Avonbridge () Drochaid na h-Aibhne www.faclair.com Retrieved 2023-03-05 is a small village which lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is south-southeast of the town of Falkirk. Avonbridge sits just inside the council boundary line between Falkirk and West Lothian councils.
The village lies at the junction of the B8028 and B825 roads and is a bridging point over the River Avon, hence the name Avonbridge. At the time of the 2011 census, a population of 652 residents was recorded.Population and Household Estimates 2011 www.falkirk.gov.uk Retrieved 2017-04-13
History During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining.Falkirk Local History Society, Avonbridge. Retrieved 2011-04-13 The village also had a brickworks in the mid twentieth century, "Avonbridge Brickworks", but today no longer exists. Nowadays the village is largely residential although Avonbridge is the base of operations for "Stevenson Brothers" a haulage company, whose bright orange heavy goods vehicles transport goods across the United Kingdom.
Toponymy The name Avonbridge derives from the fact that the village crosses a river. The affix "avon" is often found in the Celtic language which denotes the presence of a river,Iain Mac an Tàilleir 2003 www.scottish.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-02 in this case the River Avon. This is found in Scottish Gaelic as "abhainn/a river," with genitive "aibhne/of a river." Drochaid na h-Aibhne literally means Bridge of the River.
See also List of places in Falkirk council area
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Canmore - Avonbridge, Craigbank Quarry site record Canmore - Avonbridge, Craigend Quarry site record Canmore - Avonbridge Brickworks site record Scottish Brick History - Avonbridge