Heritage

General History

A Potted History of the Village

Current and Previous Exhibitions

These exhibitions are held in the Forth Bridge Heritage Centre @ North Queensferry Station – managed by NQHT.
Steaming Forth . . . The Joy of Steam * NEW *
Famous Artists in North Queensferry
Curling in North Queensferry
The Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the River Forth, November 1918

The Queensferry Passage

You can learn more about the Queensferry Passage by visiting the Light Tower and associated mini-museum in The Fisherman’s Hut – both managed by NQHT
The Ferries
The Light Tower
The Town Pier
A Replacement Forth Bridge – 1945 *** added June 12th 2020 ***

Civic History

Chapel of St James
Village Church
War Memorial
Railway Station
Welldean Catch Points
Admiralty House (St Margaret’s Hope) *** updated May 2021 ***
The Golf Course *** added January 2020 ***
Quarries – work in progress
Curling in North Queensferry
The Duel Stone *** added February 2020 ***

Military and Naval History

Battle of Inverkeithing.
Ancient Defences of the Forth – pre-Roman times to 19th Century *** added May 2021 ***
20th Century Defences of the Forth *** added May 2021 ***
War time defences in Collesie and Fife *** added July 2021 ***

Military Sites around North Queensferry

*** added July 2021 ***
Military Sites around North Queensferry – Introduction
Military Sites around North Queensferry – Index

WWI related

Port Laing Submarine Mining Station *** edited and reformatted July 2021 ***
Carlingnose Battery – work in progress
Carlingnose Naval Air Station
Ferry Barns Naval Kite Balloon Station *** updated July 2021 ***
Carlingnose Camp Black Watch
Carlingnose Barracks *** added July 2021 ***
The Creation of Rosyth Dockyard *** added April 2021 ***
“Interior of Barracks 17 AA Coy., North Queensferry” – a detective story *** added July 2021 ***
The Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the Forth November 1918 – summary
The Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the River Forth, November 1918 – full story

WWII – related

The First Air Raid of WWII *** added June 2021 ***
Barrage Balloon Sites round North Queensferry *** added June 2021 ***

Miscellaneous Items

Image Gallery
Audio Recordings
OS Maps of North Queensferry

Village Census Records

North Queensferry Census Records *** added November 2019 ***
Valuation Rolls – WIP – thanks to Wilf

Reference Material

Reference Library – a collection of documents of general interest or as background material to some of the articles on the website.