Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Abernethy and Kincardine is a former civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and registration district in the Highland council area of Scotland. The name is not in use for any current (2011) such entity but remains as the usual description for historical purposes, in the case of the registration district being only a name change.The name "Abernethy" is derived from the local River Nethy ("aber" is Pictish for a river mouth or junction). The name Kincardine is of mixed Gaelic and Pictish origin, "ceann" being Scots Gaelic for head and "cardden" the Brythonic/Pictish for a wooded area; the latter element also features as "garten" in other nearby placenames.The current main village, Bridge of Nethy, now more well known as Nethy Bridge was located around the confluence of the River Nethy and the Duack Burn, at grid reference NJ001206; its earlier growth was mostly upriver along the banks of the Nethy.. }
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- Abernethy_and_Kincardine abstract "Abernethy and Kincardine is a former civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and registration district in the Highland council area of Scotland. The name is not in use for any current (2011) such entity but remains as the usual description for historical purposes, in the case of the registration district being only a name change.The name "Abernethy" is derived from the local River Nethy ("aber" is Pictish for a river mouth or junction). The name Kincardine is of mixed Gaelic and Pictish origin, "ceann" being Scots Gaelic for head and "cardden" the Brythonic/Pictish for a wooded area; the latter element also features as "garten" in other nearby placenames.The current main village, Bridge of Nethy, now more well known as Nethy Bridge was located around the confluence of the River Nethy and the Duack Burn, at grid reference NJ001206; its earlier growth was mostly upriver along the banks of the Nethy.".