with Scotland.

Scotland at the time was under the governorship of James, second Earl of Arran, a Protestant.

In 1424 James returned to Scotland after spending eighteen years as the 'guest' of the English court.

Between 1542 and 1546 he served in the wars against France and Scotland.

Scotland's first university, founded in 1411.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842 and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.

Golf was hardly played outside Scotland until the 1860s, when the first English club, the North Devon at Westward Ho!

Crookston was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust for Scotland.

Aytoun Street gets its name from Roger Aytoun (known as Spanking Roger), who came to Manchester from Scotland as an officer in the army.

The longest canal tunnel in Scotland is on the Union Canal.

Inside, the hotel is notable for its impressive black staircase dating from 1660, which is said to have been brought here from Loch Leven Castle in Scotland.

It has five striking jacks representing England (John Bull) sounding note 'A'; Ireland (Irish girl) note 'B'; Scotland (The Cock of the North) note 'D'; Wales (Welsh girl) note 'G' and Father

War with Scotland, and Longshanks' desire to press his claims in France, meant that money was tight.

The Isle of Man boats could be boarded from here, there were ships to Scotland and Ireland, and trains left for all parts of the country.

Victorian Glasgow may have been a parvenu compared with Edinburgh, with its ancient history as Scotland's capital and its 18th-century reputation as the Athens of the North, but Glasgow's unparalleled

Excursion trips flourished on the east coast of Scotland until 2 August 1914, when the Admiralty effectively closed the Firth of Forth to non-essential shipping.

Alnwick has witnessed many conflicts between the Scots and the English.