Crovie - Banffshire - Scotland

Cast your eyes over the Scottish village of Crovie (pron. "Crivvy") - a Conservation Area, where houses cling to the base of the cliffs, dangling their front doors in the sea - and see a traditional Banffshire fishing village that has changed little in over 100 years.
There was record of a settlement here in about 1297 (indeed a local Church dates back as far as 1004), but it was not until the late 1700s that the village started growing. There were about 20 cottages and 100 residents in 1791 and by 1900 there were 300 inhabitants in 66 cottages, partly as a result of The Clearances. People earned their living from the sea, which ultimately chased them away in 1953. In that year massive storms devastated the coastline (destroying several Crovie cottages) and the residents fled. Few wished to return, and the local Council wanted to bulldoze the village into the sea. Some owners rebelled and formed a Preservation Society. Many cottages have since been bought as holiday homes and it is these owners who have continued to maintain Crovie in the condition it is today.
If you would be interested in a holiday at Crovie then read about the cottage at Number 13.

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