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unusual facts about Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross



Aberfeldie, Victoria

Scotsman James Robertson named his property Aberfeldie, located on the corner of Aberfeldie Sreet and Park Crescent, after the town Aberfeldy in Scotland.

Aberfeldy, Scotland

Areas further outside of Aberfeldy (particularly to the north and west) give way to the extensive Grampian Mountains, with scenic peaks such as Creag Odhar, Farragon (780m), Schiehallion (1083m), Ben Lawers (1214m) and Sron Mhor punctuating the landscape.

Double-headed eagle

The eagle later became the supporter of the arms of the district of Perth and Kinross (1975).

Education in Scotland

Other schools include The Community School of Auchterarder, Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross; The Nicolson Institute, Stornoway, Western Isles; North Walls Community School on Hoy, Orkney Islands and Wester Hailes Education Centre, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.

Ell

The Ell Shop (1757) in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross (National Trust for Scotland), is so called from the 18th century iron ell-stick attached to one corner, once used to measure cloth and other commodities in the adjacent market-place.

Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel

On 10 January 1977, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was made additionally a life peer with the title Baron Keith of Kinkel, of Strathummel in the District of Perth and Kinross, following in the footsteps of his father, Lord Keith of Avonholm.

Highland Railway Yankee Tanks

They were used on branch line services, including those to Burghead, Fortrose, Portessie and Aberfeldy.

Malcolm Appleby

He has lived in Scotland for most of his working life, and currently maintains an atelier at Grandtully near Aberfeldy, Perthshire.

Meikleour Beech Hedges

The Meikleour Beech Hedge(s) (European Beech = Fagus sylvatica), located near Meikleour, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, alongside the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie Road, was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate.

Star Wheel Press

Key gigs have included the Southern Fried Festival in Perth with Samantha Crain, support slots with The Blind Boys of Alabama, Lyle Lovett, 2011's Aberfeldy Festival alongside James Yorkston and Admiral Fallow and a headline show at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar in September 2011 with support from French Wives.

Stùc a' Chroin

The boundary between the council areas of Perth and Kinross and Stirling passes through the summit of the peak, and the town of Callander lies to the south.

The Hazey Janes

The last few years have seen the band tour extensively throughout the UK, performing both as headlining artists and as support of several major acts such as Snow Patrol, Elbow, Idlewild, Brakes, Aberfeldy and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.


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