Kincardine may refer to:
Places
Scotland
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Kincardine, Fife
Kincardine ( ; gd, Cinn Chàrdainn) or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. It was at one time a reasonably prosperous mi ...
, a town on the River Forth, Scotland
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Kincardine Bridge
The Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk council area to Kincardine, Fife, Scotland.
History
The bridge was constructed between 1932 and 1936, to a design by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, Consulting En ...
, a bridge which spans the Firth of Forth
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Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and ...
, a historic county
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Kincardine, Aberdeenshire
Kincardine was a burgh in Scotland, near the present-day village of Fettercairn. It served as the first county town of Kincardineshire.
The settlement gradually developed around Kincardine Castle. The origin of the castle is not known, alth ...
, now abandoned
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Kincardine and Deeside
Kincardine and Deeside was formerly (1975–96) a local government district in the Grampian Region of Scotland. In 1996 it was included in the Aberdeenshire unitary area.
History
This region is rich in prehistory with numerous megalithic si ...
, a former local government district
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Kincardine and Mearns
Kincardine and Mearns is one of six area committees of the Aberdeenshire council area in Scotland. It has a population of 38,506 (2001 Census). There are significant natural features in this district including rivers, forests, mountains and bogs ...
, a current local government district
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Kincardine, Sutherland
Kincardine ( gd, Cinn Chàrdainn) is a small hamlet in Sutherland, situated on the west end of the south shore of the Dornoch Firth. The village of Ardgay is less than 1 mile north west of Kincardine along the A836 coast road.
Etymology
The n ...
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Kincardine O'Neil
Kincardine O'Neil ( gd, Cinn Chàrdainn, sco, Kinker) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated between the towns of Banchory and Aboyne approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Aberdeen on the north bank of the River Dee.
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, Deeside
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Abernethy and Kincardine
Abernethy and Kincardine is a civil parish, and former registration district and ecclesiastical parish, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The name is not in use for any modern administrative entity, but remains as the usual description f ...
, Highland
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Kincardine-in-Menteith
Kincardine is a civil parish in the Scottish council area of Stirling and the former county of Perthshire in the historic district of Menteith.
It lies between the River Teith and River Forth and contains the villages of Blair Drummond and Thor ...
, Stirling
Canada
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Kincardine, Ontario
Kincardine ( ) is a municipality located on the shores of Lake Huron in Bruce County in the province of Ontario, Canada. The current municipality was created in 1999 by the amalgamation of the Town of Kincardine, the Township of Kincardine, a ...
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Kincardine, Ontario (community)
Other uses
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Earl of Kincardine
The title Earl of Kincardine was created in 1647 in the Peerage of Scotland for Edward Bruce, grandson of George Bruce of Carnock, who was the younger brother of the 1st Lord Kinloss, he in turn being the father of the 1st Earl of Elgin.
Char ...
, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
See also
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Kincardine Castle (disambiguation), several castles in Scotland
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