Boat Returning To Pier Below Forth Bridge On History Visit To North Queensferry Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a boat on the Firth of Forth returning to the pier below the Forth Railway Bridge on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to North Queensferry on the coast of Fife. North Queensferry, Scottish Gaelic, Taobh a Tuath Chas Chaolais, meaning the Northern Side of the Steep Strait, is a village on the Firth of Forth. The village takes its name from Saint Margaret of Scotland, the wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland, who is said to have established the village to ensure there would be regular ferry crossings across the Firth of Forth for the benefit of pilgrims travelling to St Andrews. Margaret is said to have made her arrival in Scotland here in 1068, and to have regularly used the ferry crossing when travelling between the then capital Dunfermline, and Edinburgh Castle. From around this time, the crossing became known as the Queen's Ferry.. The pier was crucial in allowing easy access to the Forth Railway Bridge during construction between 1881 and 1890. The pier also forms an historic association with the Ferry Passage as a possible landing point during the medieval period. In 1809, the Forth Ferry Trustee Company was established and subsequently an Act of Parliament was passed in 1810 by which the former proprietors of the Ferry Passage were compelled to sell their rights to the Government. Facilities related to the landing at North Queensferry were in much need of upgrading and engineer, John Rennie, was commissioned to provide improvements to the existing slip landings and piers at North and South Queensferry in Lothian. The building of the West Battery Pier also consisted of a home for boatmen to wait in and a shed for the shelter of foot passengers together with a road of communication from this pier to the turnpike road. Although the Town Pier became the main landing point for the ferryboats crossing from South Queensferry, the East and West Battery Piers were used during low tide conditions. The jetty of the East Battery pier also functioned as a pilot boat slipway for the Coastguard. With the opening of the Forth Bridge in 1890, the Railway Pier built in 1877 at West Bay became the usual pier for road traffic. The ferry passage ceased altogether with the opening of the Forth Road Bridge in 1964. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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