| |
Gazetteer
Places listed here include towns, castles, etc, that have a Douglas
connection. They are not necessarily places owned or occupied by the
Douglas family.
“We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.”
~Winston S. Churchill
Mouseover the slideshow to pause
 Blythswood House
The Campbells of Blythswood, who were also Douglases of Mains, owned this mansion house
more
-
Camp Morton
Camp Morton, a coal mine in Spitzbergen, was named after the Earl of Morton, who was one of the owners.
more
Caerlaverock Castle
This was not a Douglas property, but features in Douglas history.
more
-
Castle Mains
The Earl of Home's residence, near Douglas Castle.
more
-
Cavers House
Now a ruin, the house was on the site of a 14thC castle built by Sir Archibald Douglas, son of the Earl of Douglas
more
Dalkeith Castle
Dalkeith Castle, or Palace, in Midlothian, Scotland, is the
former seat of the Duke of Buccleuch. The present house was
built in 1702 on the site of an earlier castle.
more
-
Douglas Castle
Also known as Castle Dangerous; several castle have been
built on this site, the most recent being demolished in
1938.
more
-
 Gelston Castle
Built in red sandstone c.1805 for Sir William Douglas (1745-1809), founder of Castle Douglas.
more
-
 Grace Hall
The seat of Thomas Douglass, Esq., 'a very fine modern edifice', in Co Armargh, Ireland.
more
-
 Grangemuir House
Located just north of Pittenweem in Fife, Grangemuir House came into Douglas ownership through marriage in 1824, but is now in ruins.
more
-
 Hawthornden Castle
A property of the Abernethy family, it passed to the Douglases in the 14th century. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 15th century.
more
-
Herdmanston CastleHermiston, or Herdmanston, passed to the Sinclair family in the 12th or 13th century.
more
-
 Hermitage Castle
Held by William de Douglas, Knight of Liddesdale, who
also held Roxburgh & Lochmaben Castles, and, in 1332, was Warden of the Marches.
more
-
Jedburgh Abbey
Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, has many Douglas graves
more
-
Lennoxlove House
Purchased by the 14th Duke in 1946, it is he seat of the Dukes of Hamilton and is home to one of Scotland's most important collections of portraits.
more
-
Lochleven Castle
This Douglas castle, on an island, was where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner - bb the Douglases!
more
-
Morton Castle
In the mid 15thC these lands in Dumfreisshire were given by James II of Scotland to James Douglas of Dalkeith, later Earl of Morton.
more
-
Spynie Palace
In 1207-8, Bishop Brice Douglas chose the church at Spynie as his cathedral. Alexander Douglas was bishop here in the 16th Century.
more
|
Abbotsford House Abdel Hamid Palace Abercorn Castle Aberdour Castle Akergill Castle All Hallows Church Allt Poll Dubh-Ghlas Almorness Alnwick Castle Ancrum Bridge hearts Andrew Spratt's castle reconstructions Andrew Spratt's castle reconstructions - Page2 Andrew Spratt's castle reconstructions - Page3 Antarctica place names Arbroath Abbey Arlehaven Douglas Ashling Park Auchen Castle Auchenfranco Castle Auchinleck, Kirriemuir Auchterhouse Auldhame Castle Avoch Castle Baads Castle Baldoon Castle Ballencrieff Castle Ballumbie Castle Balvenie Castle Balvie Castle Barjarg Castle Barloch Barnton Castle Barony of Herbertshire Barony of Holydean Bass Rock Bedrule Castle and Church Benjamin Douglas House Berwick Berwick Castle Blackfriars Monastery Blackhouse Tower Blacklaw Tower Blackness Castle Blythswood House Bonaly Tower Bonjedward, Roxburghshire Borthwick Castle Bothwell Castle Bothwell Castle and House Gallery Bothwell House Braidwood, Lanarkshire Branxholme Castle Brigton House Brodick Castle Broughton Buittle Castle Buittle Parish Buncle Castle Burnbrae, Dunbartonshire Byre's Castle Orchard Towerhouse Byres Castle Caerlaverock Calder Castle Calder House Camp Douglas Camp Douglas, Wisconsin Camp Morton Cape Moreton Captain Samuel Douglass Academy Carlisle Castle Castillo Douglas Castle Douglas Castle Gogar (Gogar House) Castle of Mains Castle Stewart Cavers Charlotte Douglas International Airport Chateaux d'Arrancy Chilston Park Château de Longueville Château Gaillard Claypotts Castle Clydesdale Cockburnspath Tower Cocklaws Tower Coldingham Priory Comlongon Castle Conaglen House and Estate Corio Villa, Geelong Crag Douglas Craignethan Castle Cramond Regis Cramond Tower Cranshaws Tower Crawford Castle Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire Crichton Castle Cruixton Castle Cunningham Mausoleum, Belfast Cunzeirton Dairsie Castle Dalhousie castle Dalkeith Dalkeith Palace Dalmahoy Dalveen Castle Darnaway Castle Dirleton Castle Douglas 13thC manors in England Douglas and Angus, Dundee Douglas Arms Hotel Douglas Arms, Bethseda Douglas Arms, Milngavie Douglas Bay and Peak, Antartica Douglas Boulder and Gap, Ben Nevis Douglas Bridge, Strabane Douglas Castle Douglas Castle, Jamaica Douglas castles in England Douglas Cave, Gibraltar Douglas Chapel in Parbold Douglas Chapel, Montreal La Cluse Douglas City, Michigan Douglas Coalfield, Lanarkshire Douglas Colliery, South Africa Douglas family in Yorkshire Douglas Farm, New Jersey Douglas Hall, Kirkcudbrightshire Douglas Hill, Maine Douglas Hollow, Pennsylvania Douglas Hotel, Brodick Douglas Hotel, Stirling Douglas House - List Douglas House School, Malvern Douglas House, Bournemouth Douglas House, Ladybank Douglas House, London Douglas House, Petersham Douglas House, Trenton Douglas in Milngavie Douglas in Ulston Douglas Inn, Urbana, Ohio Douglas Island, Alaska Douglas Lake and Dam Douglas Library, Queens University Douglas Lodge, Itasca State Park Douglas Manor, New York Douglas Mansion, Cedar Rapids Douglas Mansion, Jerome Douglas Mausoleum Douglas Memorial Bridge Douglas Mountains, Texas Douglas Navigation Douglas of County Down Douglas of Cruixton Douglas of Edrington Douglas of Lindisfarne Douglas Palais, Karlsruhe Douglas Park, Chicago Douglas Pier Douglas River Douglas Scott Mausoleum, Springwood Douglas Store, Texas Douglas Support Douglas Vale Douglas Water Douglas's Cairn Douglas, Arizona Douglas, British Columbia Douglas, Co. Cork Douglas, Isle of Man Douglas, Lanarkshire Douglas, Massachusetts Douglas, Northern Cape Douglas, Queensland Douglas, Texas Douglas, Wyoming Douglasdale, South Africa Douglases - Rocky Mountains Douglases in Lurgan Douglass House, Houghton Douglass-Clark House, Tennessee Douglastown, Angus Douglastown, Quebec Doune Castle Dreghorn Drochil Castle Drumlanrig Castle Drumlanrig's Tower Drumsargard Drumsergard Dryhope Tower Dudhope Castle Duff House Mausoleum Dumbarton Castle Dunbar Castle Dundonald Castle Dunedin, Florida Dunfermline Dunfermline Abbey Dungavel Dunglass Castle Dunnottar Castle Durisdeer Castle Durisdeer Church Earl's Gift Edinburgh Castle Evelick Castle Fa'side Castle Falkland Palace Fawdon Ferme du Maipas Finart Fort Douglas, Utah Galbraith lands Garrallan House Garvald, East lothian Gavler's Castle Gelston Castle, New York Gelston Castle, Scotland George Douglas House George Douglass House Gerstorp, Sweden Glamis Castle Glasgow Cathedral Glen Douglas and Douglas Water Glenbervie Church Glendevon Castle Glenfinart House Glenstuart, Cummertrees Gorbals Mansion House Gourock Castle Grace Hall Grangemuir House Greenan Castle Gyrn Castle Haddington House Hallbar Tower Hamilton Palace Harbottle Castle Hartlepool Hartree Tower Hawick Hawthornden Castle Hazelside - or Hileside Herdmanston Castle Hermitage Castle Holmhill, Thornhill image_folder/places/Italy/Castello_Agazzano.html image_folder/places/Italy/fombio.html image_folder/places/Italy/Palazzo_Chiapponi.html image_folder/places/Italy/Palazzo_Vigoleno.html image_folder/places/Italy/piacenza.html Inchinnan Parish Church Innerwick Castle Innerwick Castle Inveravon Castle Inverugie Castle Invery House James Douglas House Jedburgh Abbey Jedburgh Castle Jedforest John Douglas House John Douglas House John Douglas Wayside Kilbucho Killewarren House Killiechassie Kilspindie Castle and the Red Douglases Kinmount, Dumfriesshire Kirkcudbright Kirkness, Kinross Kirkstyle Cottages Kirriemuir Kirriemuir - coat of arms Lands forfeited by the 9th Earl of Douglas Langenstein Castle Lennoxlove Lesudden House Lincluden Collegiate Church Lindores Abbey Lintalee Llandygai Loch Doon Castle Loch Leven Castle Lochindorb Castle Lochleven Lochmaben Lochnaw Castle Lockerbie (Burgh) Lockerbie House Loddington Hall Longniddry Castle Luce memorial stone Lugton Macbeth's Castle Markle Castle and the Hepburns Matfen, Northumberland Melrose Abbey Milton Douglas Heritage House Monteath Douglas mausoleum in Glasgow Necropolis Montreal Chateau Morton castle Morton, West Lothian Mount Douglas Mount Howard Douglas Mouswald Place Neidpath Castle Newark Castle Newton Stewart Niddry Castle Norham Castle North Berwick and the Humes North Berwick Castle Orchardton Ormiston Castle Ormond castle Palazzo Scotti da Fombio Penrhyn Slate Quarry Penryn Castle Polmunckshead, Douglas Water Port Douglas, Queensland Port Penrhyn, Wales Portincaple Preston Tower and the Hamiltons Pumpherston Ravenscraig Castle Redcastle, Black Isle Redhouse Castle Regent Morton's House Richard Douglass House Rocca di San Giorgio Piacentino Rose Mount Villa, Bradford Roslin Castle Roxburgh Castle Rural Municipality of Douglas No. 436 Rutherglen Castle Rydboholm Castle Saltcoats Castle, Gullane Saltcoats Castle, Gullane Salwarpe, Worecestershire Samuel Douglas Free School Samuel Douglass House San Giovanni in Canale Sanquhar Castle Schloss Gondelsheim Schloss Ralsviek Schloss Schlatt unter Krähen Scone, Perthshire Scrabster Castle Sibiville, France Skelmorlie Aisle Slains Castle Smailholm Castle Springwood Park Spynie Palace St Bride's Church, Douglas St Bride's Collegiate Church St Conan's Kirk St Mary's Isle Priory St Mary's, Dalmahoy St Mary’s Church, Dalkeith St Nicholas Church, Dalkeith St. Mary the Virgin Parish Churchyard St. Monans Church Stephen Douglas Monument Park Stirling Castle Stjärnorp Castle, Sweden Stonebyres Stonypath Tower Strathbrock Castle Strathenry House and Castle Tantallon Castle Teba - visit Teba, Spain Temple Douglas - Tulach Dubhghlaise Temple Newsam The Barony of Glenholm The Douglas Column, Corfu The Douglas Complex The Douglas Heritage Museum The Douglass Hut, Luenersee, Austria The Earl's Palace, Orkney The Ettrick Forest The Haining The Shire of Douglas Tilquhillie Castle, Estate and Invery House Timpendean Tower Tongland Abbey Torthorwald Tower Townhead of Cavers Turnberry Castle Twyford Abbey US Border Station - Douglas Victoria Manor Villa Cigala Vreta Abbey, Sweden Walmoor Hill Wark Castle Waughton Castle Westgate Hall, Denholm Whittingham William B. Douglass Shelter, Vermont Woodham Ferrers Woolwich Churchyard Inscriptions Wreath's Tower Yester Castle Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
|
See also:
Abbeys
and Churches
Castles
Places named Douglas House
Several places in the
United States:
-
Douglas, Alabama
- The community was named for Stephen Douglas, settler
-
Douglas, Arizona
- named after mining pioneer James Douglas.
- Douglas, Georgia
- named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
New Douglas, Illinois
-
Douglas, Massachusetts
- named after Dr. William Douglas, an
eminent physician of Boston
-
Douglas, Michigan - Reportedly the name was chosen to honour the
American statesman Stephen A. Douglas, but other reports indicate that a
relative of the original owner of the land also suggested the name because
he came from Douglas, the capital of the Isle of Man.
-
Douglas Township, Minnesota - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas, Nebraska
-
Douglas, North Dakota
-
Douglas, Ohio - an unincorporated community in Putnam County.
-
Douglas, Oklahoma
-
Camp Douglas, Wisconsin
-
Douglas, Wisconsin
-
Douglas, Wyoming - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas County, Colorado
-
Douglas County, Georgia
-
Douglas County, Illinois
-
Douglas County, Kansas - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas County, Minnesota
-
Douglas County, Missouri - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas County, Nebraska - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas County, Nevada - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas County, Oregon - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas County, Washington - named after Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas County, Wisconsin - named after
Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglas Island, Alaska - named after Bishop
John Douglas
-
Douglas Park, Chicago - named after
Stephen A. Douglas
-
Douglassville, Berks County, Pennsylvania. named after George Douglass
(1726-1799)
-
Douglass Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United
States. The population was 10,195 at the 2010 census.
-
Douglass Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United
States. The population was 3,306 at the 2010 census.
-
Douglas, Knox County, Illinois, is an unincorporated community 3.5 miles
(5.6 km) west of Yates City.
-
Douglas, St. Clair County, is located along Illinois Route 159, 1 mile (1.6
km) northeast of downtown Smithton.
Other places
- The Shire of Douglas - Tropical North Queensland,
Australia
- Port Douglas - Tropical North Queensland,
Australia
- Port Douglas - British
Columbia, Canada
- The Douglas Range, Douglas Islands and Douglas Strait
in Antarctica are named after
Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Douglas.
- Douglas Glacier (Antarctica) was named for Everett L. Douglas, a
biologist at Palmer Station, summer 1967–68
- Douglas Station, Falkland
Islands.
- Douglas, Manitoba, Canada, is located in the Rural Municipality of
Elton.
- Douglas Municipality,
Saskatchewan, Canada
- Punta Douglas - headland in the Magallanes region of Chile
- Bahia Douglas (Douglas Bay), Chile
- Estancia Douglas (Rio Douglas), Chile
- Cabo Douglas - a cape in Ecuador, on the island of Isla Fernandina
- The townships of Forward and Elizabeth Forward in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania were settled by Douglases.
- Sir William 'Long Legs' Douglas, reported that he had granted him a
carucate of land at Warndon in Northumberland to his son,
William 'Le hardi' Douglas, for his homage and service.
The following New Zealand landmarks are named after
Charlie Douglas:
Mount Douglas at the head of Fox GlacierDouglas pass through
the Hooker range
Douglas River
Douglas Névé and Glacier west of Mount Sefton.
|

William Douglas,
1st of Glenbervie, was in
1493 and 1509 in possession of charters of the lands
of Grenane, in Ayrshire. The lands of
Braidwood,
in Lanarkshire, were confirmed to him in 1510. |
|
Charter by James of Douglas, lord of Dalkeith, to Thomas
of Carruthers, of the lands of Brandriggs in Annandale, in
the holding of Hutoun under the moor ('sub mora'), resigned
by Elizabeth Cryspyne: To be held for services used and
wont. Witnesses, James Douglas the grantor's heir, James
Douglas of Roberton, and William Monypenny, knights, John
and James Twedy, and Adam of Corry, at Dalkeith, 2nd
February 1409-10. |
On 24th April 1513,
The territory of this earldom was very extensive, embracing
the following baronies and estates, among others - Dalkeith,
Garmiltoun, Dunning, Edmonstone, Caldercleir, in the county
of Edinburgh ; Bonytoun, Bernis, Kincavill, Drumeorse,
Dechmont, Holdene, and Knightsrig, in West Calder, and
others in Linlithgowshire ; Whittingham, in Haddingtonshire
; Newlands, Linton, Kilbucho and others in the county of
Peebles ; Roberton, Edmestoun, and others in Lanarkshire ;
Aberdour, Tiry, Woodfield, Seafield, Binns, and Babertons,
in Fife ; Morton, in Dumfriesshire ; Mordington, in
Berwickshire ; Ganochy and Petculane, in Perthshire;
Preston, Borg, and Buittle, in the Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright ; Hutton-under-the-Moor, and Moffatdale, in
the Stewartry of Annandale - with the numerous castles and
ecclesiastical and other privileges appertaining to them.
See charters and other documents concerning the whole of
this transaction in Registruni Honoris de Morton. (Location
not known)
Source: The Douglas Book |
I n the Middle Ages the Douglas family owned
extensive estates in Fife (Aberdour),
Midlothian (Dalkeith), Berwickshire, Peeblesshire and elsewhere, and
were created Earls of Morton in 1458. The
3rd Earl of Morton (d.
1550) was succeeded in his estates and title by his son-in-law James
Douglas of Pittendriech, Regent of Scotland 1572-78, but in 1558
they reverted to the Douglases of
Loch Leven (Kinross-shire).
It is stated that before the Civil War broke out he was (one of the
richest and greatest subjects in the Kingdom. "Unfortunately for himself
he cast in his lot with the Royalist party, and was repeatedly applied
to for money to enable them to carry on the war. For this purpose he
disposed of his extensive and valuable property of Dalkeith, together
with several of his minor estates, thus depriving himself of an annual
rental estimated at 100,000 pounds Scots. As an offset for this great
sacrifice on his part, he received a Royal charter, dated 15th June,
1643, granting him the Islands of Orkney and Shetland in absolute right,
with all their jurisdictions, redeemable only by the Crown upon payment
of £30,000 sterling.
Considerable sales of land took place in the 17th century, including
Dalkeith to the Earl of
Buccleuch in 1642 and Loch Leven to Sir William Bruce of Balcaskie
(Fife), c.1670. The islands of Orkney and Shetland, however, were
granted to the family in 1643. They were annexed by the Crown in
1669, regranted in 1707 and finally sold to the Dundas family in
1766 . The Dalmahoy
(Midlothian) estate was acquired in the mid 18th century and the
Conaglen (Argyllshire) and
Loddington (Leicestershire) estates probably for sporting purposes
in the later 19th century.
Earlier but temporary accessions of property had come through
marriages with the Hay family of Smithfield (Peeblesshire) in 1649
and the Halyburton family of Pitcur (Forfarshire) c.1730.
Estates in 1883: 49,814 acres in Argyllshire; 10,411 acres in
Midlothian
See also:
• The Emerald
Charter - lands granted to the Good Sir James
• Lands in
Galloway forfeited in 1546
•
List of Douglas places
(External link)
•
Peles, towers and bastles of the Scottish Borders (pdf) by Sally
Douglas
• Scottish Borders
tower houses by Ian Douglas
• The
Castles of the Black Douglases, by Callum Watson
• Lairds'
Houses of Scotland
• Scottish
regalities in 1405, including those of the Douglases (map)
• Lands in the
parish of Crossmichael transferred to John Murray of Lochmaben
and [Sir Robert Gordon], laird of Lochinvar in 1617
• Map of clan
lands - note that the map only shows part of Scotland, and hence
not all Douglas land. Note also that this is just a snapshot
in time, and boundaries changed as clan fortunes rose and fell.
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
Errors and Omissions
|
|
The Forum
|
|
What's new?
|
We are looking for your help to improve the accuracy of The Douglas
Archives.
If you spot errors, or omissions, then
please do let us know
Contributions
Many articles are stubs which would benefit from re-writing.
Can you help?
Copyright
You are not authorized to add this page or any images from this page
to Ancestry.com (or its subsidiaries) or other fee-paying sites
without our express permission and then, if given, only by including
our copyright and a URL link to the web site.
|
|
If you have met a brick wall
with your research, then posting a notice in the Douglas Archives
Forum may be the answer. Or, it may help you find the answer!
You may also be able to help others answer their queries.
Visit the
Douglas Archives Forum.
2 Minute Survey
To provide feedback on the website, please take a couple of
minutes to complete our
survey.
|
|
We try to keep everyone up to date with new entries, via our
What's New section on the
home page.
We also use
the Community
Network to keep researchers abreast of developments in the
Douglas Archives.
Help with costs
Maintaining the three sections of the site has its costs. Any
contribution the defray them is very welcome
Donate
Newsletter
If you would like to receive a very occasional newsletter -
Sign up!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|