Nethy Bridge Hotel, Nethy Bridge

Nethy Bridge Hotel, Nethy Bridge

ID: QZP40_CARD_5798_AT DESCRIPTION: The Nethy Bridge Hotel in the village of Nethy Bridge, which lies approximately 8 km south southwest of Grantown-on-Spey. The Hotel was constructed in 1898 and was extended several times during the 20th century. Until the arrival of the railway here in 1863, the village was known as Abernethy. It was renamed Nethy Bridge to differentiate it from another Abernethy village, at which the Great North of Scotland Railway line already stopped. The name Nethy Bridge refers to the three-arch bridge in the village, designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1806.The railway line that ran through Nethy Bridge closed in the 1960s. The timber trade was central to the local economy in the 18th and 18th centuries and there were a number of sawmills in the local area. During World War 2, men from the Canadian Forestry Corps and the Newfoundland Navy were based in camps at Abernethy Forest, harvesting and processing Scots Pine for the war effort. PLACENAME: Nethy Bridge DISTRICT: Badenoch OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS: Abernethy and Kincardine CREATOR (AV): Andrew Taylor DATE OF IMAGE: 2009 PERIOD: 2000s SOURCE: Andrew Taylor Asset ID: 41637 KEYWORDS: