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Torry
Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891. Origin People have been living in Torry since at least the 12th century. The place name first appears in written records in 1484 and was erected a burgh of barony by royal charter from King James IV of Scotland, James IV in 1495. The first bridge over the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Dee linking Torry with Aberdeen was built in the 1520s, and Torry's first pub, 'le Sandy Velle', is recorded in 1535, serving travellers from Aberdeen. Over time development in the area became focussed on what became known as 'Old Torry', a fishing community on the south bank of the River Dee, to the north of present day Sinclair Road. In 1842 the Harbour authorities built two leading lights in Old Torry to guide ships safely into Aberdeen Harbour. They are still working toda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen Harbour
Aberdeen Harbour, rebranded as the Port of Aberdeen in 2022, is a sea port located in the city of Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland. The port was first established in 1136 and has been continually redeveloped over the centuries to provide a base for significant fishing and ship building industries. Since the 1970s it has provided support to the North Sea oil, offshore oil and gas industry operating in the North Sea and it is the main commercial port in the north east of Scotland. The Port of Aberdeen is the largest port in Scotland (by berthage and area) and the busiest port via vessel visits in Scotland also. In 2023, the Port of Aberdeen opened South Harbour. This £420million extension added 1.5km of deep water berthage to support cruise ships, cargo vessels and the Offshore wind sector. Port of Aberdeen is the UK's oldest business, since 1136. History 12th to 16th century A port has existed at Aberdeen since at least the 12th century, with the first recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torry Freshness
The Torry Freshness Score is a systematic scoring system, originating in the UK, for the freshness of fish, based on an objective sensory assessment method. The tester(s) will smell the fish gill odour to assess the state of freshness. Fish are ranked on a numeric scale from 0 to 10. 10 is the highest score for newly-caught fish, 7 is in the neutral range, 6 is at the 'borderline', and fish scoring of 3 or lower is considered spoiled. Customers will generally reject fish when its Torry score is 6 or lower, which indicates that the fish has been on ice for 11 days or more. The test may be performed on both raw and cooked (without seasoning or other ingredients) fish, and the criteria are generally fish-species specific. The results of evaluation generally correlate to the presence and density of microorganisms that cause spoilage, as a lower score implies a greater presence of such microorganisms. The test relies on human sensory perception as the input, although recently electro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Aberdeen South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The seat is currently held by Stephen Flynn of the Scottish National Party since the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. Flynn has served as the leader of the SNP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons since December 2022. The constituency was first used in the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since then. There was also an Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency), Aberdeen South Holyrood constituency, a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999 with the boundaries of the Westminster constituency at that time. In 2011 Scottish Parliament election, 2011 the Scottish Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen City Council Area
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen City Council is one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland, local authorities (commonly referred to as ''councils''). Aberdeen has a population of for the main urban area and for the wider List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Settlements, settlement including outlying localities, making it the United Kingdom's List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 39th most populous built-up area. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. Aberdeen received royal burgh status from David I of Scotland (1124–1153), which transformed the city economically. The tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen City (council Area)
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen City Council is one of Scotland's 32 local authorities (commonly referred to as ''councils''). Aberdeen has a population of for the main urban area and for the wider settlement including outlying localities, making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. Aberdeen received royal burgh status from David I of Scotland (1124–1153), which transformed the city economically. The traditional industries of fishing, paper-making, shipbuilding, and textiles have been overtaken by the oil industry and Aberdeen's seaport. Aberdeen Heliport is one of the busiest commercial heliports in the world, and the seaport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen City Council is one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland, local authorities (commonly referred to as ''councils''). Aberdeen has a population of for the main urban area and for the wider List of towns and cities in Scotland by population#Settlements, settlement including outlying localities, making it the United Kingdom's List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 39th most populous built-up area. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. Aberdeen received royal burgh status from David I of Scotland (1124–1153), which transformed the city economically. The tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire or the County of Kincardine, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the stewartry"), is a Shires of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area on the coast of north-east Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire on the north, and by Angus, Scotland, Angus on the south-west. The county was named after its original county town of Kincardine, Aberdeenshire, Kincardine, near Fettercairn. The county town was moved to Stonehaven in 1600, by which time the town of Kincardine was in decline; it was subsequently abandoned. Other towns in the county include Banchory, Inverbervie and Laurencekirk. The county was abolished as an administrative area in 1975. Since 1996, most of the pre-1975 county has formed part of the Aberdeenshire council areas of Scotland, council area, with the exception of Nigg, Aberdeen, Nigg, which is in Aberdeen City. The name "Kincardine" is used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen City Council is the Local government in Scotland, local authority for Aberdeen City, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Aberdeen was formerly governed by a municipal corporation, corporation from when it was made a burgh in the twelfth century until 1975. Between 1975 and 1996 the city was governed by City of Aberdeen District Council, a lower-tier authority within the Grampian region. The council has been under no overall control since 2002. Since 2022 it has been led by a Scottish National Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrat coalition. It meets at Aberdeen Town House and has its main offices at the neighbouring Marischal College. History Aberdeen Corporation Aberdeen was made a royal burgh by David I of Scotland, David I (reigned 1124–1153). The burgh of Aberdeen was governed by a corporation, also known as the town council. Elections for the council were only introduced in 1833. Prior to that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen South And North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Obar Dheathain a Deas agus Ceann Chàrdainn a Tuath'') is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood) covering part of the Aberdeen City council area and Aberdeenshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region), North East Scotland Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, electoral region, which elects seven additional member system (Scottish Parliament), additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The constituency was created for 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and combines most of the former Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency), Aberdeen Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Adam Reay
Dr George Adam Reay FRSE FRIC CBE (1901–1971) was a 20th-century Scottish biochemist and fish technologist who helped set up the Torry Research Station and served as its first director. Life He was born in Aberdeen on 31 May 1901 the son of Adam Reay, an engineer, and his wife Helen Glass Cownie. The family lived at 6 Ferryhill Terrace. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College then studied Science at Aberdeen University graduating MA in 1921 and a further BSc in 1923. He then did postgraduate studies at Cambridge University gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 1927. After this he joined the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in Aberdeen under Sir William Bate Hardy, and was with them when they set up the Torry Research Station in 1929, being posted as its first Officer in Charge and in 1937 being given the title ''director''. He worked to investigate improved methods of handling white fish catches at sea, and was one of the first to emphasise the importance of storing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Scientific And Industrial Research (United Kingdom)
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) was a department of the British Government responsible for the organisation, development, and encouragement of scientific and industrial research between 1916 and 1965. Between 1916 and 1959 DSIR was headed by the Lord President of the Council, Lord President of the Privy Council. This changed in 1959 with the creation of the position of Minister for Science. In 1964 this position was merged with the Minister of Education to create the position of Secretary of State for Education and Science. In 1964 both the Department for Education, Department of Education and Science and the Ministry of Technology were established and DSIR was formally abolished in 1965. Foundation Before the twentieth century, the government was little concerned with scientific enquiry. By 1914 there were a number of small governmental bodies with a specialised scientific interest, but little organised effort towards the application of discoveries m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigg, Aberdeen
Nigg is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland, south of the River Dee. It has a population of 16,400 (2019 estimate). The area has a bay known as the ''Bay of Nigg'' or Nigg Bay, immediately south of a coastal golf course, and a farm that is also a visitor attraction, known as Doonies Farm. History Nigg is situated somewhat to the east of the ancient Causey Mounth trackway, which route was constructed on high ground to make passable this medieval passage from coastal points south of Stonehaven to Aberdeen. This ancient passage connected the River Dee crossing (where the present Bridge of Dee is situated) via Muchalls Castle and Stonehaven to the south. The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9,000 men in the battle of the Civil War in 1638. Nigg was historically a parish in Kincardineshire. It included Altens, Cove Bay, Kincorth and Torry as well as the village of Nigg itself. Torry was transfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
