Bayble

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Bayble
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Bayble
Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language Scottish Gaelic
English
OS grid reference NB523316
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode district HS2
Dialling code 01851
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58°12′14″N6°12′54″W / 58.204°N 6.215°W / 58.204; -6.215

Bayble (Scottish Gaelic : Pabail) is a village in Point (An Rubha), on the Isle of Lewis, 6 miles (10 kilometres) east of Stornoway. [1] Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway. [1]

There are around 400 people living in Bayble.[ citation needed ] It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayble by a burn at the bottom of the valley. Upper Bayble (Scottish Gaelic : Pabail Uarach) had a community shop, Murdo's, which has now closed after 44 years of service.[ citation needed ] Upper Bayble has produced three internationally recognised writers of poetry and prose, Iain Crichton Smith, Derick Thomson and Anne Frater.[ citation needed ] The former writing predominantly in English and the latter two writing almost exclusively in Gaelic. Lower Bayble (Scottish Gaelic : Pabail Iarach) is a seaside crofting township. The village overlooks Bayble Bay (Bàgh Phabail), with Bayble Island (Eilean Phabail) at the south end and Eilean a' Chàise to the north.

References

  1. 1 2 "Overview of Bayble". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 26 June 2009.