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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 814 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BERVIE, or INVERBERVIE

BERVIE, or INVERBERVIE , a royal and See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh of See also:

KINCARDINESHIRE, or THE MEARNS

Kincardineshire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1207. It is situated at the mouth of Bervie See also:

WATER

Water and is the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

North See also:

BRITISH

British railway's See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

LINE

line from See also:

Montrose, which lies 14 M. S.W. The leading See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include manufactures of woollens, See also:

FLAX

flax and chemicals, and there is also a brisk See also:

trade in live-stock. Bervie unites with See also:

ARBROATH, or ABERBROTHOCK

Arbroath, See also:

BRECHIN

Brechin, See also:

FORFAR

Forfar and Montrose in returning one member (for the " Montrose burghs ") to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament. See also:

David II., driven by stress of See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather, landed here with his See also:

queen See also:

JOANNA (1479-1555)

Joanna in 1341, and, out of gratitude for the hospitalityof the townsfolk, granted them a See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter, which See also:

James VI. See also:

CON

con-firmed. Hallgreen See also:

Castle, a stronghold of the 14th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, is maintained in repair. About one m. See also:

south is the fishing See also:

VILLAGE

village of Gourdon (pop. 1197), where See also:

BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

BUILDING

building is carried an. There is a small but steady export business from the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, which has a See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier and See also:

BREAKWATER

St Ternan's, the Romanesque See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church of Arbuthnott, 21 M. north-See also:

west, stands on the See also:

banks of the Bervie. In the See also:

CHAPEL

chapel dedicated to St See also:

Mary, which was afterwards added to it, is the See also:

BURIAL

burial-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the Arbuthnotts, who took their See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title from the See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in 1644. See also:

John See also:

Arbuthnot, Queen See also:

Anne's physician and the friend of See also:

Swift and See also:

Pope, was a native of the parish. Kinneff, 2 M. north, on the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, is of See also:

INTEREST

interest as the place where the Scottish See also:

REGALIA (Lat. regalis, royal, from rex, king)

regalia were concealed during the See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Dunottar Castle.

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