The Statistical Accounts of Scotland

Fascinating 18th- and 19th-century Scottish parish reports. We tweet news about our service and all things #ScottishHistory.

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Find out about another #statacc contributor. This month's guest blog is on the Reverend Doctor James Octavius Playfair. https://t.co/4RwLnq0ofW

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@SharadPandian If you click on the link and go to the Statistical Accounts section, click on 'Sir John Sinclair’s questions to ministers, 25th May 1790. (Sent to ministers compiling the OSA parish reports)' if you want to see the questions. However, you need to be a subscriber to see these.

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@SharadPandian thanks for letting us know, we'll get that updated.

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Find out about some #statacc contributors. This month's guest blog is on the Reverend John Clunie. https://t.co/Mzpqd5q2RX

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@cocteautriplets @edinhist Glad you enjoyed it - and thanks for pointing out the mistake!

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Here is our #statacc post on prisons in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland. It has been a fascinating journey looking at Scottish crime and punishment. Enjoy! https://t.co/4vlAc7cUkk

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@FamineFinnish Yes it is.

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How were people punished in the late-18th-early 19th centuries and earlier? Find out in our new #statacc blog post. [Picture: Tom Parnell via Wikimedia Commons] https://t.co/b3DZQt0roD

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#OnThisDay #OTD in 1631 Sir Michael Preston of Fenton "was immediately apprehended, tried before the Justiciary court on 15th February, convicted and beheaded at the Cross of Edinburgh the same or the next day." What was his crime? Find out below. #statacc

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The story of Diarmid's death, involving a rival in #love and a wild boar. #statacc #folklorethursday

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Discover the story of the fair Mego, who longed for the delicious fruit of the isle of Fraoch Eilean, Argyll and Bute, a dreadful serpent who guarded it, and her lover Fraoch who tried to gather the fruit. #statacc #folklorethursday #love

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#OnThisDay in 1568 "the governments of the Regent Morton was driven to the miserable shift of passing an act of council for stripping the lead from the cathedral churches of Aberdeen and Elgin, and selling it to pay the troops." #statacc [Elgin Cathedral: Neil Parley [CC BY 3.0]]

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"About the year 1449, Miss Martha Wishart, only daughter of the laird of Mireton, a lady of great beauty and accomplishments, fell deeply in #love with Mr Peter Beaton, at that time priest of Tullibody." Read what happened below. #statacc #folklorethursday

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#OnThisDay #OTD in 1832 a dreadful epidemic, cholera morbus, showed itself in the city of Glasgow, and continued to 11th November. During that period there were 6208 cases, 3203 recoveries, and 3005 deaths. #statacc https://t.co/2ZxLZASUaP

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#OnThisDay #OTD in 1806 Lady Flora Elizabeth Hastings was born in Edinburgh. She was a British aristocrat who became lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother. Read about her life and reaction to a scandal she was subjected to here: https://t.co/V7aDp6XoHA #statacc

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#OnThisDay 1599 "there is an order from the King and secret council for allowing the magistrates of Perth to take stones out of the quarry of Pittheaveless for repairing the Bridge of Tay, on payment of fifty merks yearly, until it be finished." #statacc https://t.co/tdkNDnT21s

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Read part 2 of our guest blog post, written by two MLitt students, focusing on children in the Highlands at the end of the 18th century. #statacc https://t.co/4sxWzhtpp2

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#OnThisDay #OTD in 1732 Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, passed away. She had the present palace at Dalkeith built in 1702, and occasionally lived there in princely splendour. #statacc https://t.co/qXMDzpO1y5 [Picture credit: National Library of Scotland [Public domain]]

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@clanmcfarlane It is King James IV

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#OTD in 1489 there was a skirmish (Battle of Tullimoss) between James IV. and the Earl of Lennox to the NW of the Lake of Monteith. "The Sovereign in person, with Lord Drummond as his Commander-in-Chief, attacked Lennox unexpectedly." [Photo credit: University of Aberdeen]

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#OnThisDay #OTD in 1746 St Ninian's Church, Stirling, which was being used as a munitions store, was blown up by the retreating army of Bonnie Prince Charlie. However, the steeple remained entire. #statacc Read more here: https://t.co/x8BSd5fDTK