Tour Scotland travel video of an early Winter dreich road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry visit to the parish church in Kingskettle in Fife. Dreich is a Scots word for dull and cloudy weather. Kingskettle or simply Kettle a small village and parish in Fife. It is situated in the Howe of Fife, around a mile south of Ladybank. Howe of Fife is the name given to the fertile farming area of central Fife in the valley of the River Eden between Strathmiglo and Cupar. The term howe' is derived from an old Scots word meaning a hollow, valley or flat tract of land. Kingskettle Parish Church was designed by architect George Angus in 1832. George was born in Meikleour in Perthshire in 1792. He had no university training but was apprenticed as an architect probably around 1802, probably in Dundee given his later connections to the town. He moved to 1 St Colme Street in Edinburgh in 1828 running an office from 165 Rose Street. In his final year his business address moved to 110 Princes Street facing onto Edinburgh Castle. He died at his home, 1 St Colme Street in Edinburgh's New Town on 8 June 1845 following a short illness. He was married to Jessie Smith, but his wife died young, possibly in childbirth. They had one daughter, also Jessie, who lived at 47 India Place after her father's death.
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