Banchory
Banchory
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Banchory High Street | |
Location within Aberdeenshire | |
Population | 7,440 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | NO698958 |
• Edinburgh | 109 mi (175 km) |
• London | 521 mi (838 km) |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BANCHORY |
Postcode district | AB31 |
Dialling code | 01330 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Banchory (
Prehistory and archaeology
In 2009, a farmer discovered a short cist burial to the east of the town. Archaeologists were called into excavate it and they found that it was a burial from the Beaker culture. Radiocarbon dating put the burial at sometime between 2330 and 2040 BC. Stable isotope analysis of the human remains indicated that he or she grew up on basalt geology, like that of the region, or on chalk, meaning they were either local or could have come from another place, like Yorkshire. Residue analysis of the Beaker pot found in the burial established that it had held either butter or milk.[3]
History
The name is thought to be derived from an early Christian settlement founded by
Glen O'Dee
Between from 1946 to 1986
Overview
Banchory is the largest town in the area and has a High Street. There are a number of hotels and restaurants including the Stag Hotel, Scott Skinners Bar and Restaurant, the Burnett Arms, and the Douglas Arms. The shops include newsagents, hairdressers and chemists. Since the 1970s, the town has grown steadily. Since 2001 there has been rapid expansion. A large forested area 'the Hill of Banchory', owned by the Burnett family (owners of Crathes Castle), to the north east of the town has been replaced by a large housing estate and an influx of new residents. The Hill of Banchory primary school was opened in 2006 to cater for the increased population.[8]
Banchory Town Hall was completed in 1873[9] and the Kinneskie Road drill hall was completed in around 1908.[10]
Land use
The Banchory Sports Village opened in 2019 within the Hill of Banchory development area, with a 25m 6-lane swimming pool, gym and sports hall.[12]
Tourism and culture
Banchory is known as the Gateway to
Scotland's only Rum distillery, Dark Matter Distillers, is located on the outskirts of Banchory.[15]
Transportation
In 2017, the Banchory town service 205 was withdrawn.[16] An internal bus was re-introduced in 2020.[17] The town is on the Deeside Way, a shared pedestrian and cycle path which runs along the trackbed of the former Deeside Railway.
Notable people
- Sir John Macqueen Cowan (1891–1960), botanist[18]
- James Scott Skinner (1843–1927), fiddler and composer
- Caroline Phillips (1874–1956), Scottish suffragette and journalist, who owned Banchory Station Hotel 1912 to 1940s
- Pete Cashmore (born 1985), founder of technology blog Mashable
- Ben Kilner (born 1988), snowboarder, Winter Olympian
- Norman Douglas (1868–1952), Scottish novelist and travel writer
- Andrew Considine (born 1987), footballer for St Johnstone F.C.
See also
- Banchory Ternan East Church
- Cluny Crichton Castle, a ruined tower house just north of Banchory.
- Glen o' Dee Hospital
References
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Map of Scotland in Scots" (PDF). Scots Language Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Vol 83 (2019): Knappach Toll, Balbridie: a late third-millennium bc Beaker burial on Deeside, Aberdeenshire | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports". journals.socantscot.org. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ISBN 9781840330878.
- ^ "Early Crosses, Banchory". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "The late Glen o'Dee Hospital, Banchory". 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Dee Lavender - VisitBanchory".
- ^ "Hill of Banchory". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland". 1903. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Banchory, 17 Kinneskie Road, Drill Hall". Canmore. Retrieved 26 June 2017.[permanent dead link] (The 1:2500, 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey Plan, published in 1904-1905, does not show the drill hall)
- ^ "Aberdeenshire's Towns - Banchory" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "By Banchory - For Banchory". Banchory Sports Village. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Banchory". Discover Royal Deeside. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Banchory Show". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
- ^ "Dark Matter Spiced Rum - Scottish Rum Distillery". Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Warnock, Joanne (10 June 2017). "Community bus faces chop". The Press & Journal. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Stagecoach phases in an increase in Aberdeenshire bus services". Grampian Online. 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2017.