Map sources for Wemyss Bay at grid reference NS195695

Wemyss Bay is a village on the East Coast of the Firth of Clyde in the district of Inverclyde, Scotland. It is the port for ferries to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Passengers from the island can connect to Glasgow by train, which terminate in the village at a truly magnificent station, with a notable clock tower. It was designed by James Millar in 1903 for the Caledonian Railway and the interior is an unforgettable essay in glass, steel and curves. It is Scotland's finest railway building. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 134 KB) Usage is: {{GBthumb|135|132|OV000000}} File links The following pages link to this file: Slough Rothwell, West Yorkshire Saltaire Shipley, West Yorkshire Slaithwaite Wallsend Inverurie Mersea Island Laugharne, Wales Tardebigge Hamble-le-Rice Sandgate, Kent Broadway, Worcestershire Brean Down User:RHaworth/sandbox... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Firth of Clyde is the estuary of the River Clyde, from its upper tidal limit in Glasgow city centre to the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Inverclyde (Inbhir Chluaidh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) (Scots: Wha daur meddle wi me) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The town of Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the county of Bute, Scotland. ... Bute shown within Argyll and Bute Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... The Caledonian Railway was a Scottish Railway company which was grouped in to the London Midland and Scottish Railway by the Railways Act 1921 in 1923. ...

The port is very exposed, so in high winds the ferries must travel up river to Gourock to dock. Gourock (Guireag in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Inverclyde, Scotland. ...

History

Wemyss Bay was created in the early 19th century as a 'marine village' and watering-place by Robert Wallace of Kelly, whose lands were adjacent to the bay. The opening of the railway connection in 1865 brought even grander houses. Among the village's notable residents included Sir George Burns, who with Samuel Cunard founded the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (later the Cunard Line), and his son John (later 1st Baron Inverclyde) who lived at Castle Wemyss, which stood high on Wemyss Point above the bay itself. Enlarged and redesigned in 1860 by Robert William Billings, Castle Wemyss played host to some of the most notable figures of the day, including the novelist Anthony Trollope, the explorer Henry Morton Stanley and the Emperor Haile Selassie. Alan, 4th Baron Inverclyde was briefly married to the actress June, who was one the earliest leading ladies for Alfred Hitchcock in the film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog in 1927. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Wallace (1773 - 1855) UK electoral franchise reformer and agitator for postal service reform; elected to Westminster Parliament as the member for Greenock, Scotland in 1832. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Sir George Burns (December 10, 1795 - June 2, 1890) was a Scottish shipping magnate. ... Sir Samuel Cunard (November 21, 1787 – April 28, 1865) was a Canadian-born British shipping magnate. ... The Cunard Line is the British cruise line that operates the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) and RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) cruise ships. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robert William Billings (1813 - 14 November 1874) was a London-born Victorian era painter and architect. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815–December 6, 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... {POV} Sir Henry Morton Stanley (orginal name John Rowlands and also known as Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks) in Congo) (January 29, 1841 – May 10, 1904) was a 19th-century, Welsh-born American journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. ... Haile Selassie Haile Selassie (Power of Trinity) (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) was the last Emperor (1930–1936; 1941–1974) of Ethiopia, and is a religious symbol in the Rastafarian movement. ... June Tripp (June 11, 1901-January 14, 1945), sometimes known just by her screen name, June, was a British actress, who made a handful of films, mostly in the silent era. ... Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a British-American film director closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. ... The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog often just called The Lodger was a 1927 silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It is reputed that Anthony Trollope wrote part of Barchester Towers whilst at Wemyss Bay and that 'Portray Castle' in The Eustace Diamonds was based on Castle Wemyss. Barchester Towers is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1857. ... The Eustace Diamonds is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1871 as a serial in the Fortnightly Review. ...

A memorial on the shore road recalls 'The Gaiter Club', whose members included Trollope, Lord Kelvin, Viscount Palmerston and the Earl of Shaftesbury. William Thomson, Archbishop of York, has the same name as this man. ... Viscount Palmerston was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on March 12, 1723. ... The title of Earl of Shaftesbury was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II. Lord Shaftesbury holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Ashley, of Wimborne St Giles in the County of Dorset (1661...

Neither Castle Wemyss nor James Salmon's Wemyss House remain, having been demolished in the 1980s and 1940s respectively. Also gone is J.J. Burnet's episcopal Inverclyde Church, which stood on the shore road. However several fine red sandstone properties remain, thankfully now seen as renovation, rather than demolition, opportunities. Jump to: navigation, search James Salmon (1805-1888) was a Scottish architect, active chiefly in Glasgow and the west of Scotland. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... The word episcopal is derived from the Greek επισκοπος epískopos, which literally means overseer; the word, however, is used in religious contexts to refer to a bishop. ...

Further Reading

Walter Smart's Skelmorlie (1968) provides a good account of both Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie. Gourock, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay from Old Photographs (1981) and Gourock, Inverkip and Wemyss Bay in Old Picture Postcards (1998) are also of interest. Unfortunately, all are currently out of print. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

External links

• Wemyss Bay local website