Astrid Hess
Astrid is the great grand-daughter of Alice Smith Thiele, whose diaries form the basis of the excellent book "Children of the Manse" Edited by Astrid Hess and Gordon Booth, Bellfield Press 2004, ISBN 0 9526554 7 0 which describes a childhood spent in Keig in the late C19th.
New Farm, Keig William Pirie Smith and family rented this cottage until the Free Church Manse at Keig was ready for...
New Farm Keig William Robertson Smith was born at New Farm Keig, a property rented by his family whilst they waite...
New Farm Keig As it is today....has the original cottage, where William Robertson Smith was born, been demolished?