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Abernethy and Kincardine

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published. The churchyard contains a very old Yew tree as often found where such a site has pre-Christian associations. There is usually room for two or three vehicles to park on a grassed area beside the churchyard gate; the lane leading to the church is gated to protect animals in the adjacent fields but not locked.
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road, beside the ruins of Castle Roy. The burial ground has been extended in recent years and is in current use for new lairs. Most pre-1855 inscriptions have been recorded and published A rough-surfaced roadside parking area with space for a number of vehicles gives level access to the church and
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Changes in modern church-going habits have led to Church of Scotland ministers usually covering more than one of the original parishes, in this case resulting in the once "United Parish" of Abernethy and Kincardine becoming separated again and the parts joined to neighbouring parishes; the 2006
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with microfilm copies at a number of places) have poor coverage around the 1820s, apart from those events not recorded if the parishioners were members of other churches. The pre-1855 marriage registers are in a similar condition but also contain some "extra" entries concerning parishioners who
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This church is on a small knoll set back from the road between Auchgourish and West Croftmore. It is somewhat smaller than Abernethy Kirk and few new lairs have been created in recent years but burials still take place in existing lairs. Most pre-1855 grave inscriptions have been recorded and
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registration district. Due to a combination of registration district boundaries not being tied to local authority boundaries and later changes of the county boundary, events will be found described as happening in Invernessshire or (until 1862) Morayshire but (barring any confusion with the
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The Church of Scotland parish was created in the 16th century by the combination of the parishes of Kincardine and Abernethy, both of which have ancient origins and past or later associations with other churches. Both parish churches (and associated burial grounds) remain in use.
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The complete text of the book by the Rev. W. Forsyth, published in 1900 and recently re-printed in a limited edition. It describes many features, people and legends of the area as they were at the time of writing and in earlier
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Thomas King, Police Constable, was killed by Allan McCallum, a local poacher, when he and a Constable MacNiven attempted to execute an arrest warrant on 20 December 1898. Allan McCallum was tried in
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A description of the parish; note that the supposed derivation of "Kincardine" in this book appears fanciful and the implied location of Abernethy Kirk is incorrect.
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married in other parishes or denominations, including some Roman Catholic marriages (indicated as "married by a priest").
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also serves Castle Roy (to which casual pedestrian access is officially not recommended for safety reasons).
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and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment; he was released in 1910. Constable King is buried at Abernethy Kirk.
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Pre-1855 gravestone inscriptions from Speyside by Alison Mitchell, pub. Scottish Genealogy Society 1977.
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Pre-1855 gravestone inscriptions from Speyside by Alison Mitchell, pub. Scottish Genealogy Society 1977
266:/Pictish for a wooded area; the latter element also features as "garten" in other nearby placenames. 375:) until 2001, generally matching the 19th century census district; from 2002 it became part of the 263: 559: 462: 443: 430: 394: 331: 255: 464:
In the Shadow of Cairngorm (Chronicles of the United Parishes of Abernethy and Kincardine)
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in English and Scottish Gaelic, military officer, covert operative, and Jacobite.
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was located around the confluence of the River Nethy and the Duack Burn, at
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for a river mouth or junction). The name Kincardine is of mixed Gaelic and
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General Register Office - List of Parishes and Registration Districts
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The current main village, Bridge of Nethy, now more well known as
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origin, "ceann" being Scots Gaelic for head and "cardden" the
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The name "Abernethy" is derived from the local River Nethy ("
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The baptism registers (up to 1856, since deposited with the
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circuits for the area are now advertised as "Abernethy,
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This church is on the West side of the Nethy Bridge to
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Kincardine Kirk. Ordnance Survey Grid.Ref. NH 938 155.
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Abernethy Kirk. Ordnance Survey Grid.Ref. NJ 006 218.
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Abernethy and Kincardine is located in Badenoch and Strathspey
Badenoch and Strathspey
Council area
Highland
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK
Scotland
57°15′55″N 3°39′29″W / 57.265278°N 3.658056°W / 57.265278; -3.658056
civil parish
registration district
parish
Highland
council area
Scotland
aber
Pictish
Pictish
Brythonic
Nethy Bridge
grid reference
NJ001206

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