Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive to Moonzie and onwards to the Junction of the A92 Road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Weather forecast was for the warmest day of the year with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Centigrade.. Moonzie is located about 3 miles north west of Cupar. It is bounded on the west by Creich, on the north by Kilmany, on the south east by Cupar and on the south west by Monimail. Prior to 1238 the parish was called Urhithumonesyn. Afterwards it assumed the name Auchtermonsey. Moonzie, its present name, is generally supposed to be a Gaelic word signifying Hill of the Deer. James Wedderburn was the Parish Minister in 1625. Recorded as Weatherburn, Weddeburn,and more usually Wedderburn, it is a very interesting Scottish locational surname. It originates from an estate known originally as The lands of Wedderburn, near the town of Duns, in the county of Berwickshire, Scotland. Berwickshire is in the area known to history as the Border Country. This was a region which for a thousand and more years after the end of the Roman occupation of England, was a no mans land between the two countries, and where the rule of law hardly prevailed. The place name appears to translate as sheep stream from the pre 7th century English words weder burna, although why any sort of a river should be called after sheep seems illogical. What we do know is that the nameholders were generally to be found in the counties of Forfar, Linlithgow and Perth, Perthshire, although arguably the first recorded nameholder could be Wautier de Wedur, who gave his allegiance to the Scottish Government of John Bailiol in 1296. James Wedderburn, born 1495, died 1553) was a famous Scottish actor and poet, whilst Sir John Wedderburn, born 1704, died 1747, was the 5th baron of Wedderburn from Blackness in Forfar. He was a close supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Culloden, and later executed. His coat of arms with the blazon of a silver shield charged with a red chevron between three roses was attainted, or struck off in 1747. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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