IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
St. Andrew Street, GALASHIELS, TD1 1EA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to St. Andrew Street, TD1 1EA by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (633 Images Found)
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St Aidan's Church and church hall
Viewed from Livingston Place, the church and hall are accessed from Gala Park. The church was opened in 1880 but was closed in August 2005 and is now up for sale by the Church of Scotland. St Aidan's congregation merged with St Ninian's in the High Street of the town to become Trinity Church.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 18 Jul 2007
0.03 miles
3
Another church - closed
St Aidan's Church in Galashiels, with its magnificent spire and rose window, has closed forever and is boarded up. During the church's earlier life it was known as St. Cuthbert's.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 8 Oct 2008
0.04 miles
4
Scott Street, Galashiels
This is the junction of Livingston Place and Scott Street at the corner of the square, looking along Scott Street towards Old Parish and St Paul's Church.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 18 Jul 2007
0.04 miles
6
St. John Street in Galashiels
Looking towards the town centre with Blaikie's Hill in the background. Galashiels may not contain the greatest nor longest history in the Scottish Borders but it could boast of one of the greatest textile centres in the world. Mills and other associated works and factories lined the Gala Water, Scotland's second fastest flowing river and its many mill lades provided by the affluent waters of the Gala. Sadly most of that great industry has disappeared under the weight of cheaper foreign imports but one legacy which remains, is the large number of homes which surround the town centre. The rows upon rows of houses built for the mill workers still serve the local population today as they have done since they were built in the 19th. century.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 1 Jun 2014
0.04 miles
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Galashiels Mercat Cross
Always referred to locally as the "town cross", I'm told. The wooden-crated look is a sign that preparations were underway to erect the surrounding platform used for the Braw Lads' day ceremony due to be held the following weekend.
For another view of the same without the wooden frame, see Image
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 25 Jun 2013
0.04 miles
8
Mercat cross plaques
Portraits of Scotland's King James IV and his spouse, Mary Tudor, who were united matrimonially in 1503 in the so-called "Marriage of the Thistle and the Rose". The lower plaque explains that it was near this spot that the Queen was ceremoniously presented with the lands of Ettrick Forest as part of her dowry. The wooden-crate effect is from preparations to erect a platform for the ceremony commemorating this event at the cross on Braw Lads' Day, due to take place the following weekend.
For a later view of the same without the wooden frame, see Image
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 25 Jun 2013
0.04 miles
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Demolition works at St Aidan?s Church, Galashiels
The main church building and hall have already been demolished and workers are now removing the upper part of the spire stone by stone. The Grade B listed church in Gala Park was built in 1880 and closed in 2005. The owners were given permission to demolish the church after proving the building was beyond the point of economic repair. It will certainly be a loss to the roofscape of the town Image
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 29 Mar 2019
0.04 miles