Insch
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| Insch | |
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| Location | |
| OS grid reference: | NJ632280 |
| Statistics | |
| Population: | 1523 (2001 census) |
| Administration | |
| Council area: | Aberdeenshire |
| Constituent country: | Scotland |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Police force: | Grampian Police |
| Lieutenancy area: | Aberdeenshire |
| Former county: | Aberdeenshire |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | INSCH |
| Postal district: | AB52 6 |
| Dialling code: | 01464 |
| Politics | |
| Scottish Parliament: | Gordon |
| UK Parliament: | Gordon |
| European Parliament: | Scotland |
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[edit] Geography
Insch is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located approximately 28 miles from the city of Aberdeen.
[edit] Etymology
The name of the town may have come from the Scottish Gaelic innis, meaning an island, or, as in this context, a piece of terra firma in a marsh. [1] Alternatively, inch or innis can refer to a meadow or low-lying pasture which is probably the more likely source of the name as this more closely corresponds with the site of the town. [2]
[edit] History
In the middle ages, the town was home to a colony of Flemish merchants. [citation needed]
[edit] Transport
The town is served by Insch railway station and has regular bus services to Huntly and Inverurie.
==Services
- ^ Watson, W.J., Celtic Placenames of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1926)
- ^ Smith, Alexander (Ed.). A New History of Aberdeenshire in Two Parts: Part II, Lewis Smith, Aberdeen, 1875.
There is also a Costcutter store, Chemist/Newsagent. Post Office, Butcher, Hardware. There is a leisure centre with a veriety of activities as well as a cafe. Church wise there is a Church of Scotland & Episcopal one. There are two hotels Carriages (by the station) and another near the centre of the village.
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