Old Photographs Of Bankfoot Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Bankfoot village in the Parish of Auchtergaven, Scottish Gaelic, uachdar gamhainn, meaning upland of the yearling cattle, in the Strathtay district of Perthshire. Its is located approximately 8 miles north of Perth and 7 miles South of Dunkeld. Bankfoot used to have sheep and cattle fairs on the Thursday of May after Amulree and the Friday of November after Dunkeld. Weaving was the staple industry, many of the inhabitants being employed in the neighbouring Airleywight linen works. Queen Victoria changed horses at one of the Inns here on 7 Sept. 1842. The nineteenth century church building was destroyed by fire. Bankfoot railway station opened on 7 May 1906 by the Bankfoot Light Railway. It was the northern terminus of the short line and was north of Strathord station. Opposite the only platform were goods sidings and a goods shed. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 14 April 1931. The site became a caravan site with the platform surviving; now it is a housing estate