Tour Scotland 4K early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive from Kinross to the town hall on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Milnathort, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Situated on the A91, the main Stirling to St. Andrews road, Milnathort is an attractively maintained small town with a long history. It was developed as a market town and as a community of wool and linen weavers; flax was widely grown in the County until the 1st World War, and in 1880 there were 129 weavers in the Parish of Orwell which includes Milnathort. The town hall whose tower dominates the centre of the village was built in 1855. Orwell name comes from the Gaelic iubhar coille meaning yew wood. The surname Orwell was first found in Cambridgeshire, England. In Scotland, Richard de Orewell witnessed confirmation of a charter by Walter, bishop of Glasgow to the Hospital of Soltre in 1231, and Johannes de Vrwell, was in an inquest in Aberdeen in 1342, and John of Urwell had a confirmation of the lands of Drum near Pluscardy in 1343. Many variations of the name Orwell have been found, including Orwell, Orwill, Orval, Orvell and others. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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