Barry (

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: ''Barraidh'') is a small village in

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, Scotland, on

Barry Burn The Barry Burn, otherwise known as Pitairlie Burn is a minor river in Angus, Scotland. It rises in the eastern portion of the Sidlaw Hills and flows past Newbigging, through Barry and the western part of Carnoustie, before taking a meandering ...

at the mouth of the

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. The recent completion of a bypass for the village on the A930 road from

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Carnoustie Carnoustie (; sco, Carnoustie, gd, Càrn Ùstaidh) is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast. In the 2011 census, Carnoustie had a population of 11,3 ...

is something that was originally planned before the Second World War. There is a water mill (

Barry Mill Barry Mill is a working Category A listed watermill in Barry, Angus in eastern Scotland. It is owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland as an educational tourist attraction. Situated in a secluded area beside the Barry Burn (the w ...

) operated by the

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. The village is served by

Barry Links railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Barry Links station, August 2019.jpg , borough = Barry, Angus , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = ...

. The village was formerly served by Barry primary school which closed in 2007.

History

The

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of Barry, which was originally known as Fethmoreth, Fethmure, Fettermore or Fethmuref was originally bestowed to the monks of

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Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...

by Alexander II in 1230. An early record of it can be found in a proverb attributed to

Thomas the Rhymer Sir Thomas de Ercildoun, better remembered as Thomas the Rhymer (fl. c. 1220 – 1298), also known as Thomas Learmont or True Thomas, was a Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston (then called "Erceldoune") in the Borders. Thomas ...

: ::''The braes of Fettermore'' ::''Hae been a gude ship's shore'' The monks originally managed the lands from the

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of Barry and latterly the land was controlled by the office of the Bailies of Barry, an early holder of this position being Sir Thomas Maule of Panmure in 1511. A number of feus were granted in the Parish around that time, including Ravensby in 1539, Gedhall to David Gardyne in 1541, half of Barry Links and Cowbyres to Walter Cant in 1545 and the other half of the links to Robert Forrester in 1552. Barry road old house

The land was annexed by the crown in the

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following an

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in 1587 and the Bailiery of Barry was granted by

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as a heritable gift to Patrick Maule in 1590. Ownership of the lands was granted by the King to James Elphinstone, Secretary of State in 1599 (ratified 1605), and was sold to George Maule, 2nd

Earl of Panmure Earl of Panmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1646 for Sir Patrick Maule, a former Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and loyal follower of Charles I. He was made Lord Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in ...

in 1667 (ratified in 1672) for £746 13s 4d. The land was forfeited following

James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

's involvement in the

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Barry Buddon Training Area Barry Buddon Training Area is a Ministry of Defence-owned rifle range and training area in Barry, Angus, Scotland, which runs adjacent to Carnoustie Golf Links and the Dundee - Aberdeen railway Line. History Barry Buddon dates back to around ...

is a large open space on the nearby

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s, adjacent to

Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Golf Links is in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Carnoustie has four courses – the historic Championship Course, the Burnside Course, the Buddon Links Course and a free-to-play short, five-hole course called The Nestie. Carnoustie G ...

Notable people

Alexander Carnegie Kirk Alexander Carnegie Kirk (16 July 1830 – 5 October 1892) was a Scottish engineer responsible for several major innovations in the shipbuilding, refrigeration, and oil shale industries of the 19th century. Kirk, born in Barry, Angus, receiv ...

, innovative engineer in several fields, was born at Barry on 16 July 1830. His brother John Kirk, a physician, explorer, and naturalist, was born there on 19 December 1832. Thomas Lowson, who tradition says was the founder of

, was born in Barry around 1764 and was still living there in 1797. Rev. James MacGregor (born at

Callander Callander (; gd, Calasraid) is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historic county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands. The town ser ...

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