Abernyte
Coordinates: 56°28′01″N 3°12′21″W / 56.467068°N 3.205881°W
Abernyte is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland.
The village lies roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the former Inchture railway station, and around 7 miles (11 km) west of Dundee.[1]
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.[2] The group undertook an oral history project in 1996 which is now held at the archives at the University of Dundee.[2]
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.[3][4][5]
The Scottish Antique and Arts Centre lies around a quarter mile South of the village.
In 2001 the population was 106.
The village has a small school with 15 pupils[6] and church.[7]
A light aircraft crashed in poor visibility close to Abernyte in the early afternoon of the 3rd 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. [8]
References
- ↑ Profile for Abernyte
- 1 2 "MS 281 Abernyte Oral History Collection". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "Book Review". Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ↑ "Abernyte Heritage Group". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ↑ "Obituary Dr Mary Young". The Cumberland News. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ↑ "Abernyte Primary School". Perth and Kinross Council. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ "Abernyte Church". Carse Churches. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ↑ Dundee Courier newspaper, 3 May 2015
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