Abernyte
Abernyte is located in Perth and Kinross
Abernyte
Abernyte
Location within Perth and Kinross
Population116 [1]
OS grid referenceNO258312
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPERTH
Postcode districtPH14
Dialling code01828
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Scottish Parliament

Abernyte is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland.

Geography

The village lies roughly 2 miles (3 kilometres) northwest of the former Inchture railway station, and around 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Dundee.[2]

Abernyte

Buildings

The village has a heritage organisation, the Abernyte Heritage Group, which was formed in 1988. The group was formed by a mixture of longstanding residents and more recent arrivals to Abernyte and was part of a drive to maintain and celebrate the village's distinct local identity.[3] The group undertook an oral history project in 1996, which is now held at the archives at the University of Dundee.[3]

The history of Abernyte in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is documented in Abernyte: The Quiet Revolution, which was written by Dr Mary Young and the Abernyte Heritage Group and published in 2008.[4][5][6]

The Scottish Antique and Arts Centre lies around 1⁄4 mile (400 metres) south of the village, which was converted from the founding site of Stout Brothers Motor's, a pioneering vehicle sales and service enterprise, which was founded in 1947 here.

Between 1961 and 1991, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker. It remains intact.[7]

Education

The village has a small primary school with eight pupils.[8] The proposed closing of the school in 2020 was postponed until 2021.[9]

The parish church is part of the Abernyte linked with Inchture and Kinnaird linked with Longforgan grouping of churches.[10]

Census

In 2001, the population was 106 and had risen to 116 in 2011.

Tragedy

A light aircraft crashed in poor visibility close to Abernyte in the early afternoon of 3 May 2015. Both men on board died. The wreckage was found on a hilltop at Outfield Farm next to Pitmiddle Wood between Abernyte and Kinnaird. The plane had left Inverness airport heading for Dundee airport.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Scotland's Census".
  2. ↑ Profile for Abernyte
  3. 1 2 "MS 281 Abernyte Oral History Collection". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Book Review". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Abernyte Heritage Group". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Obituary Dr Mary Young". The Cumberland News. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Abernyte ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica". www.subbrit.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Abernyte Primary School". Perth and Kinross Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  9. ↑ The Courier, 22 May 2020
  10. ↑ "Abernyte Church". Carse Churches. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  11. ↑ Dundee Courier newspaper, 3 May 2015
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