Kennethmont

Kennethmont
Kennethmont
	Kennethmont Location within Aberdeenshire
Population	470
OS grid reference	NJ536294
Council area	Aberdeenshire;
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUNTLY
Postcode district	AB54
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Gordon;
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West;
	List of places UK Scotland 57°21′03″N 2°46′05″W / 57.3507°N 2.7680°W

Kennethmont (archaically Kinnethmont,^[1] or Kirkhill of Kennethmont^[2]) is a village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 8 miles (13 km) south of Huntly.

It has a population of approximately 470 people.

Gordon Schools

, Huntly.

It is part of West Aberdeenshire constituency.^{[dubious – discuss]}

Transport

The B9002 road runs through the village, connecting to Insch to the east and to the A97 road between Huntly and Alford to the west.

The

Aberdeen to Inverness railway runs through Kennethmont,^[5] but there is no station, Kennethmont railway station

having closed in 1968.

Notable buildings

Leith Hall is a country house built in 1650 and now maintained by the National Trust for Scotland.

Ardmore distillery is a single malt whisky distillery located to the east of the village.

Notable residents

William Milne (1785–1822), missionary, was born near Kennethmont.
Very Rev Alexander Yule (1830–1907), Moderator of the Presbyterian Church for all Australia, was born in Kennethmont.
Robert Fraser (1858–1914), bishop, was born in Kennethmont.
Tom Kennedy
(1874–1954), British politician, was born in Kennethmont.

References

^ "Welcome to the Kinnethmont Web Site". Kinnethmont.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ "Ordnance Survey Six-inch map, Aberdeenshire XLIII.NW". National Library of Scotland. 1902.
^ "Domesday Reloaded: Kennethmont:An Introduction". BBC. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Kennethmont School". Aberdeenshire.gov.uk. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ "RAILSCOT | Photographs of Kennethmont". Railbrit.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

External links

Visionofbritain.org

[1] "Welcome to the Kinnethmont Web Site". Kinnethmont.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[2] "Ordnance Survey Six-inch map, Aberdeenshire XLIII.NW". National Library of Scotland. 1902.

[3] "Domesday Reloaded: Kennethmont:An Introduction". BBC. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[4] "Aberdeenshire Council - Kennethmont School". Aberdeenshire.gov.uk. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[5] "RAILSCOT | Photographs of Kennethmont". Railbrit.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

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Marr, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins
Other settlements	Backburn Bellabeg Birse Birsemore Bogniebrae Brathens Brideswell Cairnie Corgarff Crathie Dinnet Finzean Forgue Gartly Inverey Keig Kennethmont Kildrummy Kincardine O'Neil Kirkton of Tough Logie Coldstone Lost Lumsden Monymusk Potarch Rhynie Ruthven Strachan Strathdon Tillyfourie Tornaveen Towie Tullich Whitehouse Ythanwells
Places of interest	Alford Valley Railway Badenyon Balmoral Castle Blelack Braemar Castle Burn O'Vat Cairn o' Mount Cairngorms National Park Castle Forbes Corgarff Castle Craigievar Castle Crathes Castle Crathie Kirk Forest of Birse Grampian Transport Museum Huntly Castle Kildrummy Castle Lochnagar Royal Deeside Royal Deeside Railway Yonder Bognie Ythan Wells (Glenmailen) Roman Camp

Transport

Notable buildings

See also

Notable residents

References

External links