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  1. History

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Portsoy ({{lang-gd|Port Saoidh}})[2] is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The original name may come from Port Saoithe, meaning "saithe harbour".[3]

Portsoy is located on the Moray Firth Coast of North East Scotland, 50 miles North West of Aberdeen & 65 miles East of Inverness. It had a population of 1752 persons at the time of the 2011 census.[4]

Portsoy is known for local jewellery made from "Portsoy marble" (which is not marble, but rather serpentinite). The annual Scottish Traditional Boat Festival was started in 1993 to celebrate the 300th year of the harbour.[5][6]

Portsoy, notably the harbour, has featured in BBC period dramas “The Camerons” and “The Shutter Falls”, a Tennent’s Lager advert (parodying “Whisky Galore”) and, most recently, was the principal film location for Gillies MacKinnon’s 2016 film 'Whisky Galore' (a remake of the 1949 film of the same name); Portsoy represented the fictional island of Todday.

History

Portsoy became a Burgh of barony in 1550, under Sir Walter Ogilvie of Boyne Castle, and the charter was confirmed by parliament in 1581.[7][8]

From the 16th century until 1975, Portsoy was in the civil and religious parish of Fordyce.[9] It lost its status as a burgh in 1975 and became a part of the District of Banff And Buchan.[10] In 1996 administration was transferred to the Aberdeenshire council area.[10]

The "Old" Harbour dates to the 17th century and is the oldest on the Moray Firth. The "New" Harbour was built in 1825 for the growing herring fishery,[11] which at its peak reached 57 boats.[12]{{Unreliable source?|reason=these two references have different dates for the new harbour |date=October 2015}}

Education

Portsoy Primary School provides education for children from age 3 in ante-pre-school class through to age 12 in Primary 7 (P7). The school dates from the 1800s but has been expanded and modernised.[13]

Portsoy also has a public library[14] and the Portsoy Salmon Bothy serves as a museum, exhibition space and multipurpose venue.[15]

Notable people

  • Jimmy MacBeath (1894-1972), the wandering singer, was born in Portsoy and is buried there
  • Eoin Jess, the former Aberdeen and Scotland footballer, was born in Portsoy
  • Jimmy Paterson, trombonist with Dexy's Midnight Runners, was born and raised in Portsoy{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

References

1. ^Scotland's Census Results OnLine {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307180357/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=Portsoy&mainLevel=Locality |date=7 March 2012 }}
2. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=725 | title=Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database | publisher=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba | accessdate=8 January 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesP-Z.pdf|title=Scottish Parliament: Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir| accessdate=8 January 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Locality 2010 / Portsoy|url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/area.html|accessdate=14 October 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Scottish Traditional Boat Festival|url=https://stbfportsoy.org/|publisher=Portsoy Community Enterprise|accessdate=23 November 2017}}
6. ^Banffshire Journal, 11 Aug 2009 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212090037/http://www.banffshire-journal.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4405/Festival_crowds_push_the_boat_out.html |date=12 February 2011 }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townhistory182.html|title=Portsoy|last=Groome|first=Francis H.|work=Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=30 March 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?action=print&id=10221&filename=jamesvi_trans&type=trans|title=Ratification of the burgh in barony of the town of Portsoy, with certain other privileges|work=Records of the Parliament of Scotland|accessdate=30 March 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Parish of Fordyce|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/partner/Fordyce?class=parish&id=819|website=ScotlandsPlaces|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|accessdate=14 October 2015}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Burgh of Portsoy|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/partner/Portsoy?id=5626&class=burgh|website=ScotlandsPlaces|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|accessdate=14 October 2015}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Portsoy|url=http://www.banffshirecoast.com/Portsoy/|website=Banffshire Coast|publisher=Banffshire Coast Tourism Partnership|accessdate=14 October 2015}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Images of Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland|url=http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/portsoy.html|publisher=Scottish History Online|accessdate=14 October 2015}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Welcome to Portsoy Primary School|url=http://portsoy.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/page3.html|accessdate=14 October 2015}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Portsoy Library|url=https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/libraries/locations/local-libraries/portsoy-library/|publisher=Aberdeenshire Council|accessdate=14 October 2015}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=Portsoy Salmon Bothy|url=http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/member/portsoy-salmon-bothy|publisher=Museums Galleries Scotland|accessdate=14 October 2015}}

Further reading

  • Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Portsoy (F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4)

External links

{{Commons category|Portsoy}}{{Wikivoyage}}
  • Portsoy's page in the Gazetteer of Scotland
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080507181516/http://www.robinwilson.net/portsoy/portsoy.html Panorama of Portsoy Harbour] (QuickTime required)
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