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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). 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 mosses ).
The hamlet of Castleton of Kincardine, where Kincardine Castle and the original county town of Kincardine once stood. Court cases were initially heard in the town of Kincardine, where there was a royal castle. [a] The sheriff was therefore known both as the Sheriff of Kincardine and the Sheriff of the Mearns. [5]
Kincardine was a burgh in Scotland, near the present-day village of Fettercairn. It gave its name to and served as the first county town of Kincardineshire. The settlement gradually developed around Kincardine Castle. The origin of the castle is not known, although it has been popularly identified as the place of death of Kenneth II. [1]
He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for West Fife in 1959, and sat as member for North Angus and Mearns from 1964 to 1983 and for Kincardine and Deeside from 1983 until his death. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1970 to 1974, Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1979 to 1983, and ...
The Sheriff of Kincardine, also known as The Mearns, was historically a royal appointment, held at pleasure, which carried the responsibility for enforcing justice in Kincardine, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis.
Robert Burnes or Robert Burness (1719 – 3 January 1789) was a paternal uncle of the poet Robert Burns.He left the family farm of Clochnahill or Clokenhill in Kincardineshire with his younger brother William Burnes, and found work at the Lochridge or Lochrig limestone quarries and lime kilns that lay near Byrehill Farm near Stewarton.
George Silver was a Scottish agricultural innovator, [1] in Kincardineshire, who flourished in the early nineteenth century.. Silver was born in Netherley.He was the son of Alexander Silver, who made his fortune with the East India Trading Company.
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