Cobbled High Street South Queensferry

            A real old fashioned cobbled street in an old fashioned Scottish village. 
Shame about the modern yellow lines, but I aint cloning all those out!
(well, I might have a go...........sometime)

South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian. It lies some ten miles to the north-west of Edinburgh city center, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing. The prefix South serves to distinguish it from North Queensferry, on the opposite shore of the Forth. Both towns derive their name from the ferry service established by Queen Margaret in the 11th century, which continued to operate at the town until 1964, when the Road Bridge was opened.
Queensferry hosts the strange annual procession of the Burry Man during the Ferry Fair. This unique cultural event is over three hundred years old, and likely pagan in origin. The name 'Burry Man' almost certainly refers to the hooked fruits of the burdock plant - burrs - in which he is covered, although some have suggested that it is a corruption of 'Burgh Man', since the town is traditionally a royal burgh.

 Queensferry offers one of the most interesting collections of buildings you are likely to find anywhere. The oldest is St Mary's church, which dates from 1441. The oldest house is "Black Castle", built on the High Street in 1626. When the sea captain it was built for was lost with his ship, his maid was accused of paying a beggar woman to cast a spell on him. Both women were burned for witchcraft. The nearby Tolbooth was built in the 1600s, though the tower dates back only to 1720.

The High Street itself has an unusual stepped cross section designed to cope with the town's steeply sloping site above the shore. This has led to elevated pavements on the inland side of the street, again adding to the atmosphere. For all the very obvious reasons, plus its proximity to Edinburgh, Queensferry is an extremely popular place and at times can be a crowded one. It is worth making an effort to try and catch it at a quiet time: that way you can still catch glimpses of the Queensferry of the 1700s that Robert Louis Stevenson featured in "Kidnapped". 
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / South Queensferry (show map)

Taken on: April 9, 2018

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