Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Caputh, a parish and village in Perthshire. It lies on the A984 Coupar Angus to Dunkeld road about 6 miles south east of Dunkeld and 8 miles west of Coupar Angus. Victoria Bridge over the River Tay by Caputh was built in 1899 by engineers Sir William Arrol and Company this 3 span, iron girder truss bridge has a total length of 419 feet and was built using trusses from the first Tay Bridge. The bridge carries the B9099 public road over the River Tay, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Caputh and Little Dunkeld. The fountain in Caputh was designed by Charles George Hood Kinnear, born 30 May 1830, died 5 November 1894. He was born in Kinloch House, near Collessie in Fife the son of Charles Kinnear a banker in the family firm of Thomas Kinnear & Co. His mother was Christian Jane Greenshields, a rich heiress. Kinnear can be presumed to have had a very privileged life. For most of his early life he lived at 125 Princes Street in Edinburgh. His elder brother, John Boyd Kinnear, rose to fame as a politician. After private schooling and a degree at Edinburgh University, Charles trained as an architect under first William Burn then David Bryce, both based in Edinburgh. He was asked to join the rising John Dick Peddie as a partner in 1855, bringing an always welcome large cash injection to the firm as a result. At the same time he set up his own home at 12 Alva Street where he lived until death. Despite a second huge inheritance in 1856, he continued to work, clearly having a degree of love for it, rather than a financial need. There has been a church in Caputh since the 9th century, the present one being a fine stone building, now into its third century. The building of Caputh Church was started in 1798. The cemetery has many interesting gravestones. From 1869 to 1893 Reverend Theodore Marshall was minister of Caputh. In 1908 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He died during his year in office. The famous singer, Belle Stewart, was 'born in a bow tent on the banks of the River Tay on 18 July 1906 in Caputh
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