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Brideswell, Aberdeenshire

Not to be confused with Bridewell, a palace in London and a name commonly used for prisons and police stations.

Brideswell (Scottish Gaelic: Tobar Bhrìde) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is named in honour of Brigid of Ireland.[1]

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  1. ^ Celtic Place-names in Aberdeenshire: With a Vocabulary of Gaelic Words Not in Dictionaries ; the Meaning and Etymology of the Gaelic Names of Places in Aberdeenshire ; Written for the Committee of the Carnegie Trust. Aberdeen Daily Journal. 1912. p. 59.

57°26′28″N 2°42′1″W / 57.44111°N 2.70028°W / 57.44111; -2.70028


 

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