Tour Scotland Spring travel video, with Scottish music, of an April road trip drive West on the A904 road on visit to Newton in West Lothian. Newton or The Newton is a small village located 2.6 miles West of South Queensferry and the Forth Road Bridge and 6 miles East of Linlithgow. The village's location serves it well as a commuter village for those who travel daily to Edinburgh and Fife. It currently hosts a petrol service station, a small shop, a pub and a post office. Reverend John Main, was born 1728 in Edinburgh. He was a Scottish minister who was one of the co-founders of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. He studied divinity at St Andrews University in Fife, and was licensed to preach by the Church of Scotland in 1753 being ordained as minister of Newton, West Lothian. He died in Newton on 13 May 1795.
Main is an ancient Norman name that arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name has been spelled Main, Maine, Mayne and others.
Margaret Main, a Scottish Convict was convicted in Aberdeen, Scotland for life, and transported aboard the ship Atwick on 28 September 1837, arriving in Tasmania; William Main, aged 27, was a blacksmith, who arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship Nugget; James Main, arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; Thomas Main arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1750; Andrew Main landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1773; John Main landed in Boston, Massachusetts, America, in 1699; Elizabeth Main arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, America, in 1831; Jessie Main arrived in New York, America, in 1837.
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