Banff
Banff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Banff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Banff is a former royal burgh, and also is the county town of the historical area of Banffshire. Banff's very first castle was built to fend off Viking intruders and also a charter of 1163 AD reveals that Malcolm IV was living there back then. Throughout this duration the community was an active trading centre in the "complimentary hanse" of Northern Scottish burghs, despite not having its own harbour until 1775. The first taped Sheriff of Banff was Richard de Strathewan in 1264, as well as in 1372 Royal Burgh condition was conferred by King Robert II. By the 15th century Banff was one of three principal towns exporting salmon to the continent of Europe, in addition to Aberdeen and also Montrose. There was a great deal of lawlessness in seventeenth-century Scotland, as well as a few of the most awful offenders were members of the nobility. According to documents kept by historian William Cramond, the tolbooth (court house as well as prison) of Banff was, in 1628, the site of a run-in between Lord Banff and also James Ogilvie, his relative. Reportedly, he struck James Ogilvie upon the head with a baton during a court hearing. Twenty of his pals and also followers after that struck Ogilvie with swords before chasing him right into the street as well as finishing him off with a gun shot. Banff and also Macduff are separated by the valley of the River Deveron. This uncertain river was finally tamed by the 7 curved bridge completed in 1779 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had been integrated in 1765, however was swept away in 1768. The old ferry was brought back into use, till it was shed in a flood in 1773. A public meeting was kept in 1800 as well as passed a resolution for the structure of a turnpike road between Turiff as well as Banff as the existing roadway remained in an unfortunate state of repair. Later on 19th century transport renovations consisted of the structure of two train lines, from Macduff to Turiff in 1860 as well as the Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Train in 1859 which connected to the major Aberdeen to Inverness line. During the 19th Century the Banff Fishery Area (comprising the ports from Crovie to Sandend) was necessary to the herring profession, with manufacturing coming to a head in 1853 at greater than sixty-thousand barrels, of which nearly thirty-four thousand were exported, however by 1912 production had actually decreased to just over eight thousand barrels. Presently, the languages talked in the community and in its location have a tendency to be the Doric language of Scots, as well as English.