Insch

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Insch
Location
OS grid reference:	NJ632280
Statistics
Population:	1523 (2001 census)

Administration
Council area:	Aberdeenshire
Constituent country:	Scotland
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Police force:	Grampian Police
Lieutenancy area:	Aberdeenshire
Former county:	Aberdeenshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	INSCH
Postal district:	AB52 6
Dialling code:	01464
Politics
Scottish Parliament:	Gordon
UK Parliament:	Gordon
European Parliament:	Scotland
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg

Image:Insch viewed from Dunnideer.jpg

1 Geography
2 Etymology
3 History
4 Transport
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Insch is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located approximately 28 miles from the city of Aberdeen.

[edit] Etymology

The name of the town may have come from the Scottish Gaelic innis, meaning an island, or, as in this context, a piece of terra firma in a marsh. <ref name=Watson>Watson, W.J., Celtic Placenames of Scotland, (Edinburgh, 1926)</ref> Alternatively, inch or innis can refer to a meadow or low-lying pasture which is probably the more likely source of the name as this more closely corresponds with the site of the town. <ref name=Smith>Smith, Alexander (Ed.). A New History of Aberdeenshire in Two Parts: Part II, Lewis Smith, Aberdeen, 1875.</ref>

[edit] History

In the middle ages, the town was home to a colony of Flemish merchants. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Transport

The town is served by Insch railway station and has regular bus services to Huntly and Inverurie.

==Services <references/> There is also a Costcutter store, Chemist/Newsagent. Post Office, Butcher, Hardware. There is a leisure centre with a veriety of activities as well as a cafe. Church wise there is a Church of Scotland & Episcopal one. There are two hotels Carriages (by the station) and another near the centre of the village.