Old Photograph North Queensferry Scotland

Old photograph of North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the Firth of Forth, between the Forth Railway Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge, and 10 miles from Edinburgh. The village takes its name from Saint Margaret of Scotland, the wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland, who is said to have established the village to ensure there would be regular ferry crossings across the Firth of Forth for the benefit of pilgrims travelling to St Andrews. Margaret is said to have made her arrival in Scotland here in 1068, and to have regularly used the ferry crossing when travelling between the then capital Dunfermline, and Edinburgh Castle. From around this time, the crossing became known as the Queen's Ferry. Margaret died in 1093 and made her final journey by ferry to Dunfermline Abbey, where she remains buried. Her son, David I of Scotland, awarded the ferry rights to the abbey. The Forth Railway Bridge was opened on 4th of March 1890, by the then Duke of Rothesay, later to become King Edward VII. North Queensferry railway station opened the same year.



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