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Kemnay
Kemnay may refer to: * Kemnay, Manitoba, a community in Canada *Kemnay, Aberdeenshire Kemnay (Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic: ''Camnaidh'') is a village west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History The village name ''Kemnay'' is believed to originate from the Celtic words that mean "little crook in the river ..., a village in Scotland ** Kemnay Academy ** Kemnay House ** Kemnay railway station {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemnay, Aberdeenshire
Kemnay (Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic: ''Camnaidh'') is a village west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History The village name ''Kemnay'' is believed to originate from the Celtic words that mean "little crook in the river" due to the village location on the bend of the River Don, Aberdeenshire, River Don. Kemnay House is classified by Historic Scotland as a category A listed building. The village was served by Kemnay railway station on the Alford Valley Railway (GNoSR), Alford Valley Railway from 1859 to 1950. The alignment through the village has been lost to housing developments. The pre-Reformation church was dedicated to St Anne. The parish was united with Craigern in 1500 and both came under the umbrella of nearby Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, Kinkell. The old church was extensively rebuilt in 1632. The current parish church dates from 1844. The pre-1844 church was of unusual cruciform style, with the earth floor 1m below the surrounding ground, and prone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemnay Academy
Kemnay Academy is a secondary school in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, situated on the banks of the River Don. It is one of seventeen secondary schools run by Aberdeenshire Council and has roughly 1000 pupils. The current rector is Kyle Scott who took up the position after previous rector, Lizbeth Paul, left in January 2024. History Built in 1980 and opened in 1982, Kemnay Academy was initially created in response to a growing need for a secondary school to accommodate the growing number of pupils in Kintore and Kemnay who previously went to Inverurie Academy. After its construction, Kemnay Academy originally served the surrounding Kemnay and Kintore communities and their three feeder primary schools (Kintore Primary, Kemnay Primary, Alehousewells Primary). At the turn of the century, Kemnay Academy began accepting pupils from the neighbouring Kinellar Primary School in Blackburn. A second primary school in Kintore, Midmill School, was opened in November 2016 and became the fifth feede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemnay House
Kemnay House is a 17th-century tower house, now incorporated in a later house, about south-west of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and south of Kemnay, to the south of the River Don.Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.219 History During the 16th century, Kemnay was a property of the Douglases of Glenbervie. It was acquired by the Crombie family, who built the present house. In 1682, George Nicolson of Cluny purchased the Kemnay House and estate from Alexander Strachan of Glenkindie. On 5 July 1682, he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice and subsequently adopted the title Lord Kemnay. Thomas Burnett of Leys purchased it from him in 1688; Thomas was subsequently imprisoned in the Bastille, Paris, at the instigation of Jacobite enemies. Alterations, including the extension of the wings, took place in 1833. The house is still occupied. Structure The original tower house was a tall L-plan building. The entrance, in the re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemnay, Manitoba
Kemnay is a small community in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead about 10 kilometres west of Brandon on PTH 1A. Kemnay has the same name as Kemnay, a village in Scotland. In October 2001, most of the community was evacuated when a train carrying methanol and vinyl acetate Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the Chemical formula, formula CH3CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, polyvinyl alcohol, and other important industrial polymers. Prod ... derailed near Kemnay. External links Transportation Safety Board of Canada: Railway Investigation Report References Unincorporated communities in Westman Region {{Manitoba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
