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__TOC__ GEOGRAPHY Inverurie straddles the River Don and the River Ury . Although the part of the town south of the Don is actually called '''Port Elphinstone''', it is common to hear the title "Inverurie" used to refer to the entire conurbation. ETYMOLOGY The word "Inverurie" comes from the Scottish Gaelic ''Inbhir Uraidh'' meaning "Mouth of the Ury" after the river which joins the Don just south of the town. It was commonly spelt "Inverury" until the late 1800s when it was altered to avoid confusion with Inveraray in Argyll , on the south west coast of Scotland because it was felt that "a" and "u" were particularly hard to distinguish in handwritten addresses. HISTORY Inverurie is said to have been founded by David of Huntingdon, Earl of the Garioch , brother of Malcolm IV and great-great-grandfather of Robert The Bruce who defeated the Comyn s nearby at the Battle Of Barra on Christmas Eve 1307 . The town's earliest known charter dates from 1558 , but its modern development occurred after the building of the Aberdeenshire Canal linking Port Elphinstone with Aberdeen Harbour in 1806 . The Inverurie Locomotive Works ( 1905 - 1969 ) led to a modest increase in size and prosperity, but it was not until the " Oil Boom" of the last quarter of the 20th Century that the town developed into much of its present form. The nearby Easter Aquhorthies Recumbent Stone Circle is a fine example of the rich history of the North East of Scotland, an ancient monument dating back to the 3rd Millennium BC. INDUSTRY Inverurie is a thriving Market Town , with many small shops, businesses and services. Its main industries other than service and commerce are Agriculture , Oil and Paper Manufacture . Agriculture continues to be a mainstay of Inverurie's economy, as it has done since the town's inception. Thainstone Mart, to the south east of the town, is the biggest livestock market in Scotland, and rents out commercial units to various agricultural support services. Lying beside Thainstone Mart, the paper mill is also a big employer. Following the discovery of North Sea Oil in the mid 1970s , several oil service companies appeared in Inverurie. Many residents who work in this sector do so on offshore oil installations in the North Sea on a "two week on- two week off" basis in addition to those who work in the town itself. In recent years, Inverurie has also seen increasing numbers of Aberdeen commuters going to live there. LANGUAGE Inverurie natives speak the Aberdeenshire Doric Dialect of Scots . Inverurie Doric has become weaker in recent years due to an influx of residents from other parts of the UK, the introduction of Television to the area, and the state curriculum, yet it is still spoken to a greater or lesser degree. The range of the Doric vocabulary in Inverurie is more limited than in the more rural parts of Aberdeenshire. RELIGION Inverurie has churches for each of the following ( Presbyterian ), Roman Catholic , Episcopal Church Of Scotland ( Anglican ), Baptist and United Presbyterian . FOOTBALL TEAM Inverurie Loco Works F.C. are the local Highland League football team and Aberdeen F.C. are the nearest Scottish Football Association affiliated team. FACTS Divorce Rate At 10.4% Inverurie has Scotland's lowest divorce rate (Source: Claritas, 2002). Population 10,885 (Source: General Register Office for Scotland, 2001) |
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