Inverbervie

Inverbervie
Inverbervie Church
Inverbervie
Location within Aberdeenshire
Populationest. 1,980 (2004)[2]
OS grid reference[NO830726 NO830726]
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Kincardineshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMONTROSE
Postcode districtDD10
Dialling code01561
PoliceScottish
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament
  • West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Inverbervie (Ordnance Survey)[3] is a small town on the north-east coast of Scotland, south of Stonehaven, in the Aberdeenshire council area.

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

  1. "Inverbervie". National Place-Names Gazetteer. Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. "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.
  3. grid reference NO830726
  4. Alan Murphy, Scotland, 2004, Footprint Travel Guides, 692 pages ISBN 190347194X