Lhanbryde
Sign in to saveLhanbryde (Gaelic: Lann Brìghde) is a village that lies east of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. Previously bisected by the A96, it was bypassed in the early 1990s and now lies to the north of this busy trunk road. It had a population of 1,880 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lhanbryde
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,970
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Lhanbryde
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Lann Brìghde
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image
- Lhanbryde, St. Andrew's Road.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Andrew's Road South – Lhanbryde's main road
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Moray
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Moray
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ273612
- UK place.postcode_district
- IV30
- UK place.postcode_area
- IV
- UK place.post_town
- ELGIN
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1920
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Lhanbryde, St. Andrew's Road.jpg
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- Morayshire
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Lhanbryde (Gaelic: Lann Brìghde) is a village that lies east of Elgin in Moray, Scotland. Previously bisected by the A96, it was bypassed in the early 1990s and now lies to the north of this busy trunk road. It had a population of 1,880 at the 2011 Census.
The origin of the name "Lhanbryde" is thought to be Pictish, meaning the "Church Place of St Bride". Why the name has emerged in modern times in its very Welsh form is unclear. The village name was recorded as Lamanbride in 1215; Lambride at the end of the 14th century; Lambry in 1600; and Longbride in 1750. One possibility might have been with the arrival of a post office in the village in 1839, a process that elsewhere fixed names in place — and sometimes changed them. Another might have been the arrival in 1858 of the railway from Elgin to Keith, on which Lhanbryde had a station.