Avonbridge ( gd, Drochaid na h-Aibhne)
[Drochaid na h-Aibhne](_blank)
www.faclair.com Retrieved 2023-03-05 is a small village which lies within the
Falkirk council area of
Scotland
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. The village is south-southeast of the town of
Falkirk. Avonbridge sits just inside the council boundary line between Falkirk and
West Lothian 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.
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www.falkirk.gov.uk Retrieved 2017-04-13
History
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining.
[Falkirk Local History Society](_blank)
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
United Kingdom
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.
Toponymy
The name Avonbridge derives from the fact that the village crosses a river. The
affix "''avon''" is often found in the Celtic language which denotes the presence of a river,
[Iain Mac an Tàilleir 2003](_blank)
www.scottish.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-02 in this case the
River Avon. This is found in
Scottish Gaelic
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as "''abhainn/a river'',"
with genitive "aibhne/of a river." Drochaid na h-Aibhne literally means ''Bridge of the River''.
See also
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List of places in Falkirk council area
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References
External links
Canmore - Avonbridge, Craigbank Quarry site recordCanmore - Avonbridge, Craigend Quarry site recordCanmore - Avonbridge Brickworks site recordScottish Brick History - Avonbridge
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Villages in Falkirk (council area)