Kinneff is a roadside hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just north of Inverbervie. [1] To the north lies another hamlet, Catterline.
Kinneff is a roadside hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just north of Inverbervie. [1] To the north lies another hamlet, Catterline.
Within the hamlet lies Kinneff Old Kirk, which is notable as the site where the Honours of Scotland were hidden by Christian Fletcher after the Siege of Dunnottar Castle in 1651 until the Restoration in 1660. The church was rebuilt in 1738 (and repaired in 1784 and 1831, with some additions in 1876), but some of the fabric of the building incorporates considerable portions of an earlier building. It was dedicated to St Arnty or Arnold, probably corruptions of Adamnan, in 1242. It belonged to the Priory of St Andrews. [2]
A separate Kinneff Church was opened by the Free Church of Scotland, after the schism in 1843, located to the west at Roadside of Kinneff. [3]
The original Kinneff Old Church was closed as an active place of worship in 1976, with the congregation merged with the newer Kinneff Church (which had since returned to being within the Church of Scotland via the United Free Church). The church is now open to the public, and run by a team of volunteers. [4]
The newer Kinneff Church, located at Roadside of Kinneff on the A92 closed for worship on Sunday 13th June 2010, and has subsequently been sold and developed into a private house. The Kinneff parish area is part of Arbuthnott, Bervie and Kinneff Church.
In August 2024, Kinneff Primary School was mothballed by Aberdeenshire Council due to the very small roll for a number of years. Children from the Kinneff area now attend either Bervie or Catterline Primary Schools. [5]
Alongside the commercial enterprise of the local newspaper, The Mearns Leader, Kinneff has a local community radio station in Mearns FM. Broadcasting from nearby Stonehaven in the town hall, Mearns FM aims to keep Kinneff up to date by publicising local and charity events, as well as playing music. Staffed completely by volunteers, Mearns FM is run as a not-for-profit organisation, broadcasting under a Community Radio Licence, with a remit to provide local focus news events and programming. The station is jointly funded by local adverts and local and national grants. Mearns FM has one of the largest listening areas of any Community Radio Station owing to the Mearns' distributed population. Mearns FM was set up to try to bring these distant communities together. [7]
Kinneff is served by buses, including the X7 Coastrider. The A92 runs through the hamlet in a north/south direction.
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