Now looking through Selkirk Presbytery records (freely available online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk). And marvelling at one 1715 spelling of Buccleuch. So much more interesting! #Scots #ScotsLeid #Palaeography #ScottishHistory #ScottishBorders #ChurchCourts #18thCentury #EighteenthCentury #Scotland #History #Handwriting #PlaceNames #DukeOfBuccleuch #Buccleuch
"To me, he's the greatest of all Scotsmen." Enjoy this discussion from 2021 with the Duke of Buccleuch, #WalterScottPrize founder and patron, on the Prize's origins, Sir Walter's life, resilience, and historical novels.
https://youtu.be/TWgn-V5S_w8?t=192
#historicalfiction #histfic @bookstodon #DukeofBuccleuch #SirWalterScott #Waverley #bookstodon

