Tour Scotland travel video of a Winter snow road trip drive, with Scottish music, on visit to Newton Of Falkland in Fife. John Bonthrone, born 1799, died 1881, was described as a pioneer of the malt trade and was one of the first commercial maltsters in Scotland. With an eye on commercial opportunities of industrial scale maltings, he was also instrumental in the construction of Fife and Kinross Railway. He ran commercial maltings in Newton of Falkland, Pitlessie, Perth, Ladybank and St Monans.
The surname Bonthrone was first found in Northumberland, England, where the name was originally Bontaveron. They moved north into Scotland where they settled about 1300 in Fife. The name, Bonthrone, has had many spellings including; Bonthron, Bonthrone, Bontaverone, Bontavern, Bonthorne, Bonthorn, Bonython and many more.
During the coronavirus pandemic I have been a volunteer driver doing some shopping etc; for elderly Scots. From Tuesday 5 January, mainland Scotland moved from Level 4 to a temporary Lockdown. Snow is set to sweep across Britain once again at the end of the month as an Arctic freeze looks set to grip the country, according to the latest weather forecast.
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