Lossiemouth Gaelic - Inbhir Losaidh Scots - Lossie
Lossiemouth shown within Scotland
Population	6803
OS grid reference	NJ235705
Parish	Presbytery of Moray
Council area	Moray
Lieutenancy area	Moray
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOSSIEMOUTH
Postcode district	IV31 6xx
Dialling code	01343
Vehicle code	SU-SW (Aberdeen)
Police	Grampian
Fire	Grampian
Ambulance	Scottish
Scottish Parliament	Moray
UK Parliament	Moray
European Parliament	Scotland
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Lossiemouth is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important and innovative fishing town. Although there has been over a 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one. From 1890 - 1975 it was a police burgh as Lossiemouth and Branderburgh. Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Elgin. ... A police burgh was a Scottish burgh which had adopted a “police system” for governing the town. ...

Stotfield, the first significant settlement (discounting Kinneddar which has now disappeared), lies to the north west of the town. Next was the Seatown - a small area between the river and the canal consisting of 52 houses, 51 of which are the historic fisher cottages. Following the decision to build a new harbour on the River Lossie, the 18th Century planned town of Lossiemouth built on on a grid system was established on the low ground below the Coulard Hill. Branderburgh formed the final development during the 19th Century. This part of the town developed entirely as a result of the new harbour with its two basins and eventually covered the entire Coulard Hill and providing the town's impressive profile when viewed from a distance. The River Lossie (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Losaidh) is a river in north east Scotland. ...

RAF Lossiemouth forms a significant part of the town; established in 1939 and houses three operational Tornado GR4 squadrons, and the Tornado GR4 Operational Conversion Unit as well as a flight of Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters. RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. ... The Tornado GR4 is a Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) used for low-level penetration to attack ground targets. ... For the original Viking use of the name, see Sea-King. ...

History

Roman to Medieval

Although the Romans never conquered the peoples of the North of Scotland, they made several journeys to the Moray Firth coast. Suspected Roman forts have been discovered at Thomshill, Birnie, near Elgin and at Easter Galcantray, Cawdor, Nairnshire and also a suspected marching camp at Wester Alves, Moray.^[1] For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Elgin. ... Cawdor is a village and parish in Nairn, Highland council area, Scotland. ... Nairnshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Narann in Gaelic) is a small traditional county of Scotland, centred around Nairn, the traditional county town. ... Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

Ptolemy's World Map - click to enlarge

The Greco-Roman astronomer and geographer, Claudius Ptolemaeus, generally known as Ptolemy (c. 90 – c. 168), describes in chapter 2 of his Geographa entitled Albion Island of Britannia the mouth of the River Lossie as ostium Loxa Fluvius. Settlement in this area has a long history. St Gervadius, a celtic hermit inhabited a cave overlooking the entrance to the sea loch, Loch Spynie. In his time, the River Lossie entered the loch further to the south, near Inchbroom. The rocky promontory is recorded in the Chartulary of Moray as Holyman's Head and it is said that Gervadius (St Gerardine as he became known in later times) would walk around the headland with a flaming torch to warn ships away from the dangerous rocks. Even today the Halliman Skerries retain the reference to St Gervadius. He died in 934 AD and his cave became a place of pilgrimage right up to the 16th Century. The cave was eventually quarried out. Download high resolution version (1344x915, 810 KB)Ptolemys 150 CE World Map (redrawn in the 15th century). ... Download high resolution version (1344x915, 810 KB)Ptolemys 150 CE World Map (redrawn in the 15th century). ... This article is about the geographer, mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy. ... This article is about the archaic name for Great Britain. ... The River Lossie (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Losaidh) is a river in north east Scotland. ... St Gervadius (also known as Garnat; Garnet; Gerardin; Gerardine; Gernard; Gernardius; Gervardius ) Saints Day 8 November Biography Gervadius was a hermit at Kenedor (present day Kinneddar, Lossiemouth, Moray) and Holymans Head where his cave survived into the 19th century. ...

The settlement at the river mouth is significant particularly in its relationship with the Royal Burgh of Elgin. An argument between Alexander Bur, Bishop of Moray and John Dunbar, 4th Earl of Moray was documented in 1383 regarding the ‘ownership’ of the port of ‘Losey’. This document mentions that Losey was commonly known to fall within the limits of the episcopal estates. The Bishop’s description of the port suggests that it was well downstream from his fishing station at Spynie. It seems likely, therefore to look upon Losey as not merely a fishing station but as a trading port that the Elgin Burgesses used as a counterbalance to the Royal Burgh of Forres's trading port of Findhorn. The dispute with the Earl of Moray went further. That same year of 1383, the Earl wrote to the Elgin burgesses offering them the use of his port at the mouth of the River Spey with no duties in an attempt to take trade from the Bishop. The port and fishery was mentioned again in 1551. A Royal Burgh is a type of Scottish burgh (town or city), used today for ceremonial purposes only. ... The Bishop of Moray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Moray in northern Scotland, one of Scotlands 13 medieval bishoprics. ... The title Earl of Moray (pronounced Murry) has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland. ... Suenos Stone in Forres The Royal Burgh of Forres (Gaelic: Farrais), an ancient burgh, is situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast. ... Findhorn is a village in Moray, Scotland. ...

The loch and the river became separated c.1600. A succession of storms built banks of sand and boulders that eventually closed off the sea entrance. To avoid flooding it is documented that, in 1609, the post-Reformation Protestant Bishop, Alexander Douglas took steps to exclude the River Lossie from the loch. Evidence of a sudden and unnatural looking right-angled bend between Caysbriggs and Inchbroom may indicate the location of this diversion. The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      This article...

Modern Lossiemouth has its origins in five separate communities that in time grew into one. These were Kinneddar, Stotfield, Seatown, Lossiemouth and finally, Branderburgh; the most ancient of these are Kinneddar and Stotfield.

Kinneddar

The mercat cross for Kinneddar village. Unknown age.

Kinneddar has now disappeared as a ferm toun, however an old farmhouse still retains its name and is probably its location. A Pictish settlement occupied the area and large numbers of carved stones, now held in Elgin Museum, were found. These stones date the settlement to around the 8th or 9th Century. Pictish crosses were found in or near the cemetery and indicate the presence of a Christian establishment. Early documented references to the settlement refer to it as Kenedor dating it to the 10th Century; it may, of course, have been a continuation of the original Pictish religious community. Saint Gervadius (Gerardine) is referred to as "Gervadius of Kenedor" and may have been part of this community, establishing his cell in the cave just to the northeast. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1932x2576, 1365 KB) The mercat cross for Kinneddar village. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1932x2576, 1365 KB) The mercat cross for Kinneddar village. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... This page is about the title, office or what is known in Christian theology as the Divine Person. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Bishop Richard is known to have resided at Kinneddar and for that period, it became the cathedral church of the diocese. However maps dating from the early 1500s clearly show this farming community as King Edward.^[2] It is unlikely, though, that this community took its name from King Edward I of England, The Hammer of the Scots, even though Edward travelled twice to this area to demonstrate his grip over the country; the most likely explanation is that the early cartographers took the local pronunciation of Kinneddar as King Edward and recorded it as such. He is known to have stayed in Elgin for four days in late July 1296 and it was during this sojourn into Scotland that he removed the Stone of Scone (Stone of Destiny) from Scone Palace and had it placed in a wooden chair at Westminster Abbey. He again stayed in Elgin for two days in September 1303 and then camped at Kinloss Abbey from the 13th of September till the 4th of October. Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), popularly known as Longshanks[1], also as Edward the Lawgiver or the English Justinian because of his legal reforms, and as Hammer of the Scots,[2] achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and tried to do the same to Scotland. ... The Stone of Scone, (pronounced scoon) also commonly known as the Stone of Destiny or the Coronation Stone (though the former name sometimes refers to Lia Fáil) is a block of sandstone historically kept at the now-ruined abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... Kinloss Abbey. ...

At that time the castle at Kinneddar, along with those at Elgin and Duffus, was left under the control of English garrisons. In 1308, Robert the Bruce, taking advantage of King Edward II's preoccupation with matters in England and France, started capturing and usually destroying castles that were either English garrisoned or controlled throughout Scotland. Joined by an army provided by David de Moravia, the Bishop of Moray, Bruce burned the castles of Inverness and Nairn before seizing and burning Kinneddar castle. He attacked Elgin castle only to be twice repulsed before finally succeeding. King Edward had the Bishop ex-communicated causing him to flee to Norway only to return after Edward's death. Robert I, King of Scots, usually known as Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329, reigned 1306 – 1329), was, according to a modern biographer (Geoffrey Barrow), a great hero who lived in a minor country. ... Edward II, (April 25, 1284 – October, 1327), of Caernarvon, was king of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. ... The Bishop of Moray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Moray in northern Scotland, one of Scotlands 13 medieval bishoprics. ...

Kinneddar village was still sizable in the early 19th century but dwindled away with the building of the new Lossiemouth, just to the east.

Stotfield

Stotfield houses on Tulloch's Brae

The early maps, some dating back to the early 16th century, clearly show Stotfield (some maps, name the settlement as Stotfold or Stodfauld). The name Stotfold means in Old English, 'horse fold'. The fact that the name is a form of English and not derived from Pictish or Gaelic names suggests that incomers settled the area. King David I introduced settlers from other parts of the kingdom as a way of reducing the powers of the lords who had ruled large territories as independent provinces. Indeed, King David put down a rebellion by the Mormaer of Moray in 1130 and it is possible that Stotfield dated from shortly after this event. The English speaking inhabitants of the Lothians would most likely have been the chosen settlers. It is notable that the people inhabiting the Lothians were Angles (formally part of the Kingdom of Northumbria). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2532x1899, 921 KB) Taken by Bill Reid. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2532x1899, 921 KB) Taken by Bill Reid. ... The Pictish language is the extinct language of the Picts, in what is now Scotland. ... Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... King David I (or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim), known as the Saint (1084 – May 24, 1153), was king of Scotland from 1124 until his death, and the youngest son of Malcolm Canmore and of Saint Margaret (sister of Edgar Ætheling). ... The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray (Middle Irish: Muireb or Moreb; Medieval Latin: Muref or Moravia; Modern Gaelic:Moireabh) was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130. ... Lothian (Lowden in Scots, Lodainn in Gaelic) forms a traditional region of Scotland, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills. ... White cliffs of Dover in England White cliffs of Rugen down the Baltic coast from Schleswig The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestor of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig, Germany. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of a petty kingdom of Angles which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, from two smaller kingdoms of Bernicia and Diera, and...

In the Middle Ages, Stotfield was primarily a farm hamlet with small scale fishing being carried out. The fishing gradually became more important and the population specialised into farm workers and fishermen. Subsistence was hard but at least it was relatively easy, in this case, for farm and sea food to be bartered. However, the religious strictures introduced following the Reformation impacted upon the community, especially the fishers. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...

The raised ground within Kinneddar Cemetery (the Aul Cimetry) where the kirk stood, and where the Stotfield and Covesea fishermen were rebuked

The minutes from the Kinneddar Parish Kirk Session clearly show that the ancient superstitions were at least as important to them as observance of church niceties: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 891 KB) Raised area where the old Kinneddar Parish Church was. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 891 KB) Raised area where the old Kinneddar Parish Church was. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...

"17 Aprilis 1670 After Sermon the Session Assembling &c. The said day the fishers of Stotefold & Cousea being remitted from ye Presbetry to this Church discipline for satisfaction of yr (their) great & gross scandall & Idolatrous custome in burning torches on ye new years even The Presbetry having ordained y' (that) those psons mor in accession in this transgression yn (than) oyrs (others)satisfy ye discipline in Sacco And oyra (others) according to the arbitrement of ye Sessione. The Session do yrfore (therefore) ordain John Edward in Stotefold to satisfy in Sacco on day & to pay 20s^[3]James Jafray in Cousea to satisfy in the Joges two dayes, Wm Innes Wm Hesbein Thomas Edward & John Thome all of ym (them) to testify yr(their) Repentance by standing at ye pillar And ilk ane of ym (them ) to pay 20s Alexr Innes owner of ye Boats of Stotefold, Wm Young owner of ye boats of Cousea each of ym (them) are ordained to pay 4 libs (pounds). In regard that they had not restrained this abuse Conform to yr (their) engagement before ye Presbetry in Ano 66 (year 1666) The fors (four) psons (persons) all of y snd Compeiring yr (their)sentence being intimated unto ym (them) they accepting & submitting to disciplin were sharpely rebuked exhorted to serious Repentance & enjoyned to satisfy conform to ye ordinance The next Lords day." Þþ Thorn, or þorn (Þ, þ), is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ...

But the practices continued and, 35 years later, the minutes from the session records stated:

"23 Dec 1705 Also after sermon ye min1' (the minister) did guard ye Seamen to beware of ye old Heathenish superstitious practice of carrieing of lighted Clevies or torches about yr boats on new years even certifieing all that should be found any manner of way to concurr with or contribute to ye said work—should be put in ye hands of ye civill magistrate."

This is interesting because it shows that the power to fine parishioners had by then been removed and put in the hands of magistrates.

Parish records from Duffus Kirk show that similar experiences were happening at Brughsea (Burghead)^[4]. It is apparent, therefore, that Clavie burning was carried out in the three fisher towns of Brughsea, Causie (Covesea) and Stotefold (Stotfield). It is unlikely that this practice would have been restricted to the three Morayshire locations and that it would have been more widespread. Burghead still burns a ceremonial clavie on the eve of the old new year but is no longer associated with fishing boats. A puzzling date for the modern ceremony as the 17th Century ones were held on the 31st of December.

Stotfield fishing disaster Burning the clavie is an ancient Scottish custom still observed at Burghead, Scotland, a fishing village on the Moray Firth, near Forres. ...

Main article: Stotfield fishing disaster

The Stotfield fishing disaster struck on Christmas Day 1806. The severity of this tragedy had an enormous effect upon the Stotfield community when every single able bodied male in the village perished in a huge storm. The folk memory of it is still retained among the fishermen of Lossiemouth. The Stotfield fishing disaster was the first of several fishing disasters of the 19th century on the east coast of Scotland. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Seatown

Seatown - click to enlarge

The Seatown was established at the end of the 17th Century when the old port at Spynie became landlocked. A succession of storms had built up large shingle banks to block the outlet of Loch Spynie to the sea. The merchants of Elgin decided that a new harbour that could berth larger trading vessels at the river mouth was required. The fishermen didn't use the new pier however but continued to sail their boats up to the beach at the Seatown. Seatown is called The Toonie by its inhabitants and sometimes referred to as the Dogwall. This was a reference to dog-skins that were dried here before being turned into floats for nets.
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Lossiemouth

Lossiemouth first harbour built c.1765

In 1685, the Elgin burgh council called upon a German engineer, Peter Brauss, to look at the viability of providing a harbour at the mouth of the River Lossie; he decided that a harbour could be established. The first efforts at the beginning of the 18th Century looked to have failed but by 1764, the new jetty had been built at a cost of £1200^[5]. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 1015 KB) The first harbour at Lossie c. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 1015 KB) The first harbour at Lossie c. ...

At the time that the new river mouth harbour was being constructed, so too was a more planned development laid out in streets running parallel and right angles to each other. An open square with a cross separated the first settlement from the new. The fishers occupied the houses at the Seatown and the builders, craftsmen and merchants in the new Lossiemouth. Later, a canal cut to drain Loch Spynie, would present a physical barrier to the two communities and entered the River Lossie in this area.

Branderburgh

The Branderburgh Harbours at Lossie - click to enlarge

By the early 1800s, the river harbour was busy but its long-term future was unsustainable and meant that a new solution was sought. In 1834, a Stotfield and Lossiemouth Harbour Company was formed to look into building a new harbour at Stotfield Point. That same year, The Inverness Courier carried the following: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2576x1932, 915 KB) Summary Taken By Bill Reid Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2576x1932, 915 KB) Summary Taken By Bill Reid Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...

"A paragraph is quoted from an Elgin paper under the heading "unexampled economy worthy of imitation." The two senior bailies of the burgh went on behalf of the town to Lossiemouth to meet the gentlemen appointed to stake off the ground for a proposed new harbour. The worthy Magistrates walked the whole distance, five miles out and five miles home, and only spent one shilling!^[6] This expenditure consisted of sixpence for whisky and the other sixpence to the waiter."

Nearest: the canal exit to the R. Lossie. Middle:the original Lossiemouth. Top: Branderburgh

The construction of the new harbour was carried out between 1837 and 1839 but initially in a relatively small form. The beginning of the building process was marked by a ceremony and reported in the Inverness Courier as follows, Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 1146 KB) Taken by Bill Reid File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1932, 1146 KB) Taken by Bill Reid File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

"The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the inner basin of the new harbour at Stotfield Point, Lossiemouth, took place on the 15th inst [June]. The stone was laid by Lieut. Colonel James Brander of Pitgaveny, the proprietor of the site, with the assistance of the Trinity Lodge of Freemasons, and in presence of the Chairman and shareholders of the Harbour Company, and representatives of the burgh of Elgin."

This was the beginning of the final phase of building that was to become Branderburgh. However, by 1858, the basin had been enlarged further and deepened to 16 feet at spring tides. This encouraged many fishing families from up and down the coast to move to the town. The harbour as well as having a large herring fleet by now, also shared the available space with trading ships. This prompted the now renamed Elgin and Lossiemouth Harbour Company to build a new second basin at a cost of £18,000^[7]. This basin was intended solely for fishing boats and opened in 1860.

Branderburgh, with its characteristic wide streets, continued to push its boundaries westward and by the early 1900s finally joined with Stotfield. A substantial amount of sandstone was quarried from the east side of the town to accommodate this rapid house building project. When Lossiemouth and Branderburgh became a police burgh in 1890, the town became mainly known as Lossiemouth, or more commonly – Lossie.

Fishing boats

Main article: Scottish east coast fishery

The boats used at Stotfield, Seatown and finally Branderburgh were the same as those found across the entire Scottish east coast fishery. Chronologically, these were the two masted luggers, the Skaffies, Fifies and Zulus; then the powered Steam Drifters and Seine Netters. The Scottish east coast fishery has been in existence for more than a thousand years, spanning the Viking period right up to the present day. ...

• The Skaffie appeared at the beginning of the 19th Century. These boats were initially small so that they could be easily beached but later versions were heavier when large harbours became prevalent. Their stems were rounded and had raked sterns.
• The Fifie was the predominant fishing boat on the east coast from the 1850s until the mid-1880s. The Fifies main features were the vertical stem and stern. Fifies built from 1860 onwards were all decked and from 1870s onwards the bigger boats were built with carvel planking, i.e. the planks were laid edge to edge instead of the overlapping clinker style of previous boats. Some boats were built up to about 70 feet in length and were very fast.
• The Zulu took its name from the Zulu war that was raging in South Africa at the time. Lossiemouth fisherman William 'Dad' Campbell was the first to introduce this form of fishing boat. His boat, the Nonesuch, had the characteristic vertical stem and steeply raking stern. The Zulu Boats rapidly became very popular in Lossiemouth and then along the whole of the east coast. Because these boats were ultimately very big and fast, they could reach the fishing grounds quickly and return with the catch equally fast.
• The Steam Drifters, so called because just like the Fifies and Zulus, they used drift nets. They were large boats, usually 80-90 feet in length with a beam of around 20 feet. Steam drifters had many advantages. They were usually about 20ft longer than the sailing vessels so they could carry more nets and catch more fish. This was important because the market was growing quickly at the beginning of the 20th century. They could travel faster and further and with greater freedom from weather, wind and tide. Because less time was spent travelling to and from the fishing grounds, more time could be spent fishing. However they did have disadvantages. They were expensive to build and run and as the herring fishery declined they became too expensive to operate.
• The Seine Netters initially were converted Fifies and Zulus. From 1906, petrol and paraffin engines began to be installed, initially for auxiliary power. However, as more powerful engines became available, sails (apart from the mizzen sail) were dispensed with. Danish seine net boats were landing huge quantities of plaice and other white fish at English east coast ports. Lossiemouth fishermen noted this and a few decided to use the seine net. It was obvious that this would be successful, but they were still hampered by the design and cost of the majority steam boats. John Campbell, nephew of William Campbell who designed the first Zulu boat, saw that a new design was needed to accommodate the large amounts of white fish that could be caught. His boat, the Marigold, did very well and over a short period the entire fleet (the first in Scotland) converted to the seine net.

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Main article: Morayshire Railway

The Morayshire Railway - click to enlarge

The Morayshire Railway was officially opened at ceremonies in Elgin and Branderburgh on 10 August 1852, the steam engines having been delivered to Lossie by sea. It was the first railway north of Aberdeen and initially travelled only the 5½ miles between Lossie and Elgin but later extended south to Craigellachie. The Lossie – Elgin section had three stops; the Rifle Range Halt, Greens of Drainie and Linksfield. The Great North of Scotland Railway took over the working of the line in 1863 and bought the company in 1881 following the Morayshire Railway's return from crippling debt back to solvency. The railway and harbour became very important to the economy of both Lossie and Moray. It was the Morayshire Railway that persuaded Col Brander, of Pitgaveny, to build the bridge from the Seatown to the east beach to encourage more day tripping in the summer months The Morayshire Railway was the first railway to be built north of Aberdeen, in Scotland, and was officially opened on the 10 August 1852. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (786x1120, 105 KB) Drawn by myself using CorelDraw I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (786x1120, 105 KB) Drawn by myself using CorelDraw I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. ...

Timeline

Note: From early maps, Stotfield is known to exist in 1500s (see National Library of Scotland) but is probably older. Kinneddar is referenced in the 10th Century. [3]

Geography and geology

Satellite image of Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth, The R. Lossie, Lossie Forest to the SE, RAF Lossiemouth to the SW and the Laich o' Moray to the S.

The town is positioned at 57°43′26″N, 03°17′20″W (NJ2320771191). It sits on the most northerly point of the south coast of the Moray Firth, at the mouth of the River Lossie. To the west of the town are a sandy beach, golf links and the Royal Air Force station, RAF Lossiemouth. The south-east of Lossiemouth is characterised by sand dunes on a beach which separates the River Lossie from the sea. Lossie Forest is a large pine forest that starts on the town's south-east boundary and the river splits it into two sections. The south side of the town is joined by the fertile plains of the Laich o' Moray. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (992x653, 1129 KB) NASA World Wind 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (992x653, 1129 KB) NASA World Wind 1. ... The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular area of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness. ... The River Lossie (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Losaidh) is a river in north east Scotland. ... RAF redirects here. ... RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. ...

A large part of the town is built on the Coulard Hill which consists of pale grey and yellow sandstones and with these is associated a cherty and calcareous band, known as 'the cherty rock of Stotfield' . This rock is a form of silica that contains micro-crystalline quartz. Also in the calcareous band of the Stotfield rock there is limestone with nodular masses of flint, crystals of galena (lead ore) and iron pyrites. The quarry on the east side of the town that produced the stone for the building of Branderburgh produced the largest variety and total numbers of fossil reptiles from the late Triassic Period to have been found in the UK. This was a total of eight species and 97 individuals; five of the species are unique to Lossiemouth, one of which is an early form of dinosaur. This quarry is ranked as one of Britain's most important fossil bearing locations of this period. For other uses, see Fossil (disambiguation). ... Reptilia redirects here. ... The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 ± 0. ... Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ...

Climate

Lossiemouth experiences a maritime temperate climate with generally cool summers and mild winters, and a relatively small annual temperature range. This is due to the sea which has a much higher heat capacity than soil and rock. Seawater takes longer to warm up in summer, but once heated it retains its energy long after the surrounding land has cooled down, helping to moderate the climate. The British Isles has its prevailing wind from the southwest blowing over the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream, or more correctly, the North Atlantic Drift ocean current. This allows the air masses to pick up considerable amounts of moisture and, in Scotland, to deposit most of it on the western sides of the mountain ranges. The air that reaches the east coast is considerably drier which accounts for Lossiemouth's relatively low rainfall pattern. This article describes the archipelago in north-western Europe. ... For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ... Schematic of the worlds ocean currents. ...

Mean monthly temperatures (click to enlarge)

Mean monthly rainfall and rain days (click to enlarge)

Source: http://uk.weather.com/

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Demographics

Lossiemouth's population in 1901 was 3904
Source: Moray Council from 2001 Census data

Economy

Lossiemouth is heavily dependent on the Royal Air Force station for its employment of civilians. In 2005, RAF Lossiemouth along with its neighbour RAF Kinloss contributed £156.5 million (including civilian expenditure) to the Moray economy, of which £76.6 million was retained and spent locally. The bases are responsible for providing, directly or indirectly, 21 per cent of all employment in the area. RAF redirects here. ... RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. ... RAF Kinloss is an Royal Air Force station on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. ... Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

Before the RAF, fishing was almost the sole industrialised process in Lossiemouth but now contributes very little to the overall economy; in 2001, fishing accounted for 1.62% (55 individuals) of the full-time employment of Lossiemouth. However, some engineering businesses once associated with fishing still exist in the town. Unlike other sizable towns in the area, Lossiemouth has not attracted the large supermarket groups due to its proximity to Elgin which also provides employment to a significant proportion of the working population.

Source: Highland & Islands Enterprise & Moray Council

Transport

Three roads converge on the town. The A941 connects to Elgin, while the B9103 joins the A96 (main Inverness to Aberdeen route) and the B9040 which connects to Hopeman and Burghead. There is a regular bus service to and from Elgin. Burghead (Scottish Gaelic: or Ceann Bhuirgh) is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. ...

The nearest railway station is at Elgin and offers services every 90 to 120 minutes to both Inverness (circa 50 minutes travel time) and Aberdeen (circa 90 minutes travel time), which in turn provide services to the rest of the UK. The former Morayshire Railway line to Elgin was closed to passenger traffic in 1964 and goods in 1966. The former railway route has been turned into a footpath, and the edge of the station platform is visible in the main car park near the harbour. Elgin railway station is a railway station serving the town of Elgin, Moray in Scotland. ... This article is about the city in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... The Morayshire Railway was the first railway to be built north of Aberdeen, in Scotland, and was officially opened on the 10 August 1852. ...

Similarly, Inverness Airport (36 miles / 58 km) and Aberdeen Airport (62 miles / 101 km) offer a wide range of destinations. Inverness Airport (IATA: INV, ICAO: EGPE) is situated at Dalcross, 9 miles (15 km) east of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. ... For the airport in Aberdeen, South Dakota, see Aberdeen Regional Airport. ...

Politics

National governments

• Lossiemouth is in the Moray (Westminster) constituency of the The United Kingdom Parliament which returns a Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons,[4] at Westminster.

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• Lossiemouth is in the Moray constituency of the The Scottish Parliament[5] which has slightly different boundaries to the UK Parliament constituency of the same name. The constituency returns a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) to Holyrood and is part of the Highlands and Islands electoral region.

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Local government

see also Moray council election, 2007

• Lossiemouth is part of The Moray Council and elects its four representatives as part of the Heldon and Laich ward. As of May 3 2007, these are John Hogg, Eric McGillivray, David Stewart and Allan Wright.

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Education

Primary

• St Gerardine’s Primary School
• Hythehill Primary School

Secondary

• Lossiemouth High School is located in the south west by the playing fields. Adjacent to the school is the swimming pool and community centre with a playschool. Lossie High serves the Burghsea area: Lossiemouth, Hopeman, Burghead, Cummingston and Duffus including rural areas. The feeder primaries are Hythehill, St. Gerardine's, Hopeman and Burghead. There are over 700 pupils separated into four houses; Covesea, Kinnedar, Pitgaveny and Spynie.

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Further

• Ecosse Performers College is located at 56 High Street.

Religion

The following religious denominations have places of worship in Lossiemouth:

Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland (CofS; Scottish Gaelic: ), known informally by its pre-Union Scots name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. ...

• St Gerardine's High, Drainie Parish Church, St Gerardines Road
• St James’ Church, Prospect Terrace

United Free Church of Scotland The United Free Church of Scotland (or ‘U.F. Church’) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (or U.P.) and the Free Church of Scotland, which in turn united with the Church of Scotland in 1929. ...

• United Free Church, St Gerardines Road

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• Lossiemouth Baptist Church, King Street

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• Gospel Hall, James Street

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• St Margaret’s Church, Stotfield Road

Roman Catholic Catholic Church redirects here. ...

• St Columba's Church, Union Street

Culture and leisure

The marina occupying the Old Harbour - click to enlarge

The 18th fairway at Moray golf Club, Lossiemouth

• Lossiemouth Cruising Club The Marina, Pitgaveny Quay
• Moray Golf Club, Stotfield Road. The club has two 18 hole courses.
• The Warehouse Theatre, Pitgaveny Quay
• Lossiemouth Fisheries and Community Museum, Pitgaveny Quay
• Lossiemouth Folk Club
• Lossiemouth Bowling Club, St Gerardines Road
• Public Library, Town Hall Lane
• Swimming pool, adjacent to Lossiemouth High School

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Sport

The town's main football club is Lossiemouth F.C., and play in the Scot-Ads Highland League. The club play their home games at Grant Park, but have a history of finishing down the bottom end of the league. It has, though, won several trophies in recent seasons, including the Highland League Cup and several North of Scotland Cups. The town's junior football club is Lossiemouth United. RAF Lossiemouth also has a junior football club. In addition, the station has a rugby union and a cricket club that play in their respective North of Scotland leagues and a rugby league side that plays in the Scotland Rugby League as the Moray Eels; most station teams also play in their respective RAF competitions. The Moray Golf Club is the town's golf club and has two courses, the Old Course established in 1889, designed by Old Tom Morris who predicted that it would become the best in the north,^[8] and the 18 hole New Course, designed by Sir Henry Cotton, opened in 1979. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... Rugby league football (usually shortened to rugby league, football, league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ... The Scotland Rugby League is the governing body for rugby league in Scotland. ... RAF is an three letter acronym for: Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry) Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia Rapid Action Force in India Računarski Fakultet RAF... Moray Golf Club Moray Golf Club is situated in Lossiemouth (on the south coast of the Moray Firth), Moray, Scotland. ... Tom Morris, Sr. ...

Language

The dialect of the Scots language spoken in Lossiemouth was closely related to the Doric dialect that was prevalent in Aberdeenshire. Just as the Doric is in decline, however, so it is in Lossiemouth. The reasons for this include the demise of Lossiemouth as a fishing port where its fishermen used Scots extensively. In fishing towns such as Peterhead and Fraserburgh, Scots is still widely spoken. In Lossiemouth, though, the high level of employment at the RAF station and a large population of non-Scots (nearly 25%) coupled with the influence of television has hastened this decline. Quite a lot of the words still remain in use but on the whole, Scottish English is increasingly spoken among the indigenous population. This article is about the Anglic language of Scotland. ... Doric is the name given to the dialect of Lowland Scots spoken in the north-east of Scotland. ... Logo of Aberdeenshire Council Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Scottish English is usually taken to mean the standard form of the English language used in Scotland, often termed Scottish Standard English. ...

Twin town

• Hersbruck in Bavaria, Germany since 1972.

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Notable Lossie-ites

• James Ramsay MacDonald First British Labour Prime Minister (1866 - 1937)
• Malcolm John MacDonald Labour MP, Minister, diplomat and author (1901 - 1981)
• Sergeant Alexander Edwards, VC, cooper and soldier (1885 - 1918)
• Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC PC DL Soldier, diplomat, Conservative MP, Cabinet Minister and Peer (1921 - 2005)
• Stewart Imlach Professional Footballer, Internationalist (1932 - 2001)
• David West, RSW Watercolour artist, gold prospector, sailor (1868 - 1936)
• Meg Farquhar First female professional golfer in Britain (1910 - ?)
• John Garden Baptist minister, Australian politician and founder member of Australian Communist Party (1882 - 1968)
• George Fraser Leading hybridizer of rhododendrons in British Columbia, Canada
• Sir Alex Smith Former Head of Advanced Research, Rolls-Royce (1922 - ?)
• Peter Kerr Jazz musician, farmer, record producer and author

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Gallery

Ocean Gleaner (returning after a refit)	East Beach (from Prospect Terrace) - taken 1983	View of R. Lossie taken 2006 -note how dunes have grown in 23 years	Stotfield
First harbour at the mouth of R. Lossie	Seatown and canal	The golf course (two 18 hole courses)	Lossiemouth Harbour (East basin)

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Snippets

Two Royal Navy vessels, both named after the River Lossie, were involved in rescues following torpedo sinkings during the Second World War. This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... The River Lossie (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Losaidh) is a river in north east Scotland. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

• HMS Lossie, a River class frigate, was patrolling in the Indian Ocean. On the 29 June 1944, the freighter Nellore was sunk and a week later HMS Lossie picked up 112 crewmen including the captain near the Chagos Archipelago and landed them at Addu Atoll.
• HMS River Lossie (requisitioned Aberdeen drifter A332) picked up the master and 41 crew members of the merchant ship Cairnmona off Rattray Head on 30 October 1939 after she was sunk by a German U-boat while in a convoy bound from Montreal to Leith and Newcastle.

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Footnotes

1. ^ Romans in Moray: Keillar, Ian
2. ^ National Library of Scotland [1]
3. ^ 20 shillings (Scots) in 1670 was worth about £10 in 2005; £1 (English) = £12 (Scots)
4. ^ The letters "r" and "u" were transposed in later times but the local name for Burghead, ie the "Broch", can clearly be identified in the ancient spelling (Brughsea)
5. ^ £1200 in 1764 was worth about £125,000 in 2005
6. ^ One shilling in 1834 was worth about £3.70 in 2005; the whisky was cheap but that's a big tip to the waiter!
7. ^ £18,000 in 1860 was worth about £1.1 million in 2005
8. ^ McConachie, John: The Moray Golf Club, Elgin, 1988, p. 56

Source for money calculations at - [6]

References

• Romans in Moray: Keillar, Ian ISBN
• Spynie Palace and the Bishops of Moray: Lewis, John H ISBN
• Archaeological Data Service: http://ads.ahds.ac.uk
• The Permo-Triassic sandstones of Morayshire, Scotland: Ogilvie, Glennie and Hopkins
• SCRAN: http://www.scran.ac.uk
• A Vision of Britain: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk

External links

• Census data
• grid reference NJ232711
• Map of Lossiemouth
• Lossiefowk (Local website and forum)

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Ballindalloch Castle (also known as The Pearl of the North) is a castle between Dufftown and Grantown-on-Spey, in the Moray region of Scotland. ... , Branderburgh is a village in Moray, Scotland. ... , Cluny Harbour, Buckie, with town in background Buckie (Gaelic: Bucaidh) is a burgh town of about 8,100 inhabitants on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland in Moray. ... Burghead (Scottish Gaelic: or Ceann Bhuirgh) is a burgh in Moray, Scotland. ... , Cabrach is a village in Moray, Scotland. ... Fahan Clochans on the slopes of Mount Eagle, Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland A Clochan is drystone hut with a corbelled roof, dating from the early middle ages. ... Craigellachie (Gaelic: Creag Eileachaidh) is a small village in Moray, Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and River Fiddich (whose valley or Glen gives the name to the famous Scotch whisky Glenfiddich), in walking distance of the town of Aberlour. ... The Royal Burgh of Cullen (Gaelic: Inbhir Cuilinn) is a burgh in Moray, Scotland, on the North Sea coast 20 miles east of Elgin. ... Cummingston is a small town between the villages of Burghead and Hopeman on the Moray Firth, in north east Scotland. ... Dallas Village looking South West along the central road, with the hill of Mill Buie in the background Dallas (Scottish Gaelic: Dalais meaning valley of water) is a small rural village in Moray, Scotland, south west of Elgin. ... Not to be confused with Drummore, south Scotland Drummuir (Gaelic: Druim Iubhair) is a small village in Scotland, in the traditional county of Banffshire, and in the Moray council area. ... Dufftown is a burgh in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. ... Duffus is a village in Moray, Scotland, centred on a Mercat Cross. ... For other uses, see Elgin. ... Findhorn is a village in Moray, Scotland. ... Findochty is a village in Scotland. ... Fochabers is a village in the Moray region of North-East of Scotland, not far from the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the bank of the river Spey. ... Suenos Stone in Forres The Royal Burgh of Forres (Gaelic: Farrais), an ancient burgh, is situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast. ... Fogwatt is a small village near Elgin, in Moray, Scotland. ... Garmouth is a village in Moray, north east Scotland. ... Hopeman is a small, seaside village in Moray, Scotland. ... Ianstown is a small village on the Moray Firth in Scotland. ... St. ... Kingston is a small village in Moray, Scotland. ... Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. ... St. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Maggieknockater (Magh an Fhùcadair in Scottish Gaelic) is a hamlet on the A95 road in Scotland in the administrative region of Moray, in the former county of Banffshire. ... Mosstodloch is a small village in Moray, Scotland, lying on the A96 between Fochabers and Elgin on the west bank of the River Spey. ... // St. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Portknockie is a coastal village on the Moray Firth in northeastern Scotland, halfway between Aberdeen and Inverness. ... Rafford is a village in Moray, Scotland. ... Rothes is a village in Moray, Scotland, south of Elgin and on the banks of the River Spey. ... Rothiemay is a beautiful mill town village about an hours drive from Aberdeen, in Scotland. ... Spey Bay is a small settlement in Moray, Scotland. ... Tomintoul is a village in the old county of Banffshire, now subsumed within Moray council. ... Unthank is a village in Moray, Scotland. ... Urquhart is a small village in Moray, Scotland. ...