New Byth is a small inland

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in the

Banff and Buchan Banff and Buchan is a committee area of the Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. It has a population of 35,742 (2001 Census). Fishing and agriculture are important industries, together with associated processing and service activity. Banff and Buchan ...

committee area of

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, Scotland, that lies a few miles northeast of

Cuminestown Cuminestown is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and sits at the centre of the parish of Monquhitter. It is approximately 6 miles from Turriff and New Deer, 10 miles from Macduff and Banff and 15 miles from Fraserburgh. ...

. It was founded in 1763 by the then Laird of Byth, James Urquhart. The village has few facilities, the former primary school having closed in 2005, followed by the Post Office in 2006, and the village pub in 2008. There are two former church buildings, the larger previously affiliated to the

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(1857, A & W Reid) and now derelict, the smaller associated with the

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until 1929 and now owned by a community association which hires it out as a general-purpose hall. The village had an active branch of the

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for 50 years to 2011, when it merged with the Monquhitter branch. The village hosts an annual steam and vintage rally, usually on the Sunday closest to 1 July.

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Bibliography

* Villages in Aberdeenshire 1763 establishments in Scotland {{Aberdeenshire-geo-stub