Old Photographs Girvan South Ayrshire Scotland

Old photographs of Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish town was originally a fishing port, it is now also a seaside resort with beaches and cliffs. In 1668, Girvan became a municipal burgh incorporated by charter. It lies 22 miles south of Ayr, and 29 miles north of Stranraer, a principal ferry port from Scotland to Northern Ireland. Girvan is twinned with Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, in France, in honour of a Scottish knight named Sir Thomas Huston originally from Girvan, who fought the English as part of the Auld Alliance during the Hundred Years War. Rewarding him for his bravery during the capture of Meaux in 1439, the King of France granted him the fiefdom of Torcy.



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