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| Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Chruidein | |
  Cruden Bay shown within Scotland |
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| Population | est. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology 1,660 (2004) [1] |
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| Council area | Aberdeenshire |
| Lieutenancy area | Aberdeenshire |
| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ELLON |
| Postcode district | AB42 |
| Dialling code | 0177981 |
| Police | Grampian |
| Fire | Grampian |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| European Parliament | Scotland |
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Just south of Slains Castle, Cruden Bay was the site of a battle between Danes and Scots under King Malcolm II in 1012. Slains redirects here note that the term can also be used to refer to the general area surrounding the castle New Slains Castle is a Ruined Castle The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. Máel Coluim mac Cináeda ( Modern Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Choinnich) known in modern Anglicized regnal lists as Malcolm II (c Traditionally, the name was derived from the Gaelic Croch Dain (Slaughter of Danes), although Crùidein (kingfisher) has also been suggested; such birds still being seen in the nearby estuary. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages.
Today, Cruden Bay attracts tourists with its hotels and well-known golf course. It has a long, unspoiled, beach made famous by Norwegian aviator Tryggve Gran who made the first solo flight across the North Sea. Jens Tryggve Herman Gran ( January 20, 1889 - January 8, 1980) was a Norwegian aviator explorer and author [1]
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Literary associations
The town has associations with various figures in literature.
Dr Samuel Johnson and James Boswell were guests at Slains Castle in 1773. Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September James Boswell 9th Laird of Auchinleck ( October 29, 1740 - May 19, 1795) was a lawyer diarist and Author born in Edinburgh Slains redirects here note that the term can also be used to refer to the general area surrounding the castle New Slains Castle is a Ruined Castle Johnson said that "no man can see with indifference" the sea chasm known as the Bullers of Buchan, which is near the town. Located about six miles south of Peterhead and 25 miles north of Aberdeen in northeast Scotland, the Bullers of Buchan is a collapsed sea cave forming an
Dun Bay, or Yellow Rock is also near the Bullers of Buchan, and is associated with Walter Scott's The Antiquary. Located about six miles south of Peterhead and 25 miles north of Aberdeen in northeast Scotland, the Bullers of Buchan is a collapsed sea cave forming an Sir Walter Scott 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 &ndash 21 September 1832 was a prolific Scottish Historical novelist and Poet popular throughout The Antiquary (1816 is a Novel by Sir Walter Scott, in which one of the central characters is an amateur historian archaeologist and collector of items
Bram Stoker holidayed first at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel[2] and then at nearby Whinneyfold from 1894. Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912 was an Irish writer of novels and short stories who is best known today for his 1897 horror Whinnyfold or Whinneyfold is a small coastal village at the southern end of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Slains Castle inspired Dracula, since Stoker was a regular guest at the Kilmarnock Arms, and Stoker’s novel The Mystery of the Sea and some short stories use have Cruden Bay as their setting. Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula.
James Macpherson's poem The Highlander (1758) takes the battle of Cruden as its model. James Macpherson (Seumas Mac a' Phearsain 27 October 1736 17 February 1796) was a Scottish Poet, known as the "translator"
Beginnings
The nearby clifftop Slains Castle was begun in 1597 and abandoned and unroofed for tax purposes in the 1920s. Slains redirects here note that the term can also be used to refer to the general area surrounding the castle New Slains Castle is a Ruined Castle It was given to the Earl of Errol by Robert the Bruce.
Bishop's Bridge spans Cruden Water and dates from 1697.
William Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll , established the fishing community of Port Erroll in the 1840s and 1850s, adding a functional harbour at the mouth of the Water of Cruden in the 1870s. Before that a tiny, now long-abandoned hamlet of rudimentary fisher cottages, simply known as Ward, stood exposed on top of Ward Hill, just above the harbour site. There was also a parish school since 1606, housed in the elegant two-storey Erroll Schoolhouse[3] (now a B & B) from 1834; the Presbyterian St Olaf or simply Old Kirk (1776, with distinctive conical towers added in 1833); and St James Episcopal Church[4] on top of Chapel Hill in 1842.
Fishing community and seaside resort
Port Erroll developed as a fishing community to some extent, but the tidal nature of the harbour restricted the size of craft which could operate from it and the village missed out on the herring boom. However, tourism provided another source of income for the village. Even before the coming of the railway, the long pink curve of the Bay of Cruden sands and spectacular cliffscapes to the north was attracting visitors and a small seaside resort was grafting itself onto the fishing community. The Cruden Bay Golfing Society, founded remarkably early in 1791, played on the open links.
The coming and going of the railway
The railway brought grandeur but not lasting prosperity to Cruden Bay. The branch line from Ellon to Boddam near Peterhead was opened in 1897, along with the golf course[5] and the 55-bedroom Cruden Bay Hotel two years later. Ellon is a sizeable town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 16 Miles north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan (pronounced Boddam is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is north of Aberdeen and south of Peterhead. Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's largest settlement having a population of approximately 19000 A tramway was added linking the station and hotel. The Great North of Scotland Railway Company promoted Cruden Bay as a Brighton of the North, only twelve hours from London and an ideal escape for gentry and nouveau riche. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. Nouveau riche ( French for "new rich" or new money, refers to a person who has acquired considerable Wealth within his or her However, despite initial enthusiasm neither railway nor hotel took off. The railway was closed to passengers in 1932, and in 1939 the hotel was requisitioned as an army hospital, and never re-opened after the war. However, Cruden Bay remains a golfing destination, and the village still sustains three smaller hotels. Additionally, although both the harbour area and the local primary school[6] are still styled "Port Errol", the railway adventure put the name Cruden Bay firmly on the map.
Cruden Bay today
The 1950s and 1960s was a period of rapid population decline for Cruden Bay, but the coming of North Sea Oil to north-east Scotland, with its attendant jobs and families looking for good communities and picturesque places to settle in, reinvigorated the village, and population rose again with new housing added near the now-closed brickworks, the site of the demolished Cruden Bay Hotel and along the Water of Cruden at Morrison Place. These days Cruden Bay serves mainly as a dormitory village for the important settlements of Peterhead to the north and Aberdeen to the South. A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential from which most of the Workforce commute out to earn their livelihood Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's largest settlement having a population of approximately 19000 Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council However, the eighteenth century timbered salmon station still operates, and some seasonal commercial fishing continues.
Oil pipeline
Although there is little evidence of its presence other than a small complex a few miles south of the village, the sands at Cruden Bay is the place where the 110-mile long pipeline operated by British Petroleum, in use from 1975, finds landfall. [7] It pumps crude oil from the Forties oilfield to Port Errol, then onward by overland pipeline to Grangemouth. The Forties oilfield is the largest Oilfield ever discovered in the North Sea. Grangemouth is a town and former Burgh in the council area of Falkirk, Scotland, and formerly in the County of Stirling.
Amenities
- Primary school with pre-school nursery
- Library
- Post office / General store
- Newsagent
- Medical Practise
- Pharmacy
- Golf course
- Three hotels
- General grocers
- Public house
- Take-away
References
- ^ Tryggve Gran
- ^ Welcome to the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel
- ^ Cruden Bay B&B accommodation - Erroll Schoolhouse Bed and Breakfast Cruden Bay Scotland
- ^ Clergy and Office Bearers The Services Parish History The Rector writes
- ^ Cruden Bay Golf Club
- ^ Port Erroll Primary School
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica (2007)
External links
- Official Tourist Web Site
- Cruden Bay Community web site
- Cruden Bay Tramway page at the LNER Encyclopedia
- Peterhead Area Business Directory
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