| Main | Births etc |
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| Dipple | |
 Dipple Dipple shown within Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | |
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| Council area | Moray |
| Lieutenancy area | Moray |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dipple |
| Postcode district | IV32 |
| Dialling code | 01343 |
| Police | Grampian |
| Fire | Grampian |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Moray |
| Scottish Parliament | Moray |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Farmhouse in Dipple
Dipple (Scottish Gaelic: Diopal) is a village in the Parish of Speymouth,[1] in Moray, Scotland, approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Elgin and is located on the west bank of the River Spey.[2] The village was once the location of a rectory dedicated to the Holy Ghost. The name Dipple is derived from the Gaelic word Diopal, meaning side of a hill.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Parish of Speymouth". scottish-places.info. http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parhistory215.html. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ^ Shaw, Lachlan (1882). The History of the Province of Moray. 3. London: Hamilton, Adams, & Company. pp. 25–26. http://books.google.com/books?id=vcBJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA385&lpg=PA385&dq=dipple,+moray&source=bl&ots=MHelIQA3NR&sig=08pdoSGdAsraXLLzqGwr1it-_O0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A77VUYvPI5HI9gS4uIDIBQ&ved=0CL0BEOgBMBU#v=onepage&q=dipple%2C%20moray&f=false.
- ^ Matheson, Donald (1905). The Place Names of Elginshire. Stirling, Scotland: Enas MacKay. pp. 191. http://archive.org/stream/placenamesofelgi00mathrich#page/190/mode/2up.
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