Old v New Jura
I found some old photos of Jura and tried to take them from the same position in recent years for
Jura Lives Project
Jura Lives interviewed people over a two-year period about their living memories of the island of Jura in Argyll and
Jura Voices from the Past
On Jura recently, they’ve been hearing voices of friends who have passed on. The oral history project that is currently
Knockrome and Ardfernal Crofting Townships
Just outside Craighouse where the Corran River flows under the Three Arches Bridge is a right turn from the main
Jura Genealogy – Trace your Jura Ancestors
Between the late eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries many crofters in the Scottish Highlands were forced to continue crofting on inferior
Jura Paupers Houses
A while back Gavin pointed out a beautiful collection of old Jura images and when I revisited the site I
Old Jura Estate Images
There are quite a few resources available online where you can find images of days gone by as well as
Craighouse Jura in 1817 from the Canmore Database
I’m a big fan of old images and postcards and one of the best resources comes from the Royal Commission
Jura According to Modern Writers
I found an interesting article in the Times Online about the Jura Malt Whisky Writer Retreat programme and the differences
Jura – Island of Deer or The Cursed Isle?
The name Jura is believed to originate from the Norse ‘Island of the Deer’ but do we know that for