Winter Road Trip Drive From Bridge Of Cally To Visit Rattray Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a Winter afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish music, from Bridge of Cally through Blairgowrie to visit Rattray, Perthshire. Blairgowrie had a fairly stable population, recorded at 425 inhabitants in the first Statistical Account in 1792. The second Statistical Account of 1853 notes a disproportionate increase due to an influx of families attracted by the expanding textiles industry. Gaelic was declining but still partially spoken in the upper part of the parish at that time, with all speaking English. Blairgowrie was made a barony in favour of George Drummond of Blair in 1634 by a royal charter of Charles I, and became a free burgh in 1809. In 1724 the military road from Coupar Angus to Fort George which passes through the town on the line of the A923 and A93 was completed. The town expanded hugely in the 19th century thanks to the employment provided by the many textile mills which were built along the River Ericht, all now closed. By 1870 there were 12 mills along the river employing nearly 2000 men and women and the population had increased from 400 in the 1700s to 4000. Clan Rattray is a Highland Scottish clan. The name Rattray is taken from the barony of Rattray in Perthshire. This barony has been in their possession since the eleventh century. During the Wars of Scottish Independence, Eustace Rattray, was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296 and taken to England as a prisoner. Eustace's son was Adam Rattray who swore fealty to King Edward I of England, appearing on the Ragman Rolls of 1296. Adam was succeeded by his son, Alexander Rattray, who was amongst the barons who sat in the Parliament at Ayr to determine the succession to the throne in 1315. Alexander was succeeded by his brother, Eustace, the sixth Laird of Rattray, who was accused of being involved in a plot to depose Robert the Bruce, but he was later acquitted. The twin cities are Pleasanton, California, USA and Fergus, Ontario, Canada. John Rattray, aged 44, was a weaver, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship Bucephalus; Elizabeth Rattray, aged 19, was a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship Bucephalus; Janet Rattray, aged 16, was a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship Bucephalus; David Rattray, aged 49, was a British ploughman who travelled from London, England, aboard the ship Mystery arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 7th January 1862; Mary Rattray, aged 22, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Jane Gifford in 1842; Ann Rattray was banished to Maryland, America, in 1728; Alexander Rattray settled in Georgia, America, in 1734; George Rattray, a Scottish soldier is on record in America in 1757; John Rattray settled in Carolina. America, in 1760; Agnes Rattray settled in New York, America, in 1829; Andrew Rattray landed in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, America in 1856. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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