Drumoak

Drumoak

Drumoak Village
Drumoak
 Drumoak shown within Aberdeenshire
Population 860 (2012)[1]
OS grid referenceNO7999
Council areaAberdeenshire
Lieutenancy areaKincardineshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district AB31 5xx
Dialling code 01330 811 xxx
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish ParliamentAberdeenshire West
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 57°05′10″N 2°20′18″W / 57.08622°N 2.338277°W / 57.08622; -2.338277

Drumoak and district bowling green

Drumoak (Scottish Gaelic: Druim M'Aodhaig, the ridge of St Aodhag) is a village situated between Peterculter and Banchory in North Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[2] Drumoak is proximate to the River Dee, with Park Bridge, named for the local Park Estate, being a local crossing; Park Estate,[3] was formerly owned by the railway engineer Sir Robert Williams;[4] Sir Robert is interred at Drumoak.

There is a church, small shop, bowling green and the Irvine Arms restaurant (aptly named after the family that owned the 13th century Drum Castle). Drum Castle is run by the National Trust for Scotland and is open to visitors. Relics and portraits of the Irvine family are kept here, and it was conferred by Robert the Bruce onto William de Irvine. There are a number of housing developments progressing; a small primary school with about 100 pupils serves Drumoak. The Dee River gravels also attract gravel extraction on both sides of the river.

Drumoak Manse in 1638 was the birthplace of James Gregory,[5] discoverer of diffraction gratings a year after Newton's prism experiments, and inventor of the Gregorian telescope design in 1663. The design is still used today in telescopes such as the Arecibo Radio Telescope upgraded to a Gregorian design in 1997 giving Arecibo a flexibility it had not previously possessed. His older brother David was also born there in 1620.[6]

Between Drumoak and Peterculter is the site of a Roman encampment Normandykes

History

A history of Drumoak was commissioned by the Kirk Session of Drumoak Parish Church in 2000 in order to commemorate the second millennium. It was entitled The Parish of Drumoak and was written by Robin Jackson. Copies of the book can be obtained from the Aberdeen and North East of Scotland Family History Society, 164 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5BD. http://www.anesfhs.org.uk

Drumoak Church

See also

References

  1. ↑ Estimated population of settlements by broad age groups, mid-2012 nrscotland.gov.uk
  2. ↑ AA Touring Guide to Scotland (1978)
  3. ↑ "http://www.georgegoldsmith.com/estates/detail.html?id=49"
  4. ↑ Robert Clarke Hutchinson, George MartelliRobert's People: The Life of Sir Robert Williams, Chatto and Windus, 1971
  5. ↑ http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gregory.html
  6. ↑ John Keay; Julia Keay (2000). Collins encyclopaedia of Scotland. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-710353-9. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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