Maryburgh Introduction
Attribution: S. Fraser (Maryburgh Primary School March 2015)
An Introduction
The founding of the village of Maryburgh is of comparatively recent origin. It dates from 1815 when Mary Elizabeth MacKenzie returned to Brahan Estate on the death of her father.
Since those early beginnings a thriving community has developed.
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Maryburgh Conon Flooding
On a Saturday afternoon in December 1966, the local Girl Guides' Christmas Party was in full swing, when to everyone's utter amazement, a voice advised that everyone should prepare to go home because the River Conon had burst its banks and the lower part of the village was being flooded. These are some on the photos taken at the time.
