Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music To Crossford On Visit To West Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive to Crossford, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to West Fife. Crossford is said to take its name from the ford crossed by monks on their way between the abbeys of Dunfermline and Culross, and together with the early agricultural activity this seems to form the main part of the activity in the village. In the 16th century the village found a new life as coal and ironstone were mined from the lands of Pitfirrane under a charter granted to the Lairds of Pitfirrane by Queen Mary. The introduction of the Turnpike Act in 1796 brought about the installation of a tollbar on the Waggon Road in Crossford. The building housing this still exists on the crossroads in the centre of the village. At the beginning of the 19th century, it is recorded that some 50 handlooms were in use in the village with a population of 380 persons. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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