Place:Ae, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

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NameAe
TypeVillage
Coordinates55.1866°N 3.5956°W
Located inDumfriesshire, Scotland     (1926 - 1975)
See alsoKirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire, Scotlandparish in which Ae was located until 1975
Dumfries and Galloway Region, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotlandunitary Council Area since 1996
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Ae is a village in the parish of Kirkmahoe in the former County of Dumfriesshire in Scotland. The village is located within a conifer forest of more than 15,000 acres (61 km2), and is approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of Dumfries. By repute, is the shortest place name in the United Kingdom.

This area is now part of the unitary authority called the Dumfries & Galloway Council Area.

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History

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Robert Chambers wrote of the Ae area in 1826, describing it as a moor with a glen (known as Glenae), whose inhabitants were "long famed for broils, battles, and feats of activity". Chambers wrote that most men in the area were employed in farming and transporting goods on horseback between the village and Glasgow, as well as the cities of Carlisle and Manchester.[1] These "lads of Ae" had a reputation that preceded them, being famous for "cudgel-playing [and] boxing" at every fair and wedding the area held.[1]

The village of Ae is one of the youngest villages in Britain, having been founded in 1947 by the Forestry Commission.[2]

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