Kinker

Kinker Scots Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn
Kincardine O'Neil Location within Aberdeenshire
Population	338 (2010) [1]
OS grid reference	NO592997
Cooncil area	Aiberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Kincardineshire
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	Aboyne
Postcode destrict	AB34
Diallin code	013398
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scots Pairlament	Aberdeenshire West
Leet o places UK Scotland 57°05′13″N 2°40′26″W / 57.086934°N 2.673993°W / 57.086934; -2.673993Coordinates: 57°05′13″N 2°40′26″W / 57.086934°N 2.673993°W / 57.086934; -2.673993

Kinker (Inglis: Kincardine O'Neil Scots Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn) is a village in Aiberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situatit atween the toons o Abyne an Banchry, aboot 25 mile wast o Aiberdeen aside the River Dee.

It wis makit a conservation airt in 1978. The Deeside Wey passes throu the village.

The Auld Toll Hoose at Kinker.

Historie

Sin auncient times there wis a crossin o the Dee at Kinker.^[1] Locations o the Dee crossin alang wi alinement o auncient trackweys makit the airt a guid place fur castles an aerlie settlers. In the airt o Kinker the Middle Ages trackweys til the sooth had a particular influence on development in an aroon Kinker and Abyne Castle.^[2]

In the 19t yearhunner the Deeside Railwey didnae gae throu the village, makin expaunsion difficult. Bi 1895 the population o the village exceedit 200.^[3] Maist o the extant biggins wis biggt in the 19t yearhunner.^{[citation needit]}

The village wis umwhile kent as Eaglais Iarach (Kirk o Saunt Iarchadh) in Scots Gaelic.^[4]

The Esker Spirits distillery is based on the Kinker estate.^[5]

Sister cities

• Thun-Saint-Martin, France

Line notes

1. Kincardine O'Neil historical profile
2. Hogan, 2007
3. Mackintosh, 1895
4. Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean-Àite - K-O" (PDF). The Scottish Parliament. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
5. http://www.eskerspirits.com

References

• C. Michael Hogan, Elsick Mounth, Megalithic Portal, ed A. Burnham [2]
• John Mackintosh, History of the Valley of the Dee, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 1895, Taylor and Henderson, 240 pages
• Kincardine O'Neil historical profile