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12-609: Monikie is a village and civil parish in Angus , Scotland, north-east of Dundee. The village grew from small beginnings as just one of many hamlets. The other large village in the parish is Newbigging . Because of the siting of the Railway Station, provided mainly to service the farming community and latterly, the Farina Mill or Granary, and the former reservoir ponds for Dundee City Council (now Monikie Country Park ),

24-708: A number of local groups and clubs which run at the Monikie Memorial Hall. Monikie Scout Hut is the home to the 53rd Angus (1st Newbigging) Scout Group, providing activities for boys and girls aged 6 –14. The Camus Explorer Scout Unit (boys and girls aged 14–17) as well as the Monikie Rainbows and Brownies also use the Scout Hut. Monikie Country Park also provides a number of nature based activities as well as providing Outdoor activities such as water sports, high ropes and climbing activities during

36-556: The ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland . As parishes used for religious functions diverged from civil parishes, the former became known as quoad sacra parishes . Since 1975, Scotland has been divided into community council areas which are often similar to civil parishes in their boundaries. These community council are not equivalent to English parish councils and Welsh community councils and do not have legal powers of their own but in some cases local authorities have

48-466: The poor law . Their local government functions were abolished in 1930 with their powers transferred to county or burgh councils. Since 1975, they have been superseded as the smallest unit of local administration in Scotland by community councils . Civil parishes in Scotland can be dated from 1845, when parochial boards were established to administer the poor law . While they originally corresponded to

60-453: The activities of 19th century bodysnatchers. It is the location of Affleck Castle , formerly Auchinleck Castle, which stands on the western outskirts of the village toward the centre of the parish. It consists of a tower built on high ground. The castle was inhabited as late as 1746, although it has since been used as a granary . The 17th-century Panmure House , seat of the Earl of Panmure ,

72-476: The concentration has centred on the area which became Monikie village, mainly as a result of a new house building programme in the 1970s and 1980s. The Scottish violinist and fiddler James Scott Skinner lived in Monikie from 1906 to 1909. It is wrong to think of Monikie as only the village but, as the parish name, it is still relevant in most of the addresses in this rural area, stretching from Hynd Castle in

84-788: The local authorities created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and they continue to be used for census purposes. They are used as part of the coding system for agricultural holdings under the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) used to administer schemes within the Common Agricultural Policy . According to the website of the General Register Office for Scotland , there are now 871 civil parishes. Civil parish boundaries originally corresponded with

96-533: The north, to the coast of the Firth of Tay at the south. Its population in 1991 was 479. There has been a fair bit of development with some new housing in the village since the 1991 figure and the population has increased. Monikie is the northernmost Church of Scotland parish of the Presbytery of Dundee , but changes have occurred. A rare example of a morthouse is located in the churchyard, built to frustrate

108-431: The parishes of the Church of Scotland , the number and boundaries of parishes soon diverged. Where a parish contained a burgh , the area of the parish outside the burgh was termed the landward area. Until 1891 some parishes lay in more than one county . In that year, under the terms of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 , the boundaries of most of the civil parishes and counties were realigned so that each parish

120-628: The summer months. Moffat & Williamson operate a two-hourly bus service, numbered the 78 & 79, which both go from Monikie to Dundee via Broughty Ferry daily. The buses stop at Broomwell Gardens, Monikie Country Park and Monikie Primary School. Stagecoach Strathtay operate a one-bus-a-day service, numbered the 181, which goes from Monikie to Forfar or Monifieth on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. Civil parishes in Scotland Civil parishes gained legal functions in 1845 when parochial boards were established to administer

132-409: Was located to the east of the village, although it was demolished in the 1950s. Only the stables and the 105-foot (32 m) Panmure Testimonial remain on the estate, as well as the remains of the earlier Panmure Castle. Monikie has a coffee shop called “Sweet Nix”. There is also a cafe/restaurant in the country park called “Cafe Byzantium” which operates late spring to early autumn. Monikie also has

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144-413: Was wholly within a single county. In 1894 the parochial boards were replaced by more democratically elected parish councils. Parish councils were in turn abolished in 1930, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 , with powers being transferred to county councils in landward areas of counties and burgh councils where they were within a burgh. Their boundaries continued to be used to define some of

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