Aberdeen history : & stories from the past
Will, Carol2023
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Main title:
Aberdeen history : & stories from the past / Carol Will.
Author:
Will, Carol, author
Imprint:
[Aberdeen] : Laroc Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
254 pages, 18 pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm.
Contents:
Holburn Street - - Ferryhill - - Bow Brig - - The Hunger March - - A copse of oak in the harbour? - - Aberdeen and battle - vikings - - Anarchy in Aberdeen - - Ancient wells - - Springhill - - Castle of Aberdeen - - "The Fecht" 1644 - - Witchcraft in Aberdeen - - A Jacobite connection - the old customs house - - Piracy, landowners and legacies - - Robert the Bruce and the "Freedom Lands" - - Sheddocksley through the centuries - - Salvation Army in Aberdeen - - Social connections in the 1800s - - Stagecoaches and the mail coaches - - The Castlegate - - Gallowgate of old - - Wellington Suspension Bridge 1830-31 - - The Aberdeen-Singapore connection - - 1960 - - Janet (Jessie) George - - "A drunken row leads to the gibbet!" - - Crime and punishment - - Bert's secret - - The governor - - Loyalty, devotion and treason - - George Hamilton Gordon - 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
ISBN:
9781739550806 (pbk)
Local class:
941.23 AaE
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
3862908