Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of a road trip drive from shore street in St Monans on the coastal route, with Scottish music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the viewpoint in Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. King James V granted Pittenweem Royal Burgh status in 1541, providing it with trading privileges that turned the quiet village into a bustling commercial port. Trade with the Low Countries, Holland and Belgium, heavily influenced the town's architecture, characterized by white harled houses with red pantile roofs and distinctive " crow step " gables. John Douglas was born in Pittenweem on 14 July 1721 the second son of shopkeeper Archibald Douglas, and Isabel, daughter of Robert Melvill of Carsendor. He was educated at Dunbar, East Lothian, and at Balliol College, Oxford, England where he gained his M.A. degree in 1743. He became Bishop of Carlisle in 1787; Dean of Windsor in 1788; and Bishop of Salisbury in 1791. In 1752, Douglas married Dorothea Pershouse, daughter of William Pershouse, or Persehouse of Reynolds Hall, Stafford, but she died within three months. In 1765, he married secondly Elizabeth Rooke, daughter of Henry Brudenell Rooke. John Douglas died on 18 May 1807. The Fife Coastal Walking Path goes through Pittenweem and St Monans and runs from the Forth Estuary in the south, to the Tay Estuary in the north and stretches for 117 miles. 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. The date for astronomical Spring is 20th March, ending on 21st June
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