Avonbridge
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.
History
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining. 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.
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, in this case the River Avon. This is found in Scottish Gaelic as "abhainn/a river," with genitive "aibhne/of a river." Drochaid na h-Aibhne literally means Bridge of the River.
See also
References
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Drochaid na h-Aibhne www.faclair.com Retrieved 2023-03-05
- ^ Population and Household Estimates 2011 www.falkirk.gov.uk Retrieved 2017-04-13
- ^ Falkirk Local History Society, Avonbridge. Retrieved 2011-04-13
- ^ Iain Mac an Tàilleir 2003 Archived September 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine www.scottish.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-02