Summer Road Trip With Bagpipes Music On History Visit To Upper Largo East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a cloudy weather morning road trip drive West on the A917 route to Upper Largo on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the coast of the East Neuk Of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Sir Andrew Wood, who became Lord High Admiral of Scotland. Following a series of successful naval engagements was granted the lands of Largo in 1490 by King James IV. The Durham family owned the lands of Largo from the mid 17th Century to the middle of the 19th Century. The most famous members of the family, and true brothers in arms, were James, born in 1754 who served in the army for 70 years, being made a general in 1830. His younger brother Philip was born in 1763, and after a lifetime of naval service including captaining the Defiance at Trafalgar, was made an admiral in 1830. William Joseph Eggeling was born, the son of a doctor, on 18 July 1909 in Upper Largo, Fife. He was a Scottish forester, botanist, and naturalist. Eggeling was a dominant figure in the Uganda Forest Department in the 1930s and 1940s, and played an important role in nature conservation in Scotland during the 1950s and 1960s. When seven years old and enrolled at Kirkton of Largo Parish School, he spent 18 bed ridden months with tuberculosis of the hip. Despite this initial set back he rose to a distinguished career. Following St Mary's Preparatory School in Melrose, where he was Vice Captain, Dux and Victor Ludorum, his schooling was completed at Giggleswick in Yorkshire, England. At Edinburgh University he obtained a BSc in Forestry, being awarded the Younger Medal in Practical Forestry, and three class medals for Indian and Colonial forestry, and forest mycology. In 1930 he attended the Colonial Service Postgraduate Course in Forestry at Oxford University. Despite his educational focus upon India, he instead joined the Uganda Forest Department in 1931, becoming Assistant Conservator. By 1939 Eggeling had collected some 3800 specimens for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the British Museum Natural History. In 1954 Eggeling retired from the Colonial Forest Service and returned to the United Kingdom. Eggeling helped to found the Scottish Wildlife Trust in 1964 and became Vice President. He was also a Member of Council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Chairman of its Scottish Advisory Committee, and President of the Scottish Ornithologist Club between 1966 and 1969. In 1939 he had married Jessie Elizabeth Tothill, died 1988, daughter of Dr John Douglas Tothill, born 1888, died 1969, Director of Agriculture in the Sudan, who had filled a similar post in Uganda. Jessie accompanied her husband on most of his trips in Africa, and thereafter in the UK, raising a family of two sons and three daughters. After 19 years in Anstruther, where his wife's parents had retired, he and his wife moved to Dunkeld in 1973. He died on 10 February 1994 in Perth, Perthshire. 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 Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Summer Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To The Beach Elie East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video, with Scottish accordion music, of a cloudy weather morning road trip drive West on the A917 route to the Bay and Beach in Elie on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the coast of the East Neuk Of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Elie grew up around the bay and beach which provides a safe anchorage. It became a Burgh of Barony in 1589 under the Lairds of Ardross. As such Elie was forbidden to engage directly in foreign trade and was dependent on the Laird of Ardross who controlled the Town Council and Court. Elie is part of the Fife Coastal Hiking Path. In recent decades, the town has become a very popular destination for wealthy residents of Glasgow and Edinburgh who have purchased house by the beach and sea. The film The Winter Guest, starring Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law, directed by Alan Rickman, was filmed here. From his home in the Fife burgh of Elie, Alexander Gillespie and his wife and business partner Christian Small, planned their trading ventures. Until 1676, Gillespie voyaged throughout Europe in his ship the Anna, to Norway for timber; into the Baltic for iron, flax, hemp, and oaken boards; London, England, and Rotterdam for manufactured goods and luxury items such as furniture, tobacco, garden seeds, and hoods and bells for hawks. The most profitable cargo for Gillespie, but one which involved the greatest risk and outlay, was wine from Bordeaux, which fetched the best price if it could be unloaded at Leith in time for Hogmany. Gillespie’s outward cargoes were mainly coal and salt from the Firth of Forth, though occasionally he carried human cargoes too, such as a contingent of soldiers, which he delivered to Dieppe in 1671. They were probably about to participate in the projected Anglo French invasion of Holland. Gillespie made detailed notes about navigation, information about hazards and havens, landmarks and reefs, depths of water and even the character of the seabed, which he sampled from the tallow filled hollow at the head of a sounding lead. Such knowledge was stock in trade for a Shipmaster, and Gillespie would have added his observations to a much wider body of information passed down to him through the generations. For coasting seafarers such knowledge was more reliable, and much cheaper, than a chart. Shipmasters often drew little pictures of what particular pieces of coast looked like from the sea, marking landmarks such as church towers or windmills. In 1676 Gillespie went to Rotterdam for six months to supervise the building of a new ship, the James. The James was a larger ship than the Anna, carrying up to 120 tons of cargo, and through her Gillespie amassed the fortune which allowed him, in his final years, to become a country gentleman. None of his descendants followed him into sea- faring careers. Although I now live in Perthshire, I was raised in the East Neuk of Fife. The Fife Coastal Path goes through Elie and Earlsferry 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 Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Summer Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Wester Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music, of a morning road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Wester Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. At the reformation Anstruther comprised of three distinct communities; Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester and Cellardyke which was the harbour for Kilrenny. Anstruther Wester received a royal charter in 1587. Eleven years later a Spanish ship which had been part of the Armada was wrecked off shore but its sailors were given a warm reception from the townsfolk and helped to return to their native land. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading. Trade was vital to Scotland at this period to secure a much wider range of goods than would otherwise have been available. Ships from Anstruther and other East Neuk ports regularly sailed to ports in the Baltic such as Danzig (Gdansk) and to the Low countries where there were sizeable communities of Scots. David Martin, born 1st of April 1737, died 30 December 1797, was a British painter and engraver. Born in Anstruther, he studied in London, England and Italy, before gaining a reputation as a portrait painter. Martin painted over 300 portraits in his lifetime. One of the earliest independent ones is the 1767 one of Benjamin Franklin, now in the White House, Washington, DC, America. The Fife Coastal Walking Path goes through Pittenweem and Anstruther 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 Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Short Summer Drive Along Shore Street On History Visit To Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video of a morning road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, West along Shore Street on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Anstruther on the coast of East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Although I now live in Perthshire, I was raised in Anstruther and Cellardyke and used to often fish near the harbourr. Anstruther was created a burgh in 1541 with the right to build a harbour, and thirty years later when it was erected into a Burgh of Barony and John Anstruther of Anstruther was authorised by King James VI to build a harbour for fishing and trading vessels. Anstruther Wester received a royal charter in 1587. Eleven years later a Spanish ship which had been part of the Armada was wrecked off shore but its sailors were given a warm reception from the townsfolk and helped to return to their native land. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading. Ships from Anstruther and other East Neuk ports regularly sailed to ports in the Baltic such as Danzig (Gdansk) and to the Low countries where there were sizeable communities of Scots. At one time the settlement had an anti pirate squad, it was also a lucrative picking ground for the Press Gangs of the Royal Navy. Anstruther Captains were famed for their seafaring skills in the 19th Century a number were actively involved in trade across the oceans, several in particular played a major role in the China tea trade. Anstruther was the capital of the herring fishing industry in Scotland during the winter months up until WWII when the herring shoals deserted the surrounding waters. Today there is little evidence of fishing within the harbour which has given way to leisure craft. Anstruthers main industry today is tourism. Clan Anstruther is a Scottish clan that originated from the town of Anstruther, which was adopted as a familial name. King Alexander I of Scotland granted the lands of Anstruther to William de Candela in the early 12th century. There are a number of suggested origins for William but research points to the Normans in Italy. It is known that King William I of England sought assistance from William, Count of Candela, who sent his son. It is likely that this son was William de Candela, who received the grant of land from Alexander. William de Candela's son, also William, was a benefactor to the monks of Balmerino Abbey. The site now occupied by the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther was a gift from William. The next generation of the family, Henry, no longer styled himself, de Candela, being described as Henricus de Aynstrother dominus ejusdem in a charter confirming grants of land to Balmerino Abbey. Henry Anstruther accompanied Louis IX of France to the crusades and swore fealty to King Edward I of England in 1292 and again in 1296. In 1483, Andrew Anstruther of Anstruther confirmed the right to a barony and fought against the English at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 during the Anglo Scottish Wars. Andrew Anstruther married Christina Sandilands who was descended from Princess Jean or Joanna, daughter of Robert II of Scotland. His second son, David, fought at the Battle of Pavia in 1520 in the service of Francis I of France in the French Scots Regiment. This line ended with the death of the last Baron d'Anstrude in 1928. Andrew's great great grandson, Sir James Anstruther was chosen as companion to young King James VI of Scotland, who appointed him Hereditary Grand Carver, a title still held by the head of the family today. In 1595 he became Master of the Household. William, the elder son of Sir James Anstruther, accompanied Sir James to London, England, following the Union of the Crowns in 1603 where he was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath. The Fife Coastal Walking Path goes through Anstruther 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 Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Kitchen In 18th Century Town House With Music On History Visit To Edinburgh Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4k travel video clip, with Scottish music, of a kitchen in an 18th century house on history visit to the New Town in the capital city of Edinburgh, Britain, United Kingdom. Kitchen fixtures were simple and utilitarian, and a well constructed sink of either wood lined with zinc, stoneware, or lined with cemented tiles were often used. A large work table was the most important article of furniture, and the drawers at each end contained the cook’s tools, such as knives and spoons, and small utensils and implements in constant use. A kitchen always contained a full array of utensils. There were the stewpans and saucepans of tin, copper, brass, enameled iron, and wrought steel. Other must have utentils were weights and scales, a mincing machine, steak tongs, knives, a colander, a pestle and mortar, a chopping board and bowl, preserving pans, sieves, coffee and pepper mills, baking dishes. House was a real statement of luxury in an era of enlightenment, for those who could afford it. 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 @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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