Abernyte

Geography

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.[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 a quarter mile south of the village.

Education

The village has a small primary school with eight pupils.[7] The proposed closing of the school in 2020 was postponed until 2021.[8]

The parish church is part of the Abernyte linked with Inchture and Kinnaird linked with Longforgan grouping of churches.[9]

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.[10]

References
  2. Profile for Abernyte
  3. "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 Primary School". Perth and Kinross Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  8. The Courier, 22 May, 2020
  9. "Abernyte Church". Carse Churches. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  10. Dundee Courier newspaper, 3 May 2015



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