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Laurencekirk
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  Laurencekirk Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| Population | 3,140 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NO7171 |
| • Edinburgh | 67 mi (108 km) |
| • London | 380 mi (612 km) |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LAURENCEKIRK |
| Postcode district | AB30 |
| Dialling code | 01561 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Laurencekirk (/ˌlɒrənsˈkɜːrk/, Scots: Lowrenkirk,[2] Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Labhrainn), locally known as Lournie, is a small town in the historic county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road. It is administered as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the largest settlement in the Howe o' the Mearns area and houses the local secondary school; Mearns Academy, which was established in 1895 and awarded the Charter Mark in 2003.
Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, referring to an obligation to provide free food and board to passing troops. Laurencekirk is in the Howe of the Mearns, a wide valley between the Hill of Garvock and the Cairn O' Mount. The famous landmark of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the peak of the Garvock.
Laurencekirk was, in the past, known for making snuff boxes with a special type of airtight hinge (known as a "Laurencekirk hinge") invented by James Sandy.
The Laurencekirk Golf Club, now defunct, was founded in the early 1900s but by 1951 it had been wound up.[3]
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ The Online Scots Dictionary
- ^ “Laurencekirk Golf Club”, “Golf’s Missing Links”.