Golspie, Sutherland, Highland - Main Street, Stags Head Hotel - nice 1970s card

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• Picture / Image:  Main Street, Golspie [Sutherland, Highland Region] - shows the Stags Head Hotel and 1970s cars
• Publisher: Anne Baxter, Golspie & Tain
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Golspie (Scottish Gaelic: Goillspidh) is a village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, which lies on the North Sea coast in the shadow of Ben Bhraggie. It has a population of around 1,350.

The name derives from the Norse for "gully village".^[2]

During a series of visits from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland plans were drawn up for the regulations that were written in to future leases, imposing restrictions on the 'tacksmen' with regard to sub-setting and overstocking, and requiring them to adopt improving farming techniques. Consideration was also given to possible development of fishing villages on the east coast, the absence of any safe harbour being the greatest hindrance. Local fishermen used only small, light boats which could be drawn up onto the beach when not in use and this confined them to line fishing close to the shore. The herring fishing in the North Sea (at that time known as the German Ocean) was in the hands of the Dutch, who had a good fleet of decked vessels - the 'Holland Busses' - and it was hoped that some means could found of developing a similar trade for the benefit of the people of Sutherland.^[3]

In one visit (between July and August 1805) the first plans were laid for Golspie village. It was to be based on "the street of the Fishertown of Golspy" and was to consist of houses 50 feet by 20, each with a croft of 3/4 acre, The people were to get a 99 years lease for their houses, which they were to building themselves, but the croft ground was to be re-let annually, this permitting changes in the lay-out of the village from time-to-time. In addition to the individual crofts, it was intended to provide common cow pasture.^[3]

One improvement was quickly made and that was the building of a little pier or jetty to provide a safe landing place for boats serving Dunrobin. In a letter to her husband the Countess described how she had caused intimation to be given at the Church door that forty men were wanted for the next week at the rate of 1/- a day, to build this jetty, using stones from the beach. The work was supervised by William Pope, who was being considered as a possible person to take charge of the proposed development of the harbours at Culgour and Helmsdale.^[3]