Bagpipes And Drums Music Of Bowhill And District Pipe Band Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video compilation of the bagpipes and drums music of Bowhill and District Pipe Band from Fife. The band wears Carnegie Of Fife tartan kilts. The Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish Gaelic: a' phìob mhòr, is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. The surname Bowhill was first found in Devon, England, but early records also revealed that Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales which may have been an ancient family seat as the village is named after Simon de Bonville, a Norman nobleman who lived there in the 12th century. " In 1165 the son of Robert de Bonavilla held lands in York. The Barons Bonville were of this house. " One branch of the family was found in Scotland in early times. Adam de Bonuill was present at perambulation of the bounds of Kynblathmund, 1219. John de Boneville had a charter of the lands of Collistoun and two roumes of Arndendrachtis in the lordship of Buchan, 1321 and John de Bonevyle is mentioned in 1326 as owner of the land of Blairtoun in the thanedom of Balhelvie, Aberdeenshire. Over the years, Bowhill has been spelled Bonville, Bonvile, Bonvill, Bonfield, Boneville, Bonfilly and many more.

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