Old Photograph MacPherson Shop Francis Street Stornoway Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the MacPherson Shop on Francis Street in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The surname MacPherson was first found in Inverness, where they were hereditary keepers of the sacred stone of Saint Catan, and early Chief of the Clan Chattan. The MacPhersons are sometimes called the Clan Mhuirich, " the children of Muredach, " from an early Chief of the Clan, Duncan, the Parson, who was imprisoned with the Lord of the Isles after the Battle of Harlaw. Stornoway town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, under the name Stjórnavágr. This town, and what eventually became its present day version, grew up around a sheltered natural harbour well placed at a central point on the island, for the convenience of people from all over the island, to arrive at the port of Stornoway, either by family boat or horse drawn coach for ongoing travel and trade with the mainland of Scotland and to all points south.





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