Cornhill, Aberdeenshire

This article is about the village near Banff. For the area of Aberdeen, see Cornhill, Aberdeen.

Cornhill
Entering the village on the B9023 road
Cornhill Cornhill shown within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference	NJ925065
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERDEEN
Postcode district	AB45
Dialling code	01466
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Banff and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Banffshire and Buchan Coast
Website	aberdeenshire.gov.uk
List of places UK Scotland

Coordinates: 57°36′43″N 2°41′53″W / 57.612°N 02.6981°W / 57.612; -02.6981

Cornhill (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Arbhair) is a small village close to Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^[1]

There is the local garage Ewens of Cornhill,^[2] Post Office and the local pub Peggy Duffs. There is a nearby castle, Castle of Park, also known as Park House, which was built in the 16th century. There is a local Church of Scotland which is a joint church between Ordiquhill and Cornhill.^[3]

Cornhill has its own highland games in summer, including the Knock Hill race, an 8.5 mile race up the nearby Knock Hill and back.

There is a small school Ordiquhill Primary,^[4] slightly over a mile southwest along the A95 road.

Prehistory

There is considerable evidence of prehistoric habitation in the vicinity of Cornhill, including the extant Longman Hill barrow.^[5]

Notable people

J. Henry created the Kerrs Pink variety of potato in 1907.
G. Morrison bred the world's most expensive sheep Deveronvale Perfection which sold for £231,000 in 2009.^[6]

References

↑ AA Touring Guide to Scotland. 1978.
↑ "Ewens of Cornhill Ltd". Ewens of Cornhill. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
↑ "Contact (Presbytery of Buchan)". Church of Scotland. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
↑ "Ordiquhill School". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
↑ C. Michael Hogan. "Longman Hill". The Modern Antiquarian. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
↑ "£231,000 sheep sets price record". BBC News. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cornhill, Aberdeenshire.

Cornhill Highland Games

Settlements and places of interest in Banff and Buchan, Aberdeenshire

Primary settlements	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills

Other settlements	Boyndie Broadsea Cornhill Cortes Crovie Fordyce King Edward Memsie Netherbrae New Aberdour New Byth Pennan Sandend

Places of interest	Duff House Findlater Castle Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Memsie Cairn

Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)

in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills

in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield

in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff

in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill

in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven

in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.