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Banffshire Maritime and Heritage Association


Back to the Sea.

Welcome to the Banffshire Maritime and Heritage Association web pages.

The association was founded in 2003 as the Banffshire Maritime Heritage Association, with a purpose to record and preserve items of our maritime heritage.  However in 2008 the name was changed to the Banffshire Maritime And Heritage Association, which the management committee felt better reflected the work of our members.

18th May 2009 we officially became a REGISTERED CHARITY No SC040505.

OUR 2009 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) WILL BE HELD IN MACDUFF TOWN HALL ON MONDAY 7th SEPTEMBER 2009 AT 7.00PM, ALL WELCOME.

We hope you find our site interesting, we are currently building the site, and we will be adding to it regularly so come back now and again to see how we're getting on.   After you've had a look around in this site, please check out our sister website www.banffshiremaritime.org.uk which is currently being developed.

Exhibitions have been held to date as follows:

2003  10 days in Banff

2004   6 weeks in Macduff

2005   No exhibition

2006   3 1/2 months Macduff (July to October)

2007   5 months Macduff (June to October)

2008   4 days - 26th June to 29th June Macduff Town Hall.

2009   3 days - 26th to 28th June Macduff Town Hall. 

26th June launch of new book 'Back to the Sea' - An introduction to Peter Anson and his life in the north east of Scotland.  ISBN 978-1-907234-00-2.

Painting and Poetry prize-giving 26th June 6.30pm.

Public consultation re our Peter Anson Sculpture (All three days).

Saturday 27th June 10am to 5pm.

Sunday 28th June 1 to 5pm.

Click on the links on the left-hand side of the screen to see our web pages to date.

BF47 Concorde in Macduff Harbour.

Can You Help Us?

On this page we will post old photographs or questions we need help with, if you can help please e-mail us at banffshiremaritime@yahoo.co.uk

Granny's Cottage near Fraserburgh - We'd like to know where the cottage stood, and who was granny?

 

Granny's Cottage near Fraserburgh.

Janeta Fraser died 1624.

Below is the graveslab of Janeta Fraser.  She is buried in St Ethernan's kirk, Rathen, Fraserburgh.  On the slab there is a coat-of-arms, this is the arms of the Fraser's of Philorth, so Janet must have been a close relation to the laird, but how close?  This is what we want to know, so if you know then please get in touch banffshiremaritime@yahoo.co.uk

 Charles Burnett, Ross Herald has solved this mystery for us, Charles writes: Janeta Fraser was the daughter of Alexander Fraser of Durris, the then owner of the old Manor Place of Philorth, now Cairnbulg Castle, Fraserburgh.

Graveslab of Janeta Fraser (died 1624) St Ethernan's Kirk, Rathen, Fraserburgh.

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