Kincardineshire
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Kincardineshire, also known as The Mearns (from A' Mhaoirne meaning 'The Stewartry') was a local government county of Scotland on the coast of northeast Scotland. It was bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and west, and by Angus on the south. The county town was originally the town of Kincardine (not, as many believe, the village of Kincardine O Neil, which is in Aberdeenshire). The town of Kincardine, however, ceased to exist during the Middle Ages. The only visible sign of its previous existence is the ruin of Kincardine Castle. In 1296, King John Balliol wrote a letter of surrender from the castle to Edward I of England after a short war which marked the beginning of the wars of Scottish independence.
In modern times the burgh of Stonehaven became the county town, and the county included three other burghs, Banchory, Inverbervie and Laurencekirk.
The local government county was abolished in 1975, and was subsumed into the Kincardine and Deeside district of the Grampian region. When the Grampian region was divided into unitary council areas in 1996, the district was absorbed into the Aberdeenshire council area. The Kincardineshire name is retained for a lieutenancy area.
Constituency
There was a Kincardineshire constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918, representing the county of Kincadineshire, minus the parliamentary burgh of Inverbervie. Inverbervie was a component of the Aberdeen Distirct of Burghs from 1708 to 1832 and of the Montrose District of Burghs from 1832 to 1950.
In 1918 the Kincardineshire constituency was merged with part of the Western Aberdeenshire constituency to form the Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire constituency.
In 1950 Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire was divided between the Aberdeenshire West constituency and the North Angus and Mearns constituency. North Angus and Mearns then covered the whole of the county of Kincardineshire, including the former parliamentary burgh of Inverbervie, and part of the county of Angus, the latter being previously within the Forfarshire constituency.
In 1983, eight years after the abolition of the local government county of Kincardineshire, North Angus and Mearns was replaced by new constituencies.
See also
- Richard Henry Brunton, born in Kincardine
- James Murdoch, born in Stonehaven
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