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Old Gala house by night. Old Gala House is a museum and conference centre situated in the Old Town area of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.The building was originally built as a tower house in 1457 by the Hoppringill (Pringle) family, who had been granted the lands of Gala by the Earl of Douglas.
Main Entrance. Borders Family History Society, (BFHS), founded in 1985, is a members and research society which concentrates on the Scottish Borders region in south-eastern Scotland, comprising the ancient pre-1975 counties of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire, Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire, as well as small parts of the former counties of Midlothian (formerly Edinburghshire), and adjacent counties ...
The last Pringle of that Ilk died in 1737, after which the principal family became the Pringles of Stitchill, the lands of which were acquired c.1630. Of this latter house, Sir Robert was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1683 and, although the lands have now been sold, the Baronetcy has survived into the 21st century.
A family history society or genealogical society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals.
Galashiels (/ ˌ ɡ æ l ə ˈ ʃ iː l z /; Scots: Gallae, [2] Scottish Gaelic: An Geal Àth) [3] is a town in the Scottish Borders with a population of around 12,600. Its name is often colloquially shortened to "Gala". [ 4 ]
Family History Federation; Type: Non-government organization: Legal status: Charitable Organization (Education) Purpose: to co-ordinate and assist the work of societies or other bodies interested in family history, genealogy and heraldry; to foster the spirit of mutual co-operation, by sponsoring projects in these fields
The church used today, St Mary of Wedale, was built in 1876 and features a 140-foot-high clock tower. [ 3 ] A mile or so north of Stow lies the clachan of Torquhan, likely in the 13th century to have been one of the last places where the Brittonic language Cumbric was finally replaced by English.