Glenbervie

Glenbervie

Glenbervie

Add article description

This article is about the rural area in Scotland. For other uses, see Glenbervie (disambiguation).

Glenbervie (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Biorbhaidh) is located in the north east of Scotland in the Howe o' the Mearns, one mile from the village of Drumlithie and eight miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. The river Bervie runs through the village. The rural area is the location of Glenbervie House and estate. The parish was formerly named Overbervie.[1]

Glenbervie church
Bervie Water

The population fell from a peak of 1307 in 1796 to 887 in 1895. Many of the villagers had immigrated, especially the young to the nearby cities and towns.[1]

The kirkyard in Glenbervie is the final resting place of the great grandparents of the noted Scottish poet Robert Burns.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    History of Glenbervie, G H Kinnear, Montrose, 1895, retrieved 10 July 2017
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glenbervie.

56°55′N 2°23′W

Stub icon

This Aberdeenshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Glenbervie, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.