Birse
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Birse ({{langx|gd|Braois/Breis}}) is a parish in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which includes the communities of Finzean and Ballogie. However the name Birse is often used to refer only to the northwestern part of the parish which lies on the south side of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, opposite the village of Aboyne. The south-west part of the parish is a sparsely populated upland area known as the Forest of Birse, which gives its name to one of the houses at Aboyne Academy.
Etymology and name
The name Birse was recorded in 1157 as Brass. The origin of the name is uncertain, although toponymist Simon Taylor has suggested derivation from a possible Pictish cognate of the Welsh adjective bras, in names meaning "bulky, large, fertile".{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Simon |title=Pictish Place-names in the North-East |url=https://cairngorms.co.uk/uploads/documents/Learn/Learning_Projects/SimonTaylorPictishPresn.pdf |website=Cairngorms |access-date=29 March 2021}} However, place-names rarely consist of simplex adjectives.
Images
Image:Housing development in Birse village.jpg|New houses in Birse
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10190782&c_id=10107260 Historical Boundary Map of Birse Parish]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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