Keig

Keig Scottish Gaelic: Mon Chaoig
Keig Church (photo: Gilbert Scott)
Keig Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference	NJ611189
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALFORD
Postcode district	AB33
Dialling code	01975

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Gordon
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West
List of places UK Scotland 57°15′36″N 2°38′46″W / 57.260°N 2.646°W / 57.260; -2.646

Keig (/kiːɡ/ KEEG)^[1] is a village within the local government area of Aberdeenshire Council in the North East of Scotland and is located within the Marr area of Aberdeenshire^[2]^[3] three miles (five kilometres) from Alford. It lies on the B992 road between Insch and the village of Whitehouse.

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Education

The village has a Primary School,^[4] and it is within the catchment area for Alford Academy, the nearest Secondary School.

Church

Keig has a Church of Scotland church, which is a church included in the Howe Trinity Parish (which also includes Alford and Tullynessle and Forbes).^[5]

Keig Parish Church dates from 1834^[6] and has a linked churchyard.

The church was saved from being sold off as a private dwelling in the early 2000s, thanks to a group, the Friends of Keig Kirk, which supports the church to this day.^[7]^[8]

Places of interest

Keig is located near Castle Forbes, which is the ancestral home of the Clan Forbes family.

The historic Category A listed Bridge of Keig, designed by the architect Thomas Telford, spans the River Don and has views towards Castle Forbes. It is a notable local landmark.^{[citation needed]} In February 2010 the bridge was closed to traffic by Aberdeenshire Council amid fears of structural damage caused by the harsh winter conditions experienced at the end of 2009 and the early part of 2010.^[9]^[10] Having undertaken major strengthening and repair work, Aberdeenshire Council reopened Keig Bridge on 18 September 2010.^[11]

The River Don passes through north Keig (ROK) and South-East Keig.

Transport

The village is served by the 421 bus between Alford and Insch.^[12]

Notable residents

William Robertson Smith and his brother Charles Michie Smith were both born in Keig manse.^[13]

References

^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 78.
^ "Parish of Keig from the Gazetteer for Scotland". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
^ "The New Statistical Account of Scotland - Parish of Keig". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
^ "Keig School". Archived from the original on 19 March 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
^ "HOWE TRINITY WEBSITE". Archived from the original on 21 November 2005.
^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Keig Parish Church (112816)". Canmore.
^ "Historic Churches Trail". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
^ "Friends of Keig Kirk". Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
^ "Press and Journal - Article - Bridge of Keig closes amid fears". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
^ "Historic Bridge of Keig repairs under way". BBC News. 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Bridge of Keig to re-open this weekend". Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
^ "421 bus timetable" (PDF). Stagecoach. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

v t e Settlements and places of interest in Marr, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins
Other settlements	Backburn Bellabeg Birse Birsemore Bogniebrae Brathens Brideswell Cairnie Corgarff Crathie Dinnet Finzean Forgue Gartly Inverey Keig Kennethmont Kildrummy Kincardine O'Neil Kirkton of Tough Logie Coldstone Lost Lumsden Monymusk Potarch Rhynie Ruthven Strachan Strathdon Tillyfourie Tornaveen Towie Tullich Whitehouse Ythanwells
Places of interest	Alford Valley Railway Badenyon Balmoral Castle Blelack Braemar Castle Burn O'Vat Cairn O' Mounth Cairngorms National Park Castle Forbes Corgarff Castle Craigievar Castle Crathes Castle Crathie Kirk Forest of Birse Grampian Transport Museum Huntly Castle Kildrummy Castle Lochnagar Royal Deeside Royal Deeside Railway Yonder Bognie Ythan Wells (Glenmailen) Roman Camp

v t e Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)
in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill
in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Luthermuir Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven
in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins