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Description From Owner:
- In 1853 the post office opened here as Kennebeccasis Bay. In 1860 Robert Thomp son named the place Rothesay for Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Cornwall and Rothesay,
- later Edward VII who visited here that year and sailed to Fredericton from a nearby wharf.
- Rothesay was incorp orated as a village in 1921 and as a town in 1945. The town now includes Church Road and Fairfield. Home of Wallace Turnbull.
- In 1922 Dr. Wallace R. Turnbull of Rothesay invented the variable pitch propellor so aircraft could change the pitch and speed of their propellers to match flying conditions.
- Turner also built the world's first wind tunnel which revolutionized the aviation industry.
- THE SCHOOLS OF ROTHESAY: Synonymous with the community's name are Rothesay Collegiate Institute and Netherwood School for Girls, now Rothesay Netherwood School.
- The boys' school began in 1877 as Thompson's School upstairs in Whelpley Hall near the train station. In 1891 the school was moved to its present location atop College Hill.
- In 1894 Rothesay School for Girls was opened by Miss Mary Leila Gregory of Fredericton in a house called Netherwood by which the school soon became known.
- Between 1973 and 1984 Rothesay Collegiate and Netherwood merged their staffs and students into Rothesay Netherwood School on the College Hill campus.
- With permission from 'New Brunswick Place Names' David E. Scott 2009
Address of this page: http://nb.ruralroutes.com/Rothesay
