Abdie
Abdie is a parish in north-west Fife, Scotland, lying on the south shore of the Firth of Tay on the eastern outskirts of Newburgh, extending about 3 miles eastwards to the boundary of Dunbog parish,[1] with which it is now united ecclesiastically [2] and for the Community Council.[3] It is also bounded by Collessie on the south and has a small border with the parish of Moonzie in the south-east.[1][4]
The civil parish has a population of 421[5] and its area is 4850 acres.[6]
The parish contains the hamlet of Lindores on the north side of Lindores Loch, which is 4 miles in circumference and lies near the centre of the parish.[1]
The present church was built in 1827, replacing the pre-reformation church, which still lies in ruins nearby. That church dated from 1242 and was an offshoot of Lindores Abbey, whose remains lie just outside Newburgh.[2][7] Abdie and Dunbog parishes became a united charge under one minister from December 1965, with the church building in Dunbog closing in 1983 upon the ecclesiastical parish of Abdie and Dunbog being linked with Newburgh. [2]
The parish seems originally to have had the name Lindores.[2][8] However, when Lindores Abbey was granted a charter in 1178, the monks kept the old name and thereafter called the parish Abdie (or Abden), meaning “the lands pertaining to the Abbey of God”.[2]
The parish was originally wider in extent and included the parish of Newburgh, but this was disjoined in 1633. Further in 1891 a detached portion of Abdie in the west was annexed to Newburgh, while another detached portion in the east was united to Dunbog, leaving the main portion as the present parish.[1]
Notable Residents
- Ninian Imrie FRSE (d.1820) a soldier/geologist owned the Denmuir estate between Abdie and Dunbog
References
- ^ a b c d Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Abdie
- ^ a b c d e Church of Scotland web site for Abdie and Dunbog Parish www.abdiedunbog-newburgh.org.uk/about/abdie-and-dunbog-parish/ retrieved May 2016
- ^ Fife Community Council web site showing Abdie and Dunbog community council area www.fifedirect.org.uk/CommunityCouncils retrieved May 2016
- ^ Ordnance Survey 1 inch to 1 mile Sheet 48 Perth, publication date 1901 available from National Library of Scotland maps.nls.uk as at May 2016
- ^ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930
- ^ Gazetteer of Scotland, publ, by W & AK Johnston, Edinburgh, 1937. Article on Abdie. Places are presented alphabetically
- ^ Third Statistical Account of Scotland, Fife volume,ed. A. Smith, publ. 1952; article on Abdie
- ^ The New Statistical Account of Scotland by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Vol. IX Fife-Kinross. Publ. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1845; article on Abdie
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