Inverbervie
Inverbervie (Ordnance Survey)[3] is a small town on the north-east coast of Scotland, south of Stonehaven, in the Aberdeenshire council area.
Inverbervie
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 Inverbervie Church | |
| Population | est. 1,980 (2004)[2] |
| OS grid reference | NO830726 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MONTROSE |
| Postcode district | DD10 |
| Dialling code | 01561 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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The Inverbervie name derives from Inbhir Beirbhe, meaning Mouth of the River Bervie in Scottish Gaelic.
Notable residents
- John Arbuthnot, mathematician, physician, satirist and polymath
- Hercules Linton, designer of the Cutty Sark clipper ship[4]
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon, author, lived in nearby Arbuthnott
References
- "Inverbervie". National Place-Names Gazetteer. Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- "General Register Office for Scotland - Settlements and Localities - Mid-2004 Population Estimates for Settlements in Scotland". Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- grid reference NO830726
- Alan Murphy, Scotland, 2004, Footprint Travel Guides, 692 pages ISBN 190347194X
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