Tour Scotland travel video of an early Winter dreich road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry visit to Kettlebridge in the Howe of Fife. Dreich is a Scots word for dull and cloudy weather. Kettlebridge is situated to the south of the River Eden on the A914 road between Glenrothes and Cupar. Formerly known as Holekettle, it developed after the building of the turnpike road in 1800 and the opening of the railway to Cupar in 1847. The village was a were centres of the linen trade while coal, lime and stone were worked nearby. The Howe of Fife is the name given to the fertile farming area of central Fife in the valley of the River Eden between Strathmiglo and Cupar. The term howe is derived from an old Scots word meaning a hollow, valley or flat tract of land.
The ancient Viking-Scottish name Kettle is derived from the old Norse personal name of Ketill or from the old Danish personal name of Ketil. The surname Kettle was first found in Perthshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland. However, one of the first records of the family was found further south in England where William Ketel was a medieval English writer and clergyman. Some spelling variations of the name Kettle include Kettle, Ketley, Kettles, Ketill and others.
James Kettle, born 1802, was convicted in London, England for life for theft, and transported aboard the Baring in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia; Charles Henry Kettle, aged 18, arrived in Port Nicholson, New Zealand, aboard the ship Oriental in 1840; Thomas Kettle, aged 20, immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship Free Trader departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died on Grosse Isle on 20th August 1847; Richard Kettle arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts, America, in 1635; Hugh Kettle landed in Virginia, America, in 1666; Margarita, Sarah and Wennell Kettle arrived in Philadelphia, America, in 1733; Peter Kettle, aged 10, landed in Pennsylvania, America, in 1733; Norman Kettle arrived in San Francisco, California, America, in 1850.
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