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The Inverbervie name derives from ''Inbhir Beirbhe'', meaning ''Mouth of the River Bervie '' in Scottish Gaelic . HISTORY Inverbervie was formerly a Royal Burgh , from 1341 to 1975, and a Parliamentary Burgh from 1708 to 1950. The town was within the County of Kincardineshire until 1975, when the county was merged into the Grampian Region . The Aberdeenshire Unitary Council Area , which now includes Inverbervie, was created when the region system was eradicated in 1996. ''Aberdeenshire'' is also the name of another former county which was merged into the Grampian Region in 1975. Parliamentary burgh The Parliamentary Burgh which existed from 1708 to 1950 was a component of the Aberdeen District Of Burghs of the Parliament Of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. In 1832 the became a component of the Montrose District Of Burghs . In 1950 it was merged into the North Angus And Mearns Constituency . North Angus and Mearns was replaced with new constituencies in 1983. FAMOUS INHABITANTS Inverbervie was the birthplace of Hercules Linton , designer of the world famous, Scottish-built Clipper Ship Cutty Sark . Author Lewis Grassic Gibbon (James Leslie Mitchell) lived in nearby Arbuthnott. Novels include: ''Sunset Song'' (1932), ''Cloud Howe'' (1933) and ''Grey Granite'' (1934), published collectively as the trilogy ''A Scots Quair''. The Grassic Gibbon Centre comemorates his life and work. ATTRACTIONS Inverbervie has the local "Bervie Chipper" which won an award for the best fish and chip shop in the UK in 1998. SEE ALSO |
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