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Gardenstown
Gardenstown is a small coastal village, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) by road east of Banff in Aberdeenshire, northeastern Scotland. It lies in the civil parish of Gamrie, formerly part of Banffshire.
The village's main economic base is fishing. Gardenstown is served by Gardenstown New Church. The hamlet of Dubford is to the south, and a footpath along the shore to the east leads to the village of Crovie.
There is evidence of Neolithic or Bronze Age peoples having settled in the vicinity of Gardenstown; notably at Longman Hill and Cairn Lee. Nearby are the remains of the Church of St John the Evangelist which was built in 1513, and celebrates the defeat of the Danes at this site in 1004 in the Battle of the Bloody Pits.
Gardenstown and its harbour were founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden. Fishing began in 1812. Two substantial stone-built piers enclosing a triangular basin were reconstructed in 1868. A four-storey rubble net store stands nearby.
In April 1913 work was started on an improvement scheme for the harbour which envisaged the extension of the east pier and the construction of a new basin to the west of the existing basin, enclosed by a new breakwater. However the concrete work on the breakwater was defective and in July 1913 the contractors were ordered to stop. The work was taken out of the contractors' hands and the extension of the east pier was given priority. . In 1915 it was decided to remove the defective concrete work of the new west pier and work on the new basin was deferred. Work on the east pier continued . By 1916 the east pier was practically complete .
A church was built in 1830, the work of William Robertson, replacing the old church of St John, and the parish of Gardenstown was separated from Gamrie on 16 March 1885. In 1953, heavy flooding washed away two houses in the village.
Greenskairs House dates to 1846, the work of A & W Reid.
In May 2007, a TV series titled The Baron was filmed in and around the village. The series featured three celebrities — Malcolm McLaren, Mike Reid and Suzanne Shaw — competing to be elected "Baron of Troup". During the filming, McLaren was thrown out of the village for unruly behaviour, leaving Reid and Shaw to contest the final election, which was won by Reid.
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Gardenstown
Gardenstown is a small coastal village, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) by road east of Banff in Aberdeenshire, northeastern Scotland. It lies in the civil parish of Gamrie, formerly part of Banffshire.
The village's main economic base is fishing. Gardenstown is served by Gardenstown New Church. The hamlet of Dubford is to the south, and a footpath along the shore to the east leads to the village of Crovie.
There is evidence of Neolithic or Bronze Age peoples having settled in the vicinity of Gardenstown; notably at Longman Hill and Cairn Lee. Nearby are the remains of the Church of St John the Evangelist which was built in 1513, and celebrates the defeat of the Danes at this site in 1004 in the Battle of the Bloody Pits.
Gardenstown and its harbour were founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden. Fishing began in 1812. Two substantial stone-built piers enclosing a triangular basin were reconstructed in 1868. A four-storey rubble net store stands nearby.
In April 1913 work was started on an improvement scheme for the harbour which envisaged the extension of the east pier and the construction of a new basin to the west of the existing basin, enclosed by a new breakwater. However the concrete work on the breakwater was defective and in July 1913 the contractors were ordered to stop. The work was taken out of the contractors' hands and the extension of the east pier was given priority. . In 1915 it was decided to remove the defective concrete work of the new west pier and work on the new basin was deferred. Work on the east pier continued . By 1916 the east pier was practically complete .
A church was built in 1830, the work of William Robertson, replacing the old church of St John, and the parish of Gardenstown was separated from Gamrie on 16 March 1885. In 1953, heavy flooding washed away two houses in the village.
Greenskairs House dates to 1846, the work of A & W Reid.
In May 2007, a TV series titled The Baron was filmed in and around the village. The series featured three celebrities — Malcolm McLaren, Mike Reid and Suzanne Shaw — competing to be elected "Baron of Troup". During the filming, McLaren was thrown out of the village for unruly behaviour, leaving Reid and Shaw to contest the final election, which was won by Reid.
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