Spring Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Parish Church In Strathmiglo Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a road trip drive mostly on a single track route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the parish church and graveyard in Strathmiglo in Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This church was built in 1787 at the top of Kirk Wynd near the edge of the village. It is at the west of the three separate graveyards relating to the present and earlier churches. It is on raised ground, enclosed by a rubble boundary wall which encloses the graveyards to the east and north of the church. Strathmiglo is sometimes thought to have belonged to the Mormaers of Fife in early times. Before 1350 it had become the centre of the shire of Strathmigloshire. It became a burgh of barony in the 16th century, by which time it belonged to the Scotts of Balwearie. Prior to the Reformation it was the site of a Collegiate church. Country music legend Johnny Cash traced his ancestry back to this area of Scotland. The clan Cash originated in this area and streets in Strathmiglo and Falkland still carry the name Cash, as do Easter Cash, Wester Cash and Cash Farms. William Cash, from Strathmiglo, was a mariner who ferried Scottish immigrants to the New World. After a few trips, he decided to stay in the USA himself, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. On one trip, he brought his nephew with him, also from Strathmiglo, and that nephew decided to stay as well. This was in the 1650s. The elder William Cash stayed in Salem, and became a prominent citizen, serving on a jury for a murder trial. The records for this trial, and William's last will and testament, still remain in the Salem town hall. The younger William Cash moved south, to Westmoreland County, Virginia and his descendants spread through Virginia, Georgia and Arkansas. The grandfather of Johnny cash, William Cash, settled in Arkansas. His youngest son, Ray Cash was born in 1897. The father of Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas. The surname Cash is derived from the Old French word casse, which means case. Thus, Cash is a metonymic type of occupational surname; it is derived from the principal object associated with the occupation, which in this case was the product produced. Over the years, many variations of the name Cash were recorded, including Cash, Cass, Cashe and others. Catherine Cash, aged 24, a farm servant, arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship Nashwauk; Arthur Cash arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Claramont in 1863; Martin Cash, aged 32, a farm labourer, arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship Halcione in 1875; Michael Cash, aged 26, a tilemaker, arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1834 aboard the brig Matilda; William Cash settled in Salem, Massachusetts, America, in 1667, married and had William and John and five daughters; Richard Cash landed in Maryland, America, in 1676. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Creich Castle With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To North Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of Creich Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The Earl MacDuff chose this site for one of his defensive towers. Kinsmen of the Leddel and Beaton families were installed as Constable of Creich Castle. Farmers of Creich family stayed on the farm to continue to produce the food required by the favorite royal castle of Falklands. The Laird of Creich, Beaton by name, had an older brother who was the Archbishop of St. Andrews nearby. The third son of Laird Creich, Davie Beaton, went to work for his uncle, the Archbishop of St. Andrews. This Scottish Castle is located in a quiet hollow surrounded with hills, next to the castle is a private dwelling built in the eighteenth century of stones from the castle. On the same road and near the castle are ruins of an ancient church and graveyard. Although the tower house has been ruinous since at least the late 19th century, the building still stands to nearly its full height. The exterior walls of whin rubble with ashlar dressing survive. Much of the interior structure has been lost, but many architectural features can still be seen, such as window and door frames, gun loops, heavily corbelled cornice for a parapet walk over the stair tower and corbelled angle on the south side. The precise date of construction of the existing tower is currently unclear. A charter of 1553 records the presence of a tower at Creich in 1553, but the architectural style of the tower suggests a later date of construction or alteration. There is also a documentary reference to a Creich Castle in the 13th century, although it is unclear how this relates to the surviving remains. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Parish Church And Graveyard With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Creich North East Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the old parish church on visit and trip to Creich, North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This now roofless church is on a knoll on sloping ground. It probably dates to the late fourteenth century. A south chapel was added on the south side in the sixteenth century, and it was rebuilt in 1621. The churchyard features well lettered nineteenth century headstones and a cast iron monument in the north east corner. Divine service was performed so late as the 9th December 1832. The church ruins are surrounded by the cemetery and in the immediate vicinity of the castle. In the interior of one of the walls are two niches, on the top of one of which is a coat of arms, which appears to be that of the Barclays of Collairnie. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Parish Church And Graveyard With Music On History Visit To Kilmany North East Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the Parish Church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Kilmany, North East Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Dr Thomas Chalmers, born 1780, died 1847, church leader and first moderator of the Free Church after the Disruption of 1843, was minister from 1803 to 1815 of Kilmany Parish church. Video includes the gravestone to the memory of Jean walker daughter to David Walker, Mill Master at Nidie, who died on November 5th 1788 in the 17th year of her age. The said David Walker who died at Nidie Mill. The old parish church of Kilmany, which was rebuilt in 1768, is thought to have been dedicated to St Adrian and formerly belonged to St Salvator's College St Andrews. In 1934, following the 1929 union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church, Kilmany was joined with the former United Free church congregation of Rathillet. After the union the charge continued under the name of Kilmany and both churches remained in use for public worship. Kilmany was later linked in 1956 with Flisk, however this arrangement was terminated in 1971 in favour of union between Flisk, Kilmany and also Creich, under the name of Creich, Flisk and Kilmany. A further link was established between the united parish and Monimail in 1983. The kirk session sat within the Presbytery of Cupar until the restructuring of the presbyteries in 1976, when it became part of the Presbytery of St Andrews. The church is a simple rectangle, with a west porch and bellcote. It is surrounded by a graveyard with stones the earliest of which date from the late eighteenth century, and its use continued into the late twentieth century. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Robert Burns Statue With Music On History Visit To Ayrshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music of the statue of Robert Burns on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Ayrshire, Britain, United Kingdom. In the summer of 1786, the 27-year-old Robert Burns was beset by troubles and becoming increasingly desperate. His farm at Mossgeil was struggling, and the father of the pregnant Jean Armour, who he would eventually marry, was threatening legal action. Burns accepted an offer of work as a 'book-keeper' on the Ayr Mount sugar plantation on Jamaica, belonging to Patrick Douglas of Garrallan near New Cumnock - Douglas's brother Charles was managing the plantation. Burns may have been given to understand that this would be a largely administrative post, but in fact his duties would have included acting as an overseer - a slave-driver in the sugar fields. Two ships on which he had been due to leave sailed without him, and it has been argued that he was becoming increasingly unhappy about the prospect. In the event, the success of his first book of poetry - the Kilmarnock Edition - resulted in the abandonment of the scheme. In defence of Burns, it has been pointed out that many campaigners against slavery and racism have been inspired by his poems and songs about liberty and equality. They included Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who toured widely to lecture on the evils of slavery in the southern states of the USA. He came to Ayr in 1846 and again in 1860, and on the former occasion he visited the birthplace and monument at Alloway to pay tribute to the Bard. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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