Blackburn (Aberdeenshire)
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 12 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 2960 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | ABERDEEN | ||
| ZIP code section | AB21 | ||
| prefix | 01224 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Aberdeenshire | ||
| British Parliament | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Aberdeenshire West | ||
Blackburn is a town in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire . It is located about ten kilometers southeast of Inverurie and 13 kilometers northwest of central Aberdeen, two kilometers south of the Don . Blackburn is directly connected to the trunk road network by the A96 . The village does not have its own rail connection. While only 387 residents were counted in Blackburn in 1981, the number jumped to 2960 in 2011.
Blackburn had a primary school as early as the 19th century, which in the 1880s had a capacity of 87 students. There was also a Free Church church . As part of the Tire Excavator Sculpture Project , numerous sculptures were created in the area around Blackburn that reflect the history of the region. The name is derived from the 250 m high Tire Excavator Hill , which rises east of the village in the Kirkhill Forest .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Blackburn in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.
