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Portsoy
  • Scottish Gaelic: Port Saoidh


Portsoy Old Harbour.jpg
Portsoy Old Harbour


Portsoy is located in Aberdeen

Portsoy

Portsoy



Location within Aberdeenshire

Population 1,734 (Census 2001)[1]
OS grid reference NJ589660
Council area
  • Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area
  • Aberdeenshire
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BANFF
Postcode district AB45
Dialling code 01261
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish

EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Banff and Buchan
Scottish Parliament
  • Banffshire and Buchan Coast


List of places

UK

Scotland



57°40′59″N 2°41′17″W / 57.683°N 2.688°W / 57.683; -2.688Coordinates: 57°40′59″N 2°41′17″W / 57.683°N 2.688°W / 57.683; -2.688

Portsoy (Scottish Gaelic: 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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Education


  • 3 Notable people


  • 4 References


  • 5 Further reading


  • 6 External links





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?]



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]



References




  1. ^ Scotland's Census Results OnLine Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine


  2. ^ "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 8 January 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Scottish Parliament: Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir" (PDF). Retrieved 8 January 2013.


  4. ^ "Locality 2010 / Portsoy". Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  5. ^ "Scottish Traditional Boat Festival". Portsoy Community Enterprise. Retrieved 23 November 2017.


  6. ^ Banffshire Journal, 11 Aug 2009 Archived 12 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine


  7. ^ Groome, Francis H. "Portsoy". Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2018.


  8. ^ "Ratification of the burgh in barony of the town of Portsoy, with certain other privileges". Records of the Parliament of Scotland. Retrieved 30 March 2018.


  9. ^ "Parish of Fordyce". ScotlandsPlaces. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  10. ^ ab "Burgh of Portsoy". ScotlandsPlaces. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  11. ^ "Portsoy". Banffshire Coast. Banffshire Coast Tourism Partnership. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  12. ^ "Images of Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland". Scottish History Online. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  13. ^ "Welcome to Portsoy Primary School". Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  14. ^ "Portsoy Library". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  15. ^ "Portsoy Salmon Bothy". Museums Galleries Scotland. Retrieved 14 October 2015.



Further reading



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


External links











  • Portsoy's page in the Gazetteer of Scotland


  • Panorama of Portsoy Harbour (QuickTime required)











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