Glenesk
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Glenesk

The History and Culture of a Scottish Glen

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Glenesk

The History and Culture of a Scottish Glen

About this book

Glenesk is one of the most beautiful of the Angus glens. Though surrounded by high peaks in its upper reaches and seemingly remote, it is no isolated backwater. A network of hill-paths through the Mounth links Glenesk to Deeside and neighouring Angus glens, while its lower end opens out to the low country of the east. This is one reason why the Glen is so rich in the relics of life and work of the people who have lived there and who have passed through it from early times onwards.

This is the story of an upland, rural community, told from the perspectives of the people themselves and covers almost every aspect of glen life. From the distant past to modern day, the book looks at people's changing relationships with the landscape, the buildings they lived, worked and worshipped in and the tools they used.

Official documents record the effects of the famine and wars of the 17th-century, and the deprivations suffered either at the hands of marauding Highland caterans or the renegade offspring of their landlords. The text is complemented by many origianl, period photographs which portray the everyday life of the Glen.

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Information

Publisher
John Donald
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781788858069
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Margaret Fairweather Michie 1905–85: A Memoir
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Shaping the Glen: The Physical Background
  9. 2. Prehistoric Sites and Ways
  10. 3. Lords of the Glen
  11. 4. Pre-Eighteenth Century Land Use
  12. 5. Eighteenth Century Farming: The Beginning of Change
  13. 6. The Parish Church
  14. 7. The Kirk’s Care of the Poor
  15. 8. The Episcopal Church
  16. 9. The Free Church
  17. 10. Teaching the Bairns
  18. 11. Land Use and Labour: The Nineteenth Century
  19. 12. Summer Grazings and Illicit Stills
  20. 13. Sport and Game
  21. 14. Hearth and Home
  22. 15. People and Places
  23. 16. Population Change from 1700
  24. 17. Leaving the Glen: New Homes Abroad
  25. 18. Recent Days
  26. 19. Conclusion
  27. Appendix
  28. Bibliography
  29. Index