Banchory

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Banchory
Scottish Gaelic Beannchar
Main street of Banchory
Main street of Banchory
Coordinates 57 ° 3 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 57 ° 3 ′  N , 2 ° 29 ′  W
Banchory (Scotland)
Banchory
Banchory
Residents 7278 2011 census
administration
Post town BANCHORY
ZIP code section AB31
prefix 01330
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Aberdeenshire
British Parliament West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament Aberdeenshire West

Banchory ( Gaelic : Beannchar ) is a town in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire and the traditional Scottish county of Kincardineshire . It is located about 25 km west of Aberdeen and 60 km northeast of Dundee on the left bank of the Dee . With 7,278 inhabitants in 2011, Banchory was the most populous city in Committee Area Marr . At the level of Banchory, the Water of Feugh flows into the Dee on the right.

history

Banchory was founded in 1805. During the 19th century, Banchory became a tourist destination, especially for the people of Aberdeen. Today mainly commuters live there.

The musician James Scott Skinner comes from Banchory, and even today the music is cultivated by several associations in Banchory. About 1.5 km east of Banchory is Crathes Castle, built in 1553 .

traffic

In the 19th century Banchory received a station on the Deeside Railway line of the Great North of Scotland Railway , which ran from Aberdeen to Ballater . The line was shut down in 1966. The A93 runs through Banchory and connects the village to the trunk road network. In the southwest of Banchory there is a road bridge over the Dee. The next upstream bridge over the Dee is about three miles west of the Bridge of Canny .

The Eslie Stone Circles (also Esslie) are closely adjacent Recumbent Stone Circles (RSC) southeast of Banchory.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c Banchory Aberdeenshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ 2011 census
  4. ↑ a b Banchory. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, p. 120.
  5. ^ Crathes Castle. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .

Web links

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