Tour Scotland 4K early Autumn travel video of part of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on a single track route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Brunton, North East Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Hidden within the folding hills of north Fife to the east of Norman's Law lies the old farmtoun village of Brunton. Surviving as a cottage weaving village in the 18th and 19th centuries, Brunton is now an attractive commuter settlement. The village once had a meal mill. The root of the name is believed to be the Scots burn, meaning stream, or brunt plus toun. Therefore, meaning Farm on a burn, or, alternatively, though less likely, farm on burned land, that is land cleared by burning for cultivation. Never more than a small hamlet, the New Statistical Account of 1838 noted the population as ninety one and the occupants as mainly weavers and other handicrafts tradesmen By 1882 there was listed a post office and a Free Church school and occupations included were a boot and shoemaker, grocer, joiner and wright, seedsman, carrier and a cart man. The surname Brunton first appears on record in England towards the end of the 13th Century. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Adam de Brunton, which was dated 1292, in Shropshire, England, during the reign of King Edward 1. Walter of Burntoun held part of Luffness, Scotland, in the reign of King Robert 111, and a John Brountoun was tenant of Aliebank, Selkirkshire in 1558. William Brunton, born 1771, died 1851, was an engineer and inventor, employed in Boulton and Watt's, Soho. George Brunton, born 1799, died 1836, was a Scottish lawyer and miscellaneous writer was born in Edinburgh. A refernce to Brunton in 1606 states that the lands of Dalginch once belonged to James Cockburn during the reign of King James II; now they are called the lands of Brunton, and are held by Wardlaw, laird of Torry, and they are adjacent to the lands of Markinch. Brunton was obviously a subdivision of the ancient estate of Dalginch. Since the farm of Dalginch still exists, immediately east of Brunton, the comment in Regiam Maj. implies rather that Brunton had become the main manor. This seems to be the case already in the early sixteenth century, when the Wardlaws were issuing charters at Brunton.. There seems to have been an unsuccessful attempt in the early nineteenth century to change the name of the estate to Barnslee being the name given to the big house now called Brunton House. 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. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30. The equinox at which the sun approaches the Southern Hemisphere, marking the start of astronomical Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The time of this occurrence is approximately September 22. @tourscotland #scotland #drivingtrip #scottishheritage
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