Tour Scotland Travel Video Alexander Greig Merchant Gravestone Graveyard Kinglassie Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Alexander Greig, Merchant, gravestone in the graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to to Kinglassie, Fife. The Marchent, Marchand, Marquand, Merchant and Le Marchant surname, derives from the Old French " marcheant ", meaning a merchant or trader, and was originally given as an occupational name to a buyer or seller of goods. The ultimate root of the name lies in the Late Latin " mercis ", commerce, exchange or merchandise. The surname was first recorded at the beginning of the 13th Century, and one Roger Marchaunt and a Herueus Merchant were listed as witnesses in the 1219 Assize Court Rolls of Yorkshire, England. In 1240, Ranulph le Marchand appeared in the Fine Court Rolls of Essex, and a Reginald le Marchant was listed in the 1247 Pipe Rolls of Cambridge.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Whisky Tasting Tullibardine Distillery Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Whisky Tasting at Tullibardine Distillery on ancestry visit to Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish distillery nestles at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Perthshire, at the gateway to the Highlands of Scotland. Tullibardine Highland Malt Scotch whisky is generally recognised as an easy drinking malt. It is smooth and mellow on the palate with a fruity flavour and has a clean crisp finish. On nosing, it provides the recipient with a fresh, floral scent with hints of vanilla and chocolate orange. Distilled from the purest highland spring water, Tullibardine's qualities make it an ideal introductory malt scotch whisky.

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Tour Scotland Spring Travel Video Drive To Junction 6 of The M90 Motorway Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a Spring road trip drive North to the slip road to Junction 6 of the M90 Motorway on ancestry visit to Perthshire, Scotland. The M90 is the northernmost motorway in the UK. Kinross services are the most northerly services in Great Britain. They are the only services on the M90 and one of Moto's two Scottish ones, Kinross services is really a tourist information centre in disguise.

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Tour Scotland Spring Travel Video Spring Drive Through Leslie Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of a Spring road trip drive through Leslie on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland. Leslie is a linear village with the historic high street as its main focus. Little is known about the history of Leslie before 1300. The village which bears the name of the Leslie family area descended from Bartolf or Bartholomew who was a Hungarian or maybe Flemish tradesman, who according to legend arrived in Scotland with Queen Margaret, the sister of Edgar the Ætheling in 1057. Finding favour with Queen Margaret's husband, King Malcolm III, Bartolf became the governor of Edinburgh Castle and was knighted and granted with lands in the Garioch in Aberdeenshire. The main industry in Leslie was paper making, in the form of what was known as Fettykil Paper Mill, operated by Smith Anderson, which continued into the 21st century. From 1457 the Clan Chief of Clan Leslie also held the position of Earl of Rothes.

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Tour Scotland Spring Travel Video Kelpies Horse Sculptures Forth And Clyde Canal Falkirk

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of The Kelpies by the Forth and Clyde Canal on ancestry visit to Falkirk, Scotland. These are high horse head sculptures, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott. The kelpie is a supernatural water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland. These Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area.

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