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Aberdour and was
For much of its history Aberdour was two villages, Wester Aberdour and Easter Aberdour, on either side of the Dour Burn.
The main result was a growth in the building of large and attractive houses, especially down the hill from Wester Aberdour to the West Sands.
A fire in the late 17th century was followed by some repairs, but in 1725 the family purchased 17th century Aberdour House, on the west side of the burn and in Wester Aberdour, and the medieval Castle was allowed to fall into relative decay.
After a period of dereliction Aberdour House was developed for residential use in the early 1990s.
The Aberdour obelisk was built by Lord Morton on his departure from the village to relocate to a large home in Edinburgh, it was built so he could see his former hometown from his new house when he looked through binoculars-it stands in a cowfield between the castle and the beach.
Council housing was focused towards Abbeyview, on a site on Aberdour Road ; Touch, to the south of Garvock Hill ; Bellyeoman and Baldridgeburn.
The royal burgh merged into Dunfermline District, which was one of three districts within the Fife region serving the town and West Fife from Kincardine to Aberdour.
Along with it, the title Lord Aberdour was granted.
Morton reached Brechin, in Angus, where he signed a deed resigning his lands to his kinsman Robert Douglas of Lochleven, who was then compelled to resign the lands in turn to James V. After James V's death in late 1542, George Douglas of Pittendreich and the Earl of Arran assisted Morton in reclaiming his lands, including Aberdour.
Brown suggests that the word means ‘ abode ’ or ‘ a settlement .’ In 1643, the Parish of Beath was separated from Dalgety Bay and Aberdour.
In January 1559 Arran was leading the war in Fife, writing reports to Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft from Dysart, Wemyss, Cupar and Aberdour.
degree in August 1590, he became schoolmaster of Aberdour in Fife ; he was towards the close of December 1592 ordained minister of Carnock, in the presbytery of Dunfermline.
He was born near Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, the son of a small farmer.
Born at Aberdour House, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Dalhousie was the eldest son of Admiral George Ramsay, 12th Earl of Dalhousie, and Sarah Frances, daughter of William Robertson.
He was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1947 and received as a Law lord a life peerage as Baron Normand, of Aberdour in the county of Fife, retiring in 1953.
Rouse Hill encompasses what was originally known as the Village of Aberdour along with the area originally known as Vinegar Hill following the convict rebellion of 1804.
The movie was set and filmed in Edinburgh and Aberdour.
East Aberdeenshire was defined by the 1868 legislation as consisting of the parishes of Aberdour, Belhelvie, Bourtie, Crimond, Cruden, Daviot, Ellon, Fintray, Foveran, Fraserburgh, Fyvie, Keith-hall and Kinkell, King-Edward, Logie-Buchan, Longside, Lonmay, Methlick, Montquhitter, New Deer, New Machar, Old Deer, Oldmeldrum, Peterhead, Pitsligo, Rathen, Slains, Strichen, Tarves, Turriff, Tyrie and Udny, together with the part of the parish of Old Machar lying east of the River Don, and the parish of St Fergus in Banffshire.

Aberdour and Scotland
Aberdour (;, ) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland.
Aberdour Castle is now in the care of Historic Scotland and open to the public ( entrance charge ).
A dough trough once used for leavening bread from Aberdour Castle, Fife, Scotland.
Image: Newbigging doocot, near Aberdour in Fife. JPG | Ruined doocot at Newbigging near Aberdour, Scotland, revealing the nesting boxes

Aberdour and .
However, in the 1850s the traffic changed dramatically, and Aberdour Harbour became a popular destination for pleasure steamers from Leith.
The railway came to Aberdour in 1890, with the building of the line east from the newly opened Forth Railway Bridge.
Ticket inspectors on the train line through Aberdour were known for their sing song refrain: " Half an hour, Half an hour, Half an hour to Aberdour-tickets please.
Virtually between the two former settlements, though actually part of Easter Aberdour, lies Aberdour Castle.
The A921, the main road along the south coast of Fife, leads down the High Street of Wester Aberdour, before kinking sharply left to cross the railway line, then right again to progress through Easter Aberdour's Main Street.
Wester Aberdour has the more ' olde worlde ' feel of the two, with the narrower through road more closely hemmed in by shops and hotels.
One now leads to Aberdour railway station, a beautifully kept and cared for example of a traditional station, in keeping with its role of transporting at least a quarter of the village's working population to their work each day.
A second lane leads alongside the railway line to Aberdour Castle, while a third leads to the restored Aberdour House.
For many this area is the highlight of any visit to Aberdour ; parking at the foot of Shore Road is usually at a premium.
Another road leads coastwards from Easter Aberdour.
Hawkcraig Road leads past St Fillan's Church and through Silversand Park, home to Aberdour Shinty Club, en route to the much better parking area on Hawkcraig.
Aberdour has a very popular yearly festival, which runs from late July to early August and features musical events, shows, sporting events and children's events.
Aberdour has two beaches-the Silver Sands, and the Black Sands.

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