Inverbervie
Coordinates: 56°50′36″N 2°16′54″W / 56.84334°N 2.28164°W
Inverbervie (Ordnance Survey)[3] is a small town on the north-east coast of Scotland, south of Stonehaven, in the Aberdeenshire council area.
Inverbervie | |
Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Biorbhaidh[1] | |
Inverbervie Church |
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Inverbervie shown within Aberdeenshire | |
Population | est. 1,980 (2004)[2] |
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OS grid reference | NO830726 |
Council area | Aberdeenshire |
Lieutenancy area | Kincardineshire |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MONTROSE |
Postcode district | DD10 |
Dialling code | 01561 |
Police | Grampian |
Fire | Grampian |
Ambulance | Scottish |
EU Parliament | Scotland |
UK Parliament | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
Scottish Parliament | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
The Inverbervie name derives from Inbhir Beirbhe, meaning Mouth of the River Bervie in Scottish Gaelic.
Notable residents
- John Arbuthnot, mathematician, physician, satirist and polymath
- Hercules Linton, designer of the Cutty Sark clipper ship[4]
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon, author, lived in nearby Arbuthnott
Inverbervie Media
References
- ↑ "Inverbervie". National Place-Names Gazetteer. Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ↑ "General Register Office for Scotland - Settlements and Localities - Mid-2004 Population Estimates for Settlements in Scotland". Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ↑ grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".
- ↑ Alan Murphy, Scotland, 2004, Footprint Travel Guides, 692 pages ISBN 190347194X