Old travel Blog photograph of Coutts Bakers Shop on Tower Street in Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The people of the town are known as Souters, which means cobblers, shoe makers and menders. Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Marquess of Montrose and the Outlaw Murray all had connections with the town. Selkirk men fought with William Wallace at Stirling Brig and Falkirk, and also with Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Coutts and Couts are English language surnames derived from the Gaelic language. The names are derived from the Gaelic cuilt, meaning " nook" . It also was a habitational name from Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. William Coutts, a Coutts of Auchintoul, was a vassal of the Clan Macdonald, settled in Montrose, in the 16th century and became a provost of the town. The Coutts are associated with the Clan Farquharson.
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