Lossiemouth owes its existence to Elgin's need for a seaport through which its trade could pass. The town was formed by the combination of three villages: Lossiemouth, Branderburgh and Stotfield.

The Stotfield Disaster - Stotfield was a small village/settlement to the West  of Lossiemouth. On 25th December 1806 the village lost its entire fleet of three fishing boats in a violent storm. Each Skaffie boat had a crew of seven. The morning has been fair when the boats set sail for the fishing ground just a mile or two off-shore. However, the weather  took a dramatic turn for the worse and violent winds from the South West  blew the boats away from land and down the Firth. The boats were overcome by the violence of the storm and the village lost all of its able bodied men and youths in one afternoon. The boats and men which had the shoreline in their view were never seen again. The village was left with 17 widows, 47 orphaned children and 2 old men. A record of the disaster and memorial to those who died is contained in Lossiemouth Fisheries Museum. Stotfield never recovered from the disaster and no fishing boats have since set sail on Christmas Day.

Records on fishing may be viewed at Lossiemouth Fisheries & Community Museum, further insights are provided in:
The Life of a Fisherman (as told by a Fisherman) – William Stewart (Pilot)
John Imlach’s Memories (A note on fishing in Lossiemouth). 

The first of the famous ‘Zulu’ class fishing boats was designed and built by a Lossiemouth Fisherman in 1879 and the first modern seine-net boat was also designed in Lossiemouth. The little cottages of Seatown were originally built as accommodation for fishermen. Sadly, the demise of the fishing fleet has seen the closure of the fishmarket and few fishing boats remain.

Lossiemouth’s most famous resident was Ramsay MacDonald the first Labour Prime Minister. 

The Beach Bar was formerly the Public Baths, and now is a restaurant and bar with regular live music and large screen football, also host to Lossie Folk Club.

Now a two storey building, The Brander Arms was formerly the cottage of the Laird of Pitgaveny, Colonel James Brander.

A quarry on the east side of town was found to contain a large variety of fossil reptiles, five species being unique to Lossiemouth.

Please visit www.lossiefowk.co.uk for more information on Lossiemouth's history and people.