Rothienorman
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Rothienorman is a village in north east Scotland
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The local economy is based primarily on farming, whilst services are provided by a mobile Post Office
van, village shop, the Rothie Inn hotel and barber
. A recent addition to the community was the high-performance automobile vendor Indy Car Sales, which has since closed. The garage was then bought by K G Autotech and currently does car repairs, services and MOTs. They also sell a small range of used cars. The football pitch
was recently refurbished and hosts Rothie Rovers FC, an amateur football club.
Rothienorman Castle became Rothienorman House and then Rothie House. It was subjected to major rebuilding c.1800 and was baronialised 1862 (architect James Matthews). c.1912 it was owned by Reginald Crawford-Leslie whose family home it was until just after WW2. It belonged to the Crawford family and Henry Nigel Crawford was the last laird of Rothienorman succeeding his brother Jock who was killed in action. The estate consisted of 2700 acres (10.9 km²), including the village of Rothienorman. The family name used to be Leslie, became Crawford-Leslie and was then shortened to Crawford. The Leslie family purchased Rothienorman in 1783. The Crawfords had to sell Rothie in 1951 because of death duties incurred during the war. The estate was broken up and the house was stripped by land agents for quick money. The surviving Crawfords now live in New Zealand. The house was still occupied in 1945 but the roof was removed http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylie6470clanurbex/2377824742/; the house is now overgrown with ivy and is in a bad state of repair http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/765409.
Rothienorman was on the Inveramsey - MacDuff Branch Railway which opened in 1857 and closed to passengers in 1951.
Recent changes (2009) see Indy Car Sales closing down, the Post Office
under threat of closure and the new primary school close to capacity. The Bowling Club is being torn down for rebuilding.
Recent expansion has seen Rothienorman transformed from a quiet farming village into a dormitory town
.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The local economy is based primarily on farming, whilst services are provided by a mobile Post Office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
van, village shop, the Rothie Inn hotel and barber
Barber
A barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop....
. A recent addition to the community was the high-performance automobile vendor Indy Car Sales, which has since closed. The garage was then bought by K G Autotech and currently does car repairs, services and MOTs. They also sell a small range of used cars. The football pitch
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
was recently refurbished and hosts Rothie Rovers FC, an amateur football club.
Rothienorman Castle became Rothienorman House and then Rothie House. It was subjected to major rebuilding c.1800 and was baronialised 1862 (architect James Matthews). c.1912 it was owned by Reginald Crawford-Leslie whose family home it was until just after WW2. It belonged to the Crawford family and Henry Nigel Crawford was the last laird of Rothienorman succeeding his brother Jock who was killed in action. The estate consisted of 2700 acres (10.9 km²), including the village of Rothienorman. The family name used to be Leslie, became Crawford-Leslie and was then shortened to Crawford. The Leslie family purchased Rothienorman in 1783. The Crawfords had to sell Rothie in 1951 because of death duties incurred during the war. The estate was broken up and the house was stripped by land agents for quick money. The surviving Crawfords now live in New Zealand. The house was still occupied in 1945 but the roof was removed http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylie6470clanurbex/2377824742/; the house is now overgrown with ivy and is in a bad state of repair http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/765409.
Rothienorman was on the Inveramsey - MacDuff Branch Railway which opened in 1857 and closed to passengers in 1951.
Recent changes (2009) see Indy Car Sales closing down, the Post Office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
under threat of closure and the new primary school close to capacity. The Bowling Club is being torn down for rebuilding.
Recent expansion has seen Rothienorman transformed from a quiet farming village into a dormitory town
Commuter town
A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as suburbs of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns...
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