Talk:Shakkin' Briggie

Name of bridge
See proposal to make St. Devenick's Bridge the main name for this article. I think it should stay as Shakkin' Briggie - this is used in all the published documents about the bridge, although in Aberdeen City Council papers it is officially referred to as Morison's Bridge e.g. see and. I would like to stay as Shakkin' Briggie, as I think this is the name the bridge is best known under. There are precedents elsewhere for using the official name (e.g. see Silver Jubilee Bridge, probably much better known as the Runcorn Widnes Bridge, but I don't think there's a hard-and-fast rule.) -- Kvetner 20:21, 23 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Its interesting the council refer to it as Morison's Bridge, and not St. Devenicks bridge and I had always thought. If published documents (such as in the references) are calling it Shakkin Briggie then it is best left at that. I will find out more about its name and clarify in the opening paragraph. I can't get a high enough resolution OS map from the OS website with a name on it and Google Earth didn't help either :( As the other names all redirect there anyway, it is only a minor matter anyhow.


 * I found a couple of public domain pictures from geograph.org.uk and added them also. Bobbacon 20:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Online References
I have linked to the "Past and Present of Aberdeenshire" book which is available online (scanned in by Google) at the babel.hathitrust.org. I note that this is from a copy of the first edition that gives the date of construction for the bridge as 1839. I have a physical copy of the second edition in front of me that has been corrected to 1837. Cattwister (talk) 15:22, 15 December 2013 (UTC)