Laurencekirk
Laurencekirk is a town in the historic county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, simply off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen highway, which bypassed it in 1985. It is provided as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the largest settlement in the Howe o' the Mearns location as well as houses the local senior high school; Mearns Academy, which was granted the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, referring to a commitment to give complimentary food as well as board to passing troops. Laurencekirk remains in the valley between capital of Garvock and also the Cairn O' Mount. The famous landmark of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the optimal of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, recognized for making snuff boxes with a special sort of airtight hinge (called a "Laurencekirk hinge") created by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (now defunct) first showed up in the very early 1900s. The club shut at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon created much regarding The Mearns as well as the bordering area in his publication Sunset Song. A tribute centre can be checked out at Arbuthnott a couple of miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart serviced the land at Laurencekirk in the Second World War, as well as his narratives make use of his monitorings of rural life here.
