NORTH Ferry, a small village, on the north side of the frith of Forth, at the Queen's Ferry passage. There was here formerly a chapel, served by the monks of Dunfermline, and endowed by Robert I. Near it are large whinstone quarries, which partly supply London with paving stones, and employ many vessels for the conveyance. "The granite (whinstone) (Mr Pennant says) lies in perpendicular strata, and above is a reddish earth, filled with micaceous friable nodules."