South Queensferry
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South Queensferry Scottish Gaelic Cas Chaolais |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 59 ′ N , 3 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 9370 (2001) | ||
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| Post town | SOUTH QUEENSFERRY | ||
| ZIP code section | EH30 | ||
| prefix | 0131 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Edinburgh | ||
| British Parliament | Edinburgh West | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Edinburgh Western | ||
South Queensferry ( Scottish Gaelic : Cas Chaolais ( Steep Strait )) is a town in the Scottish Council Area City of Edinburgh on the south bank of the Firth of Forth . Before the territorial reform it was in West Lothian (Linlithgowshire). It is located about eight kilometers south-southeast of Dunfermline and 15 km west of Edinburgh city center. In 2001, South Queensferry had 9,370 residents. On the opposite bank of the Firth of Forth is North Queensferry , which is connected to the south bank by the Forth Road Bridge .
history
South Queensferry was first mentioned as the place where Margaret of Scotland , the second wife of King Malcolm III. , often crossed the Firth of Forth en route to Dunfermline. The current city name is derived from this historical event. In the earliest mentions, the settlement is referred to as Port Reginœ or passagium Reginœ . King Malcolm IV of Scotland , great grandson of Margaret, gave the Dunfermline monks the ferry rights and surrounding lands. This was probably the nucleus of the city's foundation. In 1164 the monks of the Scone monastery were granted the right of free passage. A ferry operated here until 1964, when the Forth Road Bridge was opened to traffic. Despite the early settlement, South Queensferry grew slowly. In 1851 it had only 1,195 inhabitants and a hundred years later 2,486. Between 1960 and 2000, however, brisk growth began and the city was able to more than triple its population during this period.
The oldest building in South Queensferry
View across the Firth of Forth to North Queensferry
The Hopetoun House west of South Queensferry
Sons of the city
- Stephen Hendry (* 1969), seven-time snooker world champion
- Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887–1952), 1936–1943 Governor General and Viceroy of India
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b South Queensferry (Queensferry). City of Edinburgh. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ^ Queensferry or South Queensferry. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 6: (Pet - Zet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 232.
- ↑ entry. In: Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.