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A Final Heraldic Memorial in Dalmeny, Scotland
Our final heraldic stop at St. Cuthbert's Church in Dalmeny, Scotland, is the impressive memorial to Adam Alexander Duncan Dundas, 27th Chief of Dundas, Commander (retired) of the Royal Navy,...
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Another Serendipitous Semi-Heraldic Sighting
So there I was, just sittin' at the airport between the cities of Midland and Odessa, Texas, waiting for my flight home after a long day of presentations to the Permian Basin Genealogy Society there.If...
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Heraldry at Another Old Scottish Church
The next stop on our heraldic tour around Scotland was the church at Abercorn in West Lothian.It's an interesting church - and I don't mean just heraldically - with parts of the building dating from...
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Is It Heraldry or Not?
On the exterior of the vault for the Duddingston family on the south side of the chancel is an old plaque inset into the wall.It's worn, as you would expect from something that's been left out in the...
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Well, Phooey.... Wait, Maybe Not!
I had high hopes for this one, I really did. And (initially) for nought, apparently.We were still walking about the exterior of Abercorn Church in Abercorn, Scotland, and ran across the following...
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Old Heraldry For Sale! Act Now!
Are you related to the Hewitt or Allen families of Cheshire in England? You might want to try to save this particular piece of heraldic family history.An article today in the Knutsford Guardian...
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Missed It By _That_ Much!
A news article about heraldry popped up in one of my notifications recently, about the Town Council of Andover, England (the namesake of a town that one of my ancestors helped to found in Massachusetts...
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An Heraldic Memorial Window in Abercorn Church
Moving now from the heraldry on the exterior of the church at Abercorn, Scotland, we went inside to find, among other heraldic displays, this large armorial stained glass window.It's a beautiful...
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Heraldic Memorials to Two Cousins
Continuing our heraldic tour of Abercorn Church in Scotland, we found two memorial plaques to different members of a family, both of whom had military service, one of whom had been an officer of arms...
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Heraldic Memorial to Another Dalyell of the Binns and His Family
Deeper into the less traveled portions of the Abercorn Church, we found this beautifully carved heraldic memorial.As you can see, it's carved in deep relief, and is placed there in memory of Sir...
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Another (Even Older) Monument to A Dalyell of the Binns
Back in that corner of the church at Abercorn, Scotland, was another monument to another member of the Dalyell of the Binns family.The inscription reads:What was mortall of Thomas Dalyell of Binnes...
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Nice Try, But No Cigar, err, Medallion
Or, in this specific case, no medallion.There was an auction on Saturday, November 18, of a bunch of movie props, artifacts, jewelry, and so on created by Joseff of Hollywood. I had gone and signed up...
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A Monument for a Wife
In another part of the church at Abercorn, in a narrow alcove where I could not get directly in front of it - hence the angle of the photographs here - was a monument to the memory of the wife of the...
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We're Not Sitting With the Hoi-Polloi
For our last look at the heraldry contained in the church at Abercorn, Scotland, I have saved the best, or at least the largest and most "in your face," for last.I am speaking, of course, of the...
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A _Very_ Royal Heraldic Window
The next stop on our heraldic tour was St. Michael's Church in Linlithgow, where we were treated to a very impressive display of Royal heraldry.Across the bottom of the window, accompanied by their...
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A Saintly Coat of Arms
In the large four-panel stained glass window in St. Michael's Church in Linlithgow, Scotland, which I showed you in my last post, one panel was dedicated to the patron saint of Scotland, St. Andrew.In...
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Another Saint, and the Arms of an Earl
In the third panel of the stained glass window at St. Michael's Church in Linlithgow, Scotland that I've been sharing with you, above the lower portion of King David I and his attributed arms, is the...
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Royal Heraldry in St. Michael's Church
St. Michael's Church in Linlithgow is a substantial edifice, and so it is not surprising to find examples of the Royal Arms there.For example, the Royal Arms of Scotland;On a panel behind the...
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Burgh Arms In and About St. Michael's
In addition to the various Royal Arms in various places in St. Michael's Church in Linlithgow, Scotland, there are also a number of depictions of these arms:On some of the ceiling bosses:And behind the...
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Brass Heraldic Memorials to Two Members of a Family
Continuing our way around the interior of St. Michael's Church in Linlithgow, we came across two brass heraldic plaques in memory of different members of a family.The first reads as follows:To the...
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