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Rothes
Rothes (; ) is a town in Moray, Scotland, on the banks of the River Spey, south of Elgin, Moray, Elgin. The town had a population of 1,252 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census. A settlement has been here since AD 600. History and castle At the south end of the village lie the remains of Rothes Castle built on a hill by Peter de Pollok about 1200 to command traffic up and down this stretch of Strathspey. The castle's remains consist of a fragment of the massive outer wall overlooking the High Street of Rothes town. The castle was four storeys high, with a portcullis guarding the entrance to the inner courtyard and a drawbridge that crossed the dry moat, which ran between the outer wall and the hill on which the castle stood. Sir Norman Leslie, the castle's owner, was host to King Edward I of England on 29 July 1296. In the 1390s Rothes Castle and its lands were passed to the Leslie family, who would later become the Earls of Rothes. Some of the earliest houses in Rot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothes Parish Kirk - Geograph
Rothes (; ) is a town in Moray, Scotland, on the banks of the River Spey, south of Elgin. The town had a population of 1,252 at the 2011 Census. A settlement has been here since AD 600. History and castle At the south end of the village lie the remains of Rothes Castle built on a hill by Peter de Pollok about 1200 to command traffic up and down this stretch of Strathspey. The castle's remains consist of a fragment of the massive outer wall overlooking the High Street of Rothes town. The castle was four storeys high, with a portcullis guarding the entrance to the inner courtyard and a drawbridge that crossed the dry moat, which ran between the outer wall and the hill on which the castle stood. Sir Norman Leslie, the castle's owner, was host to King Edward I of England on 29 July 1296. In the 1390s Rothes Castle and its lands were passed to the Leslie family, who would later become the Earls of Rothes. Some of the earliest houses in Rothes were built from stones of the castle, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Hall, Rothes
Grant Hall, formerly Rothes Town Hall, is a municipal building in New Street, Rothes, Moray, Scotland. The structure is currently used as a community events venue. History Following significant population growth, largely associated with the local whisky industry, the area became a police burgh in 1863. In this context, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company, The Town Hall (Rothes) Limited, to finance and build a town hall for the area: the site they chose was on the west side of New Street. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Mrs Grant, the wife of Major James Grant, the proprietor of Glen Grant Distillery, on 4 June 1898. The new building was designed by Robert Baillie Pratt of Elgin in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in 1900. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing New Street. The central bay, which slightly projected forward, featured a segmental doorway with a gablet roof on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl Of Rothes
John Hamilton-Leslie, 9th Earl of Rothes (1679–1722), was a Scottish nobleman who fought on the side of George I during the Jacobite rising of 1715. Biography John Hamilton-Leslie, born in 1679, was the eldest son of Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington, and Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes. In 1701, Hamilton-Leslie succeeded his mother as Earl of Rothes, the chief of Clan Leslie. His younger brother became Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington. On 29 April 1697, Hamilton-Leslie married Lady Jean Hay, the daughter of John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale. The couple had eight sons and four daughters. In 1704, Hamilton-Leslie was appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. In 1707, after the passage of the Acts of Union by the English and Scottish Parliaments, Hamilton-Leslie was appointed as one of the 16 Scottish representative peers to sit in the English House of Lords. He served as representative peer until 1722. In 1714, George I appointed Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothes Railway Station
Rothes railway station served the town of Rothes, Moray, Scotland from 1858 to 1968 on the Morayshire Railway. History The station opened on 23 August 1858 by the Morayshire Railway The Morayshire Railway was the first railway to be built north of Aberdeen, Scotland. It received royal assent in 1846 but construction was delayed until 1851 because of the adverse economic conditions existing in the United Kingdom. The railwa .... To the west was a goods yard which started small, but was later enlarged when a platform to Elgin East was added. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 6 May 1968. References External links {{s-end Disused railway stations in Moray Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968 Beeching closures in Scotland Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations 1858 establishments in Scotland 1968 disestablishments in Scotland Rothes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Football League
The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Scottish Professional Football League. Founded in 1893, it is currently composed of 18 member clubs in a single division. Geographically, the league covers Scotland north of the Tay, including the Highland council region as well as Moray, Aberdeenshire, the cities of Aberdeen and Dundee, Angus and parts of northern Perthshire. Since 2014–15, it has featured in the senior pyramid system. The winners take part in an end-of-season promotion play-off with the Lowland Football League champions, with the winners then competing against the bottom club in Scottish League Two for a place in the SPFL. Promotion and relegation also exists between the three Highlands-based regional leagues at level 6 ( Midlands League, North Caledonian League, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
