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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]
People from Kincardine and Mearns (8 C, 34 P) S. Stonehaven (3 C, 50 P) Pages in category "Kincardine and Mearns"
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.
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 ...
Graveyard at Saint Ciarans Church, Kirktown of Fetteresso. The Kirktown of Fetteresso is a well-preserved village near Stonehaven, Scotland. [1] In the planning area of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, this village contains many very old stone residential structures as well as the Church of St. Ciarans and its associated graveyard.
Marykirk High Street after floods, November 2009 Marykirk Church Marykirk ancient kirk and kirkyard. Marykirk (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Luathnait) is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, next to the border with Angus at the River North Esk.
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