Maltese Cross - Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:10 pm
I have an entire from Cromarty to Dingwall dated 4th Jan 1843 and so assumed the Maltese Cross strike on the piece was from Cromarty, however despite searching through the Encyclopedia of the Maltese Cross (all 3 volumes), I can find no mention of a Cromarty MX.
Cromarty was in the 17th century a major centre for the export of salt fish. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Cromarty was a major port, rivalling Inverness, importing hemp from the Baltic to be woven in a factory by the shore as well as exporting the produce of the farms on the fertile Black Isle, so wholly justifying a MX of its own. Would someone be kind enough to shine some light on this issue.
Cromarty was in the 17th century a major centre for the export of salt fish. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, Cromarty was a major port, rivalling Inverness, importing hemp from the Baltic to be woven in a factory by the shore as well as exporting the produce of the farms on the fertile Black Isle, so wholly justifying a MX of its own. Would someone be kind enough to shine some light on this issue.