Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip of the Parish Church and graveyard in Carnbee on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to East Neuk Of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This church was constructed in 1793 by Andrew Horsburgh, probably using the fabric of a previous church on the site. William Reekie Horsburgh, one of ten brothers and sisters, had his beginnings in the parish of Carnbee where he was born to James Horsburgh and Janet Denholm in 1839, his mother being a descendant of Sutties, Steadmans and Chapmans from St. Monans. The church is a rectangular, six bay building with a session house to the west. The church is aligned East to West and sits on a promontory above a small stream. There is a graveyard to the South which is older than the present building, which lies at the east end of the village of Carnbee on the shoulder of a hill, looking South over agricultural land to Ovenstone, Pittenweem, and the Firth of Forth. The graveyard to the North is still being used for burials. This parish seems to have borne the same name in Roman Catholice times when it was attached to the Abbey of Dunfermline. The name is derived from two Scottish Gaelic words, carn and bee, the first signifying birch and the second hill. The lands of Carnbee were once owned by the Melvilles of Raith whose church, rebuilt in 1793, was possessed in pre-Reformation times by the Abbey of Dunfermline. The parish also contains the hamlet of Arncroach and rises to 557 feet at Kellie Law, and 600 feet at Cassingray. The Melvillie surname derives from several settlements called Malleville in Normandy, France, and came to Scotland with the Normans in the 12th century. The first record of the name is Galfrid de Maleville who was a guardian of Edinburgh Castle in 1162. Others in the family may have origins as followers of Saint Michael, who are Maoilmhichil in Gaelic. The name became associated with estates in Fife and Midlothian. The Earldom of Melville was created in 1690, for George Melville of Raith, 4th Lord Melville, and was soon united with the Earldom of Leven. In 1802, the title of Viscount Melville was conferred on the powerful politician Henry Dundas, Baron Dunira, born 1742, died 1811, who had gained the Midlothian estates of the Melvilles through marriage. Andrew Melville, born 1545, died 1622, was a radical Presbyterian, while his nephew James Melville, born 1556, died 1614 was also a clergyman and a noted diarist. Captain John Melville Keay, born 1828, died 1918, held the record for sailing a tea clipper sailing ship to China. Other notable family members include soldier Robert Melville, born 1723, died 1809, who invented the carronade; all round sportsman Leslie Balfour-Melville, born 1854, died 1937, artist Arthur Melville, born 1855, died 1904, and Sir Harry Melville, born 1908, died 2000, a chemist whose work underpinned the development of modern plastics and man made fibres. Clan Melville is a Lowland Scottish clan. 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.
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