Alex Anderson
Articles by this author
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The Development of the Road System in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 1Mediaeval-1890. Part I Recent, Recent (Social), Mediaeval, History TDGNHAS Series III, 44 (1967), 205(WARNING very large file size: 102.28 MB) |
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The Development of the Road System in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 1590-1890. Part II Mediaeval, Recent, Recent (Social), History TDGNHAS Series III, 45 (1968), 211(WARNING very large file size: 70.97 MB) |
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Some Notes on the Old Military Road in Dumfries and Galloway Recent, Recent (Social), History TDGNHAS Series III, 72 (1997), 79(1009.36 KB) |
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The 'Classified Summary' of the Minutes of the Road Trustees of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Recent, Industrial Archaeology, History TDGNHAS Series III, 80 (2006), 168(3.8 MB)
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The purpose of this addendum is to make it known that copies of the above summary have been deposited for reference in the Ewart Library and the Archive Centre, Dumfries and the Stewartry Museum. It may be used to locate references to roads, bridges and |
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Alex Anderson and James Williams Bridgend Bridge, Dundrennan - A Monastic Structure? TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 71(2.95 MB)
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Bridgend Bridge at Dundrennan is situated on the branch road to Rerrick Kirk and Orroland and has the appearance of a mediaeval ribbed arch. In order to gain some idea of its age and origin, the writers have examined both the documentary evidence and the |
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Andrew Archibald [Obituary] TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 128(2.95 MB)
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Obituary of Andrew Archibald - the Society's treasurer 1970-75. |
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Alex Anderson and James Williams Kirk Sessions as Bridge Builders – Lochfoot and Twynholm TDGNHAS Series III, 83 (2009), 232(WARNING large file size: 5.11 MB)
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Recent perusal of the Kirk Session Minutes of the Parish of Lochrutton has revealed an interesting record of one of the more unusual functions of that body – the building of a bridge across the Lochfoot Burn in 1740-41. This venture has been compared with a contemporaneous bridgebuilding exercise by the Kirk Session of Tynholm . |
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The ‘Old Edinburgh Road’ in Dumfriesshire and Galloway TDGNHAS Series III, 84 (2010), 101(3.44 MB)
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The ‘Old Edinburgh Road’ marked on Ordnance Survey maps of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright forms part of a route of great antiquity. A brief summary of its history before the turnpike era was given by the writer in a previous paper.2 The following notes are intended as an amplification of this and its extensions into Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire, based on observations made in the intervening forty years. |
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