Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of part of a road trip drive North on the A923 route on ancestry. genealogy, family history visit to town of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Blairgowrie is within range of a number of visitor sites ranging from Speyside to Fort George via Braemar. The A923 was built, or at least rebuilt by Major William Caulfeild in the 1760s as part of the military road network. It was a southern extension of the recently built route north from Blairgowrie to Fort George via Braemar and the Cairngorms, now followed mostly by the A93 and A939. William Caulfeild rose from relative obscurity, albeit the grandson of a Viscount, to be one of the most important figures in the history of the road network in the Scottish Highlands. In 1732 he was appointed as inspector of roads under General George Wade, and so responsible for the military road network that Wade had instigated in the Scottish Highlands. He remained in post until his death in 1767, his legacy seeing somewhere around 700 miles of road built and over 600 bridges. Some of the main roads which Caulfeild was responsible for include: the road from Stirling to Fort William, now followed by the A84, A85 and A82; a number of routes across Argyll, inluding the Loch Lomond section of the A82, the Rest and be Thankful and the A819 route; the road out to Glenelg, now followed by the A87, including the Mam Ratagan Pass; the road north through the Cairngorms to Fort George. Locals refer to the town as " Blair ". Blairgowrie was made a barony in favour of George Drummond of Blair in 1634 by a royal charter of King Charles I, and became a free burgh in 1809. The town expanded hugely in the 19th century thanks to the employment provided by the many textile mills which were built along the River Ericht, all now closed. By 1870 there were 12 mills along the river employing nearly 2,000 men and women and the population had increased from 400 in the 1700s to 4,000. In 1724 the military road from Coupar Angus to Fort George which passes through the town on the line of the A923 and A93 was completed. The A923 road was built, or at least rebuilt by Major Caulfeild in the 1760s as part of the military road network. It was a southern extension of the recently built route north from Blairgowrie to Fort George via Braemar and Blairgowrie, now followed mostly by the A93 and A939. The A984 from Coupar to Dunkeld was built at about the same time, and it seems that both routes followed pre existing roads and paths for the most part, but brought them up to military road standards. The Twin cities of Blairgowrie are; Pleasanton, California, United States and Cowansville, Quebec, Canada. Alexander Dron Stewart was born in Blairgowrie on 22 June 1883, the son of William Stewart. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB ChB in 1906. He was commissioned into the Indian Army on 1 September 1906. In the First World War he served as a surgeon in Gallipoli, Salonika and Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to Major in March 1918. In 1916 he married Isobel Marguerite Mann. After the war he did further training in public health in Edinburgh. He left India permanently in 1935 and settled in Edinburgh. From 1935 to 1948 he was Superintendent of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Lauriston Place. In 1936 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Anderson Gray McKendrick, William Glen Liston, Sir David Wilkie, and William Frederick Harvey. He died in Edinburgh on 16 August 1969. 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 @tourscotland #scotland #autumn #drivingtrip #bagpipes
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