Captain Andrew Watson Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Captain Andrew Watson, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Watson was first found in the county of Rutland East Midlands of England, where they were Lords of the manor of Rockingham, from ancient times. This was home to a castle was erected by King William I., on the summit of a hill, for the protection of the extensive ironworks at that time carried on in the adjacent woodlands. During the war in the reign of Charles I., the castle was garrisoned for the king by Sir Lewis Watson, afterwards created Lord Rockingham, and was besieged by the parliamentarian forces, who at the same time destroyed the tower and part of the nave of the church: the only remains of the castle are the two massive bastions that defended the entrance gateway.
Places to see in ( Burntisland - UK )
Places to see in ( Burntisland - UK )
Burntisland is a royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 6,269. It is known locally for its award-winning sandy beach, the 15th-century Rossend Castle, as well as the traditional summer fair and Highland games day. To the north of the town a hill called The Binn is a landmark of the Fife coastline; a volcanic plug, it rises 193 m (632 ft) above sea level.
The earliest historical record of the town was in the 12th century, when the monks of Dunfermline Abbey owned the harbour and neighbouring lands. The settlement was known as Wester Kinghorn and developed as a fishing hamlet to provide food for the inhabitants of Rossend Castle. The harbour was then sold to James V by the abbots of Dunfermline Abbey in exchange for a parcel of land.
Burntisland developed as a seaport, being second only to Leith in the Firth of Forth, and shipbuilding became an important industry in the town. In 1633 one of the barges, the Blessing of Burntisland, carrying Charles I and his entourage's baggage from Burntisland to Leith sank with the loss of Charles' treasure. In 1601, King James VI chose the town as an alternative site for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. This was when a new translation of the Bible was first discussed, a project which James brought to fruition a decade later in the King James Bible.
Burntisland became an important port for the local herring and coal industries, and in 1847 the Edinburgh and Northern Railway opened from Burntisland north to Lindores and Cupar. By 1850 the world's first roll-on/roll-off rail ferry service was crossing the Firth of Forth between Burntisland and Granton, enabling goods wagons to travel between Edinburgh and Dundee without the need for unloading and re-loading at the ferries. (Passengers however had to disembark and use separate passenger ferries). This operated until 1890 when the Forth Bridge opened. In the late 19th century, the area experienced a short-lived boom in oil shale mining and processing at the Binnend Works.
The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company at Burntisland West Dock was founded in 1918 as an emergency shipyard for the First World War, specialising in cargo ships. In 1929 the yard introduced the Burntisland Economy steamship, which was designed to maximise fuel economy. The town is also home to the eleventh-oldest golf club in the world, Burntisland Golf Club (The 'Old Club', as it is known among its members). Although it is not a course-owning club, its competitions are held over the local course now run by Burntisland Golf House Club.
In the summer months the annual fair comes to town and there is also the second oldest highland games in the world held on the third Monday every July. The Beacon leisure centre has a 25m swimming pool with a wave machine as well as water flumes and a small children's pool with a variety of pool toys.
The Burntisland and District Pipe Band compete in Grade 3B after being promoted from Grade 4B after a successful 2014 season. The band are 2014 British, U.K and European and World Champions. The band is known throughout for its development with children in the local area, creating players that now compete in Grade 1.
Burntisland railway station is on the Fife Circle Line and provides direct links with Kirkcaldy to the north and Edinburgh to the south. However only the southbound platform provides step-free access.
Burntisland is served by Stagecoach bus service 7, which runs between Dunfermline in the west and Leven (via Kirkcaldy) in the east. The circular B1 service, operated by Bay Travel, covers most areas of the town.
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Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Parish Church Graveyard in Burntisland, Fife.
Connel Family History (Burntisland)
Dot Connel & Ian Murray's visit to Burntisland to discuss Connel family history - October 2014
Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of several of the gravestones in the Parish Church Graveyard in Burntisland, Fife. The graveyard which surrounds the church on the west, south and eastern sides has gravestone dating to the late sixteenth century and later.
Arthur Sands Slater Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Arthur Sands, Slater, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Sands was first found in Lancashire, England, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire. They held a family seat at Farne and Fells.
Charles Stewart Builder Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Charles Stewart Builder, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Stewart was first found in Scotland, where records of Stewart as a surname, and not just an occupation began to be found from the 13th century. The ancestors of the famed Royal Stewart line of Scotland descend from a family Breton nobles named Flaald, the name is therefore of Anglo Norman extraction. The name arrived in Britain with Alan, a knight who settled in Oswestry in Shropshire. Scotland's history is inextricably linked to that of the Royal Clan, the Clan Stewart. The surname Stewart was an occupational name for a steward, the official in charge of a noble household and its treasury. It derives from the Old English word stigweard, a compound of stig, or household, and weard , or guardian. As every great house, Earl and Bishop in medieval England and Scotland had its stewards, this office has given rise to many lines of this hereditary surname.
Burntisland, Fife
A plaque showing Burntislands` famous sons and daughters!
John Dover Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the John Dover Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Dover was first found in Dover, a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. The name Dover is of Anglo Saxon origin and came from when the family lived beside a small stream that emptied into a harbour. The surname Dover originally derived from the Old English word Dofre.
William Nicholson Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the William Nicholson, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Nicholson was first found in on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, where the first on record was Ottar Snaekollson who was the Chief of the MacNichols and attended the Council of Chiefs, held by MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, at Finlaggan on the Island of Islay about 1240. One of the first records of the name in Scotland was Maucolum fiz Nicol, who rendered homage to King Edward I of England in 1296 and the Nicholsons of Skye have Englished their name from Macnicol.In different records, Nicholson has been spelled MacNichol, MacNicol, MacNicoll, Nicolson, Nicholson, MacNicholas, MacNickle, MacNickel, MacNickell, MacNiccol, MacNychole and many more.
Burntisland Reflections
Burntisland Reflections a quick tour of our town...
John Johnston Fishery Officer Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the John Johnston, Fishery Officer, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Johnston was first found in Dumfries, now part of the region of Galloway, where they held the barony of John's Town. There is a heraldic similarity with the Kirkpatrick family coat of arms, leading to the belief that John was a descendant of Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, England. Gilbert, son of John received a parcel of land in southern Annandale from William Bruce, Lord of Annandale, some time between 1195 and 1214.
Robert Simpson Fishcurer Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Robert Simpson, Fishcurer, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The ancient Anglo Saxon surname Simpson came from the baptismal name Simon, which was originally derived from the Hebrew word Shimeon meaning obedience. The surname Simpson was first found in Buckinghamshire, England.
Major General Edward Swift Broughton Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Major General Edward Swift Broughton Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. When the ancestors of the Broughton family emigrated to England following the Norman Conquest in 1066 they brought their family surname with them. They lived in Staffordshire, Lancashire, Lincoln, Northamptonshire and many other counties. The name probably derived from the name Boroughtown and is indicative of its bearer's residence one of many localities so named in Britain.John Broughton, English convict from Sussex, was transported aboard the Asia on October 22nd, 1824, settling in New South Wales, Australia,. James Broughton landed in Wanganui, New Zealand in 1840. Mr. John Broughton arrived at Port Roseway, Shelburne, Nova Scotia on October 26, 1783, he was passenger number 171 aboard the ship HMS Clinton, picked up on September 28, 1783 at Staten Island, New York, America.
Stopover At Burntisland!!
A 'wee stop' at our favourite 'chippy' on a day out from Broxburn to Fife!!
David Wilson Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the David Wilson Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Wilson was first found in Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland, where John Wulson was a merchant in the service of Sir John of Montgomery in 1405. Michael Wilsoun was Burgess of Irvine in 1418, and John Wilson was Burgess of Berwick in 1467.
Burntisland Cemetery Scotland
Old Tour Scotland video of Burntisland Cemetery, Fife. Burntisland was at one time an important port for the local herring and coal industries.
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Sir William George Fairfax Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Sir William George Fairfax, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. The surname Fairfax was first found in Northumberland, England, where the name was derived from the Anglo Saxon words foegr and feax which collectively meant fair haired. The ancient family of Fairfax is supposed to be of Saxon origin, and to have been seated at Torcester in Northumberland a the period of the Norman Conquest. In 1205, Richard Fairfax, the first of the family proved by evidence, was possessed of the lands of Ascahm, not far from the City of York. His grandson purchased the Manor of Walton in the West Riding, which continued for near six hundred years.
James Moyes Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the James Moyes, Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancesty visit to Burntisland, Fife.The surname Moyes was first found in Shropshire, England, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The earliest reference to the name was Jeanne de Moy, a wealthy dowager widow of William Crispin IX, Baron of Bec in France about the year 1325. The name originated in Moy in Normandy. However, the name Moy became interpreted in northwestern England and Wales, and on the Welsh border as Moyes, Moyse, and Moses, even Moesen, the latter being a Welsh version being found in Denbigh, Llangollen and Wrexham. The name was also extended to Mostyn, and became attached to Vychan, Lord of Mostyn.
Henry George Belsey Gravestone Parish Church Graveyard Burntisland Fife Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Henry George Belsey Gravestone in the Parish Church Graveyard on ancestry visit to Burntisland, Fife. Belsey is a locational surname deriving from the place called Belsay in Northumberland, England. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Betteres Baylzay, which was dated January 26th 1549, marriage to Thomas Person, at St. Oswald's, Durham, during the reign of King Edward V1.