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Peterhead
Peterhead (; , ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the council area's largest settlement, with a population of 19,060 at the 2022 Census for Scotland, 2022 Census. It is the largest fishing port in the United Kingdom for total landings by UK vessels, according to a 2019 survey."Brexit trade deal: What does it mean for fishing?" - BBC News, December 2020 Peterhead sits at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. It is often referred to as ''The Blue Toun'' (locally spelled "The Bloo Toon") and its natives are known as ''Bloo Touners''. They are also referred to as ''blue mogganers'' (locally spelled "bloomogganners"), supposedly from the blue worsted ''moggans'' or stockings that the fishermen originally wore. Prehistory and archaeology Expansion of the town's landfill led to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterhead Harbour
Peterhead Harbour is a harbour in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Situated immediately northeast of Peterhead Bay, it is composed of three harbours: Port Henry, North Harbour and South Harbour. The harbour is a Category B listed structure. Queenie Bridge connects Bridge Street and Greenhill Road between North Harbour and South Harbour. The harbour is owned and maintained by Peterhead Port Authority, which was formed in 2006 via a merger of Peterhead Bay Authority and Peterhead Harbour Trustees. History The harbour was formed by the filling in of the water around the former islands of Keith Inch and Greenhill. When Peterhead was founded, in 1593,''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland A Graphic and Accurate Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Street (Peterhead)
Broad Street is a street in Peterhead, Scotland. It runs for about , from Seagate in the east to Marischal Street and Tolbooth Wynd in the west. The street is one-way in a clockwise direction, with public parking along its centre on either side of the Reform Monument. Broad Street was formerly the eastern terminus of the A950, which runs between Peterhead and New Pitsligo, to the northwest. The A950 now ends a short distance to the east. History Peterhead developed uphill between the shore and Longate, which was the main historic district of the town prior to the development of Broad Street in the late 18th century. Longate connects to Broad Street at Longate's southern terminus. Broad Street's level was lowered in 1844. Several ship owners lived on Broad Street in the mid-19th century, including James Arbuthnot, John Birnie, Robert Birnie, Robert Kidd, George Maitland Jr and the Robertson brothers. Businesses on the street in 1896 included G & J Tytler dressmakers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longate
Longate is a street in Peterhead Peterhead (; , ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the council area's largest settlement, with a population of 19,060 at the 2022 Census for Scotland, 2022 Census. It is the largest fishing port in the United Kingdom for total landi ..., Scotland. It runs for about , from North Street in the north to Broad Street (Peterhead), Broad Street in the south. History Peterhead developed uphill between the shore and Longate, which—until the development of Broad Street (Peterhead), Broad Street in the late 18th century—was the main historic district of the town. Longate Castle, built in the late 16th century, stood at the northern end of Longate, at its junction with today's Brook Lane. Despite its name, it was a townhouse, not a castle. It was demolished around two centuries later, after it had been in use as the Yokieshill Inn and a Pest house, plague house. In 1816, Peter Buchan established the Auchmedden Press in Longate. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Henry (Peterhead)
Port Henry is an area of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Established in 1593, north of Peterhead Bay, it is the oldest commercial area of the town (the adjacent Roanheads being residential). It was established after Peterhead's fishermen settled there due to its position on the northeastern shoulder of the town's peninsula, northeast of today's town centre. Keith Inch Castle stood around south of Port Henry at the time of its establishment, on Keith Inch, an island and the easternmost point of mainland Scotland. Along with the adjacent Greenhill, Keith Inch is no longer an island.Coventry, Martin (2001). ''The Castles of Scotland''. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. p. 218 History The town's twelve original feuars occupied land along Seagate between the pier of Port Henry, to the north, and the '' Quinzie'' (Queenie) to the south. The construction of Port Henry in 1593 encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade. (Port Henry Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queenie Bridge
Queenie Bridge is a toll-free bascule bridge in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opened in 1954, it connects Bridge Street and Greenhill Road in the town's harbour area. It replaced a swing bridge which had stood on the site since 1850 and was built at a cost of £8,000.''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland'' (1901) - p. 1326 There has been a crossing at this point in the harbour since at least 1739. The bridge's name is a play on ''Quinzie'' (the Scots version of the French word ''coin'', which signifies a corner), the historic name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includes all of the areas of the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire except the area making up Aberdeen City Council area, as well as part of Banffshire. The historic county boundaries are still officially used for a few purposes, namely land registration and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy. Aberdeenshire Council is headquartered at Woodhill House in Aberdeen, making it the only Scottish council whose headquarters are located outside its jurisdiction. Aberdeen itself forms a different council area (Aberdeen City). Aberdeenshire borders onto Angus, Scotland, Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south, Highland (council area), Highland and Moray to the west a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Inch
Keith Inch (originally ''Keith Insche'', ''Keithinche'' or ''Caikinche'') is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland, having formerly been an island. It is located in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming the north point of Peterhead Bay. It is now joined to Greenhill, another former island, previously separated from Keith Inch by the Poolmouth. Greenhill Road leads the motorist onto Greenhill from the town via Alexandra Parade. It forms part of Peterhead Harbour. ''Inch'' is a common Scottish word for an island, such as Inchcolm, Inchkenneth and (Hebrides), and derives from the Scottish Gaelic . It was used in the whaling industry, and boil yards were here; the remains of a whale bone arch can be seen. Castle of Keith Inch On the island of Keith Inch once stood a castle built by George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, in the late 16th century. The castle is thought to have been modelled on the castle of Kronborg in Denmark. In 1644 about 500 of Oliver Cromwell Oliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeenshire North And Moray East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East is a List of UK Parliament constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. Following the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Seamus Logan of the Scottish National Party. Boundaries The constituency comprises the following: *In full: the Aberdeenshire Council wards of Banff and District (ward), Banff and District, Troup (ward), Troup, Fraserburgh and District (ward), Fraserburgh and District, Peterhead North and Rattray (ward), Peterhead North and Rattray, Peterhead South and Cruden (ward), Peterhead South and Cruden; and the Moray Council wards of Keith and Cullen (ward), Keith and Cullen, and Buckie (ward), Buckie. *In part: the Aberdeenshire Council ward of Central Buchan (ward), Central Buchan (majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal
George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal (c. 1553–1623) was a Scottish nobleman and Earl Marischal. He succeeded as earl on 7 October 1581, upon the death of his grandfather, William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. Early life George Keith was the son of William Keith, Master of Marischal, and his wife, Elizabeth Hay. Few details of his education are known, but in 1573 he went to Paris to study horsemanship, and during his travels lodged with Theodore Beza in Geneva where his younger brother William was killed by Spanish bandits. He returned to Scotland in 1580 when James VI made a northern progress and held a meeting of the Privy Council of Scotland at Dunnotar Castle on 18 June 1580. In October he was made a Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber. He was a firm Protestant, and took an active part in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. In May 1583 he was at Linlithgow Palace and played football with the Earl of Bothwell. Bothwell knocked him over, then he kicked Bothwell on the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Francis Edward Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs (British political party), Whigs or the King over the Water by Jacobitism, Jacobites, was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only son of James II of England and his second wife, Mary of Modena, he was Prince of Wales and heir until his Catholic father was deposed and exiled in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. His Protestant half-sister Mary II of England, Mary II and her husband William III of England, William III became co-monarchs. As a Catholic, he was subsequently excluded from the succession by the Act of Settlement 1701. James, who had been raised primarily in France and Italy, claimed the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland when his father died in September 1701. As part of the War of the Spanish Succession, in 1708 Louis XI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Smeaton
John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent scholar, who introduced various scientific method, scientific methodologies into engineering.Morris, Andrew M.A. (2021). "English engineer John Smeaton's experimental method(s)". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 89, 283-294, url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.07.004 Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".Denny, Mark (2007). "Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World". p. 34. JHU Press. He pioneered the use of hydraulic lime in concrete, using pebbles and powdered brick as aggregate. Smeaton was associated with the Lunar Society. Law and physics Smeaton was born in Austhorpe, Leeds, England. After studying at Leeds Grammar School he joined his father's law firm, but left t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
