A query popped up elsewhere on social media asking why the Bettridge Centre in Newtonhill has that name.

The Bettridge Centre is named after the small inlet from the sea directly to the east, at the foot of the Coastal Park. The other front runner when we were choosing a name was Greystone, after the adjoining street.

The name was picked by the villagers who built the extension to the community hall (now known as the small hall).

The Ordnance Survey map below shows the location of the Bettridge and the centre. There are also Bettridge Road and Bettridge Lane in the old village.

I don’t know the origin of the name though.

PS: The centre is now hosting the village library, on Wednesday and Friday afternoons.