Sit A while and Enjoy this historic habour - then maybe get some Fish and Chips!
This cache is dedicated the late Mrs Tait (Anne Tait) who lived in the flat above me and kept us all right!- her family is remebered in a Bench
Our Lady’s Port of Grace’, as Newhaven used to be called, was founded in 1488 by James III. It consisted of a few houses and a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint James.
Newhaven originated in the general impetus given to trade and commerce during the prosperous reign of James IV (1488-1513). Owing to the depth of water, a yard and a dock were erected for shipbuilding, and a harbour constructed for the reception of vessels, whence it received the name of New-haven, the ‘Old Haven’ being Blackness further westwards towards the Royal Palace of Linlithgow.
The community that was once Newhaven still lives on in the modernised village today. And the sense of belonging still exists with many families and antecedents wherever they live in the world.