Talk:Kittybrewster

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Modifications subsequent to "Peer Review" tag being added

I've made various changes including some history of the railway, and moving the external link out of the body text. To be honest, I'm sorely tempted to remove it entirely, not least because the site it links to describes itself as "private". However, it may contain useful information. Comments, anybody? – Kieran T ^{(talk | contribs)} 16:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I like the additions re the railway. I am not aware of a second bar. I am tempted to add the text of the poem. Kittybrewster 22:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed section - History

The following was removed by User:Zacwill, as John Milne is, apparently, discredited. I'm reinstating Arbuthnot under Notable people. There are more authorities covering the toponymy, Rogers rings a bell. These should be brought together. We should cover discredited (and folk) etymologies.

History

The name first appears an official document of 1615, although the lands around were known as the Browster lands in 1376; in 1675 it appeared again as "Kettiebrauster". It has a Celtic derivation from Cuitan Briste, meaning "broken fold". (Cuitan, dim. of cuit, fold (modern Gaelic cuidhe); briste, broken.) Usually, folds for cattle had water near them. Kittybrewster was in the den now called Berryden, which means watery (bùrnach) den.^[1]

Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1912–92) was born at Powis House, Kittybrewster, and took the name as his territorial designation when he was given a baronetcy in 1964.

^ Milne, John. Celtic place-names in Aberdeenshire (1912)

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 23:36, 8 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

[1] Milne, John. Celtic place-names in Aberdeenshire (1912)

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