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Detail of Francis Gordon's gravestone, Kilsyth Burns and Old Parish Church
Front of the gravestone to Francis Gordon, a Covenanting soldier who fled the Battle of Kilsyth on his horse, but was seen by one of Montrose's soldiers and killed. The Battle of Kilsyth took place in 1645 however, so why is Gordon's gravestone inscribed 1646?
For photo of rear of stone, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2177757 and for photo of Kilsyth Burns and Old Parish Church, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1718181
Image: © Becky Williamson
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
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Francis Gordon's gravestone, Kilsyth Burns and Old Parish Church
Rear of the gravestone to Francis Gordon, a Covenanting soldier who fled the Battle of Kilsyth on his horse, but was seen by one of Montrose's soldiers and killed. The Battle of Kilsyth took place in 1645 however, but the inscription states it took place in 1646 - did they simply get it wrong?
The inscription reads:
THERE IS A CONSTANT
TRADITION THAT THIS STONE
MARKED THE GRAVE OF
FRANCIS GORDON, CADET OF
A NOBLE COVENANTING FAMILY
WHO FLEEING FROM THE BATTLE
OF KILSYTH - FOUGHT 16TH
AUGUST 1646 - WAS OVERTAKEN
AND SLAIN BY ONE OF MONTROSE
CLANSMEN AT BONNYFOOT BRIDGE
DENNY, THE KILSYTH KIRK SESSION
WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE
COUNTY COUNCIL REMOVED
THE STONE TO THIS PARISH
FEBY 1892
For detail of front of stone, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2177754 and for photo of Burns and Old Parish Church, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1718181
Image: © Becky Williamson
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
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Kilsyth Burns & Old Parish Church
Image: © Texas Radio and The Big Beat
Taken: 20 Feb 2010
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Kilsyth Burns & Old Parish Church
Image: © Texas Radio and The Big Beat
Taken: 20 Feb 2010
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Kilsyth Methodist Church
This building has since been demolished.
Image: © Texas Radio and The Big Beat
Taken: 20 Feb 2010
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It would be a tight fit
No parking sign painted beside a path (from a car park) in Kilsyth. Either the paintwork is older than the building on the right or it just applies to bikes and bubble cars.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 2 May 2014
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Main Street, Kilsyth
Image: © Tim Heaton
Taken: 9 Oct 2018
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Main Street, Kilsyth
Now a pedestrianised street. The Kilsyth Hills are in the distance.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 31 Mar 2022
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Main Street, Kilsyth
A pedestrianised street with many shops.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 31 Mar 2022
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White House Building, Main Street (Feb 2010)
This listed building is currently just a shell.
It was an oldy-worldy type shop which sold traditional ladies and mens clothes
as well as school uniforms and the like.
(Update July 2011)
The White House now looks like this http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2524689
Image: © Texas Radio and The Big Beat
Taken: 20 Feb 2010
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