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Old Photographs Port William Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Port William a small fishing village in in the parish of Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway. In the 17th and 18th centuries Port William was known as much for the illicit activities of its smugglers as for the legitimate trade of its port. The original settlement was known as Killantrae, meaning 'The Church on the Beach' in Gaelic, and was probably founded not long after St Ninian arrival in nearby Whithorn towards the end of the 4th century. Killantrae was swept away following the intervention of developer and landlord Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet, of Monreith House. In the five years until 1776 he built an entirely new village, complete with a good harbour and was renamed Port William. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.