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Map of Scotland showing the present-day committee area of Kincardine and Mearns. Kincardine and Mearns is one of six area committees of the Aberdeenshire council area in Scotland. It has a population of 38,506 (2001 Census). There are significant natural features in this district including rivers, forests, mountains and bogs (known locally as ...
Map of Scottish provinces in 1689 with the Mearns labelled as 'Mernis'. From the 12th century, sheriffs were also gradually introduced across Scotland, with responsibility for administering justice across an area known as a sheriffdom or shire. [2] A sheriff for the area is known to have existed by the 1160s. [3]
People from Kincardine and Mearns (8 C, 34 P) S. Stonehaven (3 C, 50 P) Pages in category "Kincardine and Mearns"
The Earl petitioned for Kincardine to be declared as a free burgh and county town for the Mearns. [4] The petition claimed that the sheriff courts for the Mearns were already being held in the town, and that it was reputed to have previously been made a free burgh, but that the charter had been lost. He was successful, and on 27 January 1531/2 ...
Kincardine, Fife, a town on the River Forth, Scotland Kincardine Bridge, a bridge which spans the Firth of Forth; Kincardineshire, a historic county Kincardine, Aberdeenshire, now abandoned; Kincardine and Deeside, a former local government district; Kincardine and Mearns, a current local government district; Kincardine, Sutherland
Gourdon homes Gourdon Mission Hall signpost. Gourdon (/ ˈ ɡ ʊər d ə n /) nicknamed Gurdin by the population, is a coastal fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of Inverbervie [2] and north of Johnshaven, with a natural harbour. [3]
Kinnear Square lies at the south end of Laurencekirk. Laurencekirk (/ ˌ l ɒr ən s ˈ k ɜːr k /, Scots: Lowrenkirk, [2] Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Labhrainn), locally known as Lournie or simply 'The Kirk', is a small town in the historic county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road.
Stonehaven is the site of prehistoric events evidenced by finds at Fetteresso Castle and Neolithic pottery excavations from the Spurryhillock area. [5] In 2004, archaeological work by CFA Archaeology, in advance of the building of the Aberdeen to Lochside Natural Gas Pipeline, found two short cists burials containing cremated remains to the southwest of Stonehaven.