History of Tain In Photos ⋆ Ross and Cromarty Heritage

History of Tain In Photos

Attribution: unknown (Procession in High Street for Diamond Jubilee 1897)

History of Tain in Photos

We have very kindly been given access to many photographs taken during the history of Tain. We have shown a few on this page to whet your appetite – but please visit the photo album at the bottom of the page to view all the photographs.

1864 – Tain railway station under construction.

Attribution: unknown

1889 start of Easter Ross cycling club 12 mile race

1889 – This photograph shows the start of the Easter Ross cycling club’s 12 mile race. It was taken at the rear of Urquhart’s shoe shop in the High Street by William Smith.

1897 Procession for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee

1897 – Procession to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

Attribution: unknown

1907 Sir Arthur Bignold arrives at Tain station

1907 – Sir Arthur Bignold arriving at Tain station.

1907 – Stafford Street.

Attribution: unknown

c. 1914 – Royal Navy Air Service seaplane taking off from Tain River.

1957 – High Street ironmonger’s shop of Wallace & Fraser burning down.

Attribution: unknown

c. 1890s – An unusual picture of a bullock cart.

1974 – The last Town Council outside the Tolbooth.

Attribution: unknown

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1939 to 1945

Detail from the 1919-1918 plaque - the figure of a kilted soldier with a rifle

Detail from the 1914-1918 plaque - the figure of a scholar with a cloak, book, and stick

Detail from the 1939-1945 plaque - an aircraft.

Detail from the 1939-1945 plaque - a naval vessel.

St Duthus Collegiate Church

This church was built between 1370 and 1458 as the shrine of St Duthac. It stands near an earlier church the walls of which can still be seen. In medieval times the church was an important place of pilgrimage, its most famous visitor being James IV who came regularly from 1493 to 1513.

Memorial Plaque

The old Church of St Duthus

The Old Church of St Duthus.

The Collegiate Church of St Duthac

The Collegiate Church of St Duthac in Tain, Ross-shire, probably completed by 1460. Please read more on our website. Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.

Map showing various locations, referred to in the text, which are associated with Scotland's saints.

Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.

Ye His Saints - cover of book

Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.