Bus Tours in Braemar in Summer provide a healthy level of sustainability to the local economy. XPL 4638-436
The period 1750-1850 was one of developing prosperity for Britain as a whole. In the Highlands, however, it was the time of the notorious 'Clearances'. Deeside began to take on its modern appearance and by 1800 the new town of Ballater was developing and activity in Deeside increasing. In 1826 the modern Braemar Gathering was formed. Queen Victoria bought Balmoral, building a new castle on the estate. She attended the Gathering in 1848 and being pleased with what she saw bestowed Royal Patronage shortly thereafter. Queen Victoria's love of Royal Deeside, as it came to be called, gave a tremendous boost to the area and over the last 150 years millions of visitors have enjoyed what it has to offer and each year thousands attend the Gathering on the first Saturday in September. By 1860 a new railway line from Aberdeen to Ballater had been built and the road to the North of the river upgraded. A new bridge across the river at Invercauld was built by Prince Albert and the road on the south side of the river through Balmoral removed. The road up to the village of Castleton of Braemar was improved by building an embankment and by 1863 the new wider bridge across the Clunie to Auchendryne (Achadh-an-Droighinn, thorny land) had been completed. Thus the scene was set for rapid development on that side of the river. The bridge over the Clunie at Braemar looking towards Castleton from Auchendryne The building of the Bridge required the co-operation of the Duke of Fife (owner of the Mar Estate and thus Auchendryne) and the Farquharsons of Invercauld. But there must have been considerable rivalry because the two estates were separated by past rivalries and religion (with Castleton and Auchendryne being predominantly Protestant and Catholic respectively). Hence, the village of Braemar, which comprises Castleton and Auchendryne, is endowed with two great hotels, the Invercauld Arms Hotel and the Fife Arms hotel, two mills and two village Halls. Both halls are named after Queen V
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Location: Braemar. Aberdeenshire. Grampian Region. Scotland. United Kingdom.
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