Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a Winter road trip drive, with music, East on the A921 coast road through Kinghorn and Burntisland on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Kirkcaldy in Fife. The A921 is the coast road from the Queensferry Crossing Forth Road Bridge to Kirkcaldy, it was formerly the A92. Once into Kirkcaldy the A921 follows the Promenade, part dual, part single carriageway. Kirkcaldy is one of the larger towns in Fife, lying on the coast due north of Edinburgh. From the early 16th century, the establishment of a harbour at the East Burn confirmed the town's early role as an important trading port. The town also began to develop around the salt, coal mining and nail making industries. The production of linen which followed in 1672 was later instrumental in the introduction of floorcloth in 1847 by linen manufacturer, Michael Nairn. In 1877 this in turn contributed to linoleum, which became the town's most successful industry: Kirkcaldy was a world producer until well into the mid 1960s. Kirkcaldy has long been nicknamed the Lang Toun, Scots for " long town " in reference to the early town's main street. The street later reached a length of nearly 4 miles, connecting the burgh to the neighbouring settlements of Linktown, Pathhead, Sinclairtown and Gallatown, which became part of the town in 1876. The formerly separate burgh of Dysart was merged into Kirkcaldy in 1930. The surname Kirkcaldy was first found in Fife, where they held a family seat in their territories. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts. Spelling variations of this family name include: Kircaldy, Kirkaldy, Kirkaldie, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldie, Kircaldie and many more. Kirkcaldy is the birthplace of social philosopher and economist Adam Smith, who wrote The Wealth of Nations at his mother's house at 220 High Street between 1765 and 1767. Architect and designer Robert Adam, and his father, William, came from the town. Sir Sandford Fleming, born 1827, died 1915, engineer and inventor behind the development of worldwide standard time zones and who worked on much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway was born in the town before emigrating to Canada. Explorer John McDouall Stuart, who led six expeditions into the centre and from the south to north of Australia, was born in nearby Dysart. Kinghorn is known as the place where King Alexander III of Scotland died, it lies on the A921 road and the Fife Coastal Path. Burntisland was held by the Jacobite army for over two months during the rising known as the Fifteen. The Jacobites first of all raided the port on 2 October 1715, capturing several hundred weapons, then occupied it on 9 October. They held it until it was recaptured by the Government on 19 December. When driving in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March.
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