Avonbridge
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| Area | 0.11 sq mi (0.28 km2) |
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| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] NS911726] |
| • Edinburgh | 21.5 mi (34.6 km) E |
| • London | 340 mi (550 km) SSE |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FALKIRK |
| Postcode district | FK1 2 |
| Dialling code | 01324 |
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| Website | falkirk.gov.uk |
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Avonbridge (Template:Langx) [2] is a small village which lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south-southeast of the town of Falkirk. Avonbridge sits just inside the council boundary line between Falkirk and West Lothian councils.
The village lies at the junction of the B8028 and B825 roads and is a bridging point over the River Avon, hence the name Avonbridge. At the time of the 2011 census, a population of 652 residents was recorded.[3]
History
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining.[4] The village also had a brickworks in the mid twentieth century, "Avonbridge Brickworks", but today no longer exists.[4] Nowadays the village is largely residential although Avonbridge is the base of operations for "Stevenson Brothers" a haulage company, whose bright orange heavy goods vehicles transport goods across the United Kingdom.
Toponymy
The name Avonbridge derives from the fact that the village crosses a river. The affix "avon" is often found in the Celtic language which denotes the presence of a river,[5] in this case the River Avon. This is found in Scottish Gaelic as "abhainn/a river,"[5] with genitive "aibhne/of a river." Drochaid na h-Aibhne literally means Bridge of the River.
See also
References
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- ^ Template:Scottish settlement population citation
- ^ Drochaid na h-Aibhne www.faclair.com Retrieved 2023-03-05
- ^ Population and Household Estimates 2011 www.falkirk.gov.uk Retrieved 2017-04-13
- ^ a b Falkirk Local History Society, Avonbridge. Retrieved 2011-04-13
- ^ a b Iain Mac an Tàilleir 2003 Script error: No such module "webarchive". www.scottish.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-02
External links
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- Canmore - Avonbridge, Craigbank Quarry site record
- Canmore - Avonbridge, Craigend Quarry site record
- Canmore - Avonbridge Brickworks site record
- Scottish Brick History - Avonbridge
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