Letham the history
Dallas, Donald2019
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Letham is a very ancient village dating back well over one thousand years. Although some 17th/18th century buildings remain, the Letham that we know today was all built in a relatively short period, 1800 - 1820 by the Earls Of Leven and Melville, including the West End, The Row, the pub, the village hall, the school and the church. Until the 20th century, Letham was a self-sufficient village with two farms, three schools, three pubs, five shops, a village hall, a post office, a bakery, a brewery, a saddlery, a blacksmith, joiners, shoemakers, dressmakers, doctor and so on. This book gives a detailed history of many of the houses and businesses as well as the lives of several of the inhabitants from the Baronet of Letham to The Monimail Hermit. There was nothing "sleepy" about the village of Letham, from resurrectionists at Monimail Cemetery in the 1820s to an infamous murder at Whinny Park in 1830, to being bombed twice during World War Two. The Crown Inn was in business for 130 years and the Letham Fair was a major cattle market. The brewery produced local "TB" beer and Storrar's Emporium purveyed a panoply of provisions. The social life was full with the Free Gardeners Hall full to overflowing even though it had no toilets right up until its closure in 1955.
Main title:
Letham the history / Donald Dallas
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Imprint:
Peterborough : BPUK, 2019
Collation:
112 p. : photos., maps ; 27 cm
Contents:
AcknowledgementsPhotographic acknowledgementsSource of informationMaps of LethamChapter one - LethamChapter two - The well treeChapter three - The west endChapter four - The new rowChapter fiive - The school braeChapter six - The Melville estateChapter seven - The churchChapter eight - The Whinny Park Murder 1830Chapter Nine - Letham FarmChapter ten - The Monimail hermitChapter eleven - Bombs of LethamChapter twelve - Their names lliveth for evermoreAppendix one Inhabitants of Letham 1940-1942 and 1968Appendix two Postcards of Letham
ISBN:
9781527244733 (hbk)
Dewey class:
LR941941941LET
Language:
English
BRN:
3648542
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