Avonbridge () Drochaid na h-Aibhne
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council area of

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. The village is south-southeast of the town of

. Avonbridge sits just inside the council boundary line between Falkirk and

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councils. The village lies at the junction of the B8028 and B825 roads and is a bridging point over the River Avon, hence the name Avonbridge. At the time of the 2011 census, a population of 652 residents was recorded.Population and Household Estimates 2011
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History

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining.Falkirk Local History Society
Avonbridge. Retrieved 2011-04-13 The village also had a brickworks in the mid twentieth century, "Avonbridge Brickworks", but today no longer exists. Nowadays the village is largely residential although Avonbridge is the base of operations for "Stevenson Brothers" a haulage company, whose bright orange heavy goods vehicles transport goods across the

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Toponymy

The name Avonbridge derives from the fact that the village crosses a river. The

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"''avon''" is often found in the Celtic language which denotes the presence of a river,Iain Mac an Tàilleir 2003
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as "''abhainn/a river''," with genitive "aibhne/of a river." Drochaid na h-Aibhne literally means ''Bridge of the River''.

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Canmore - Avonbridge, Craigbank Quarry site recordCanmore - Avonbridge, Craigend Quarry site recordCanmore - Avonbridge Brickworks site recordScottish Brick History - Avonbridge
{{Authority control Selkirkshire Villages in Falkirk (council area)

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