Summer Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Den Of Lindores North Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a cloudy weather afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, North on the A913 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Den Of Lindores in North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. A hamlet in Abdie Parish, Den of Lindores is situated at the junction of the A913 and B936 roads 2 miles South East of Newburgh. Nearby is ruined Denmylne Castle which was built in 1560. The lands of Denmylne early belonged to the Earls of Fife but fell to the Crown after the forfeiture of the last Earl. In 1451 King James II bestowed the lands on James Balfour and from him descended the Balfours of Denmylne who held the castle and lands around for over two hundred years, and were in their time a noble and illustrious family. The surname Balfour was first found in Fife, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Balfour has been spelled Balfour, Balfoure, Balfower, Balfowir, Balford, Balforde and many more. The Balfour clan takes its name from the barony of the same name and is located near the joining of the rivers Ore and Leven in Fife. The first record of the name is that of John de Balfure who appears on an assize in 1304, and there is note of a William de Balfure who witnessed a charter by Duncan, Earl of Fife. James Arthur Balfour was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 until 1905. Robert Balfour, aged 31, arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship Star Queen; William Balfour, a Scottish settler travelled from Glasgow on the Clyde aboard the ship Sir William Eyre arriving in Bluff, Southland, South Island, New Zealand in April 1863; James Balfour arrived in Newfoundland, Canada, in 1764; George Balfour landed in Rhode Island, America, in 1701; William Balfour landed in Virginia, America, in 1738; Janet Balfour landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1775; Andrew Balfour arrived in North Carolina, America, in 1782, 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 Cupar North Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a cloudy weather afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish music, North on the B940 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Cupar, North, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. he town is believed to have grown around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the sheriff and was owned by the earls of Fife. The area became a centre for judiciary as the county of Fife and as a market town catering for both cattle and sheep. Alexander Wood who invented the first true hypodermic syringe was the son of Doctor John Wood and his wife Mary Wood and was born on 10 December 1817 in Cupar, Fife. The family moved to Edinburgh around 1825, where they lived at 19 Royal Circus in the Second New Town. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy from 1825 to 1832, and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. From qualification he worked at the Stockbridge Dispensary near his Edinburgh home. By 1840 he was working as a surgeon and living in his late father's house at 19 Royal Circus. From 1841 he lectured in medicine at the Extra Mural School connected to the University of Edinburgh. In 1845 Wood was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1868. In 1853, he invented the first hypodermic needle that used a true syringe and hollow needle. Wood referred to his invention as " subcutaneous " rather than " hypodermic ". The term " hypodermic " was actually coined by the English doctor Charles Hunter, whose developments of Wood's invention and research into the method of administering pain relief angered Wood. Wood believed that injections should be directly into the area where pain was felt, because the effect could only be local, whereas Hunter argued that the injection could be given anywhere and had a general effect. The medical community supported Hunter's hypothesis, though it is Wood who has been better remembered subsequently. Wood was elected President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1858. In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being James David Forbes. In later life Wood lived at 12 Strathearn Place in the Grange in southern Edinburgh. Wood was buried with his wife, Rebecca Massey, in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. The grave lies on an east facing section of the obscured southern terrace. The gravestone corroborates a later date for his wife's death, on 6 February 1895. 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 Accordion Music On History Visit To Pitscottie Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a cloudy weather afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, North on the B940 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Pitscottie, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Pitscottie is a small village in the Parish of Ceres, situated on the Ceres Burn at a road junction to the south of Dura Den and 3 miles south east of Cupar. The nearby Pitscottie Moor was a favourite meeting place of Covenanters during the late 17th century and during the 1820s the village became a centre of flax spinning. There is an 18th century bridge over the Ceres Burn. ( Burn is the Scots word for stream or small river ) Robert Lindsay was born in 1532 at Pitscottie, in the parish of Ceres, Fife, which he held in lease at a later period. He was a Scottish chronicler, author of The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436 to 565, the first history of Scotland to be composed in Scots rather than Latin. 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 Largoward in East Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a cloudy weather afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish music, North on the A915 route on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Largoward, East Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. This section of the road has a very different character to the western end, being more rural with only a few small villages. This is quickly proven as Upper Largo is soon left behind and the road winds through fields, climbing steadily up to a summit near Wester Newburn Farm on the flanks of Largo Law. A slight dip leads to another, easier climb after which the road drops down slightly into the village of Largoward a village lying on the road from Leven to St Andrews in the Riggin o Fife, 4½ miles north east of Lower Largo and 6½ miles south west of St Andrews. It is an agricultural and former mining village, one of the three main villages of the civil parish of Kilconquhar, along with Colinsburgh and the village of Kilconquhar. Coal must have been worked for a considerable length of time in the district, as it is recorded that coal was driven annually from Falfield, just north west of the village, to Falkland Palace for the use of King James VI. The name probably means Largo's field.. Largo parish and Largo Law being just west of the village. The name Largoward is recorded from the 18th century. Ward or waird is a Scots word meaning an enclosed piece of land, chiefly for pasture. 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 Beach Lower Largo East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a cloudy weather morning road trip drive through the village and along Main Street to the beach in Lower Largo on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the coast of the East Neuk Of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Lower Largo or Seatown of Largo is a village in Fife, Scotland situated on Largo Bay on the north side of the Firth of Forth. An ancient fishing village, Lower Largo has gained fame as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The Fife Coastal walking Path is a Scottish long distance walking footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh. It runs for 117 miles along the coastline of Fife and passes through many seaside towns and villages including Lower Largo. The path would take around one week to walk completely from end to end. The village has changed little since the 1850s, when the arrival of the railway signalled the start of Lower Largo’s role as a tourist destination. However, although the Victorian visitors who holidayed in Lower Largo were captivated by the stunning sands of Largo Bay, fishing remained one of the village’s main industries. In the middle of the 19th century, over 40 herring boats were berthed at Lower Largo Harbour, coal from the Fife mines was loaded onto ships at the harbour’s pier and there was a regular ferry across the Forth to Newhaven. I was raised in the East Neuk Of Fife. 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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