Alves, Moray

Coordinates: 57°38′N 3°27′W / 57.64°N 3.45°W / 57.64; -03.45

Alves
Scottish Gaelic: An Àbhais or An Àbhas
Alves  Alves shown within Moray
OS grid reference	NJ1362
Council area	Moray
Shire county	Moray
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Grampian
Fire	Grampian
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
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Alves (Scottish Gaelic: An Àbhais or An Àbhas) is a village in Moray, Scotland.

Geography

The A96 runs east to west across Alves and connects the village to the nearest towns of Forres (to the west) and Elgin (to the east). James McLeman is the acting head teacher of the local Alves Primary School, that educates around 28 pupils!(2010) The local pub and restaurant is The Crooked Inn. Recently there has been a small housing development on the corner of the road leading south out of the village. Just down this road is Royal Alves, comprising the disused railway station and cottages. The dismantled railway (now a sort of ditch) is crossed by a small weak stone bridge. This hamlet is named after the use of this station and some local buildings by the British Royal Family, as Alves was the nearest railway stop to Gordonstoun School and was close to other Royal Estates in Moray. The hamlets of Garrowslack and Hillside are further southeast and are made up of isolated farms and houses.

Churches

Alves has two churches, the Old North Church (also known as Mary Kirk) was built in 1769 and is believed to occupy the same site as earlier churches here which records show date back to the 13th century. This church became disused in 1932 although it briefly housed members of the RAF in 1941 whilst they awaited the completion of their quarters at nearby RAF Kinloss. The village cemetery, or kirkyard, is still located at this church. A recent survey by the Moray Burial Ground Research Group found a buried stone dated 1571, one of the earliest found by the group so far. The new South Church was built in 1878 as a Free Church and remains used to this day as part of the Presbytery of Moray. Services are held at 11.30 am on the first Sunday of the month. The bell in the South Church is actually the one removed from the old North Church after it closed.^[1]

School Football Team

Alves Primary had their own football team. They have been in the Moray schools league for around since 2004. They do not win many matches but they are hoping to do well in the Dallas tournament and the Burghead tournament as they are both coming up soon and in 2008 the team got to the semi finals of the Dallas tournament after winning all their group games without letting in a goal. They lost the semi final on penalties to Seafield primary school.

In the early 1990s Alves competed with the very best Primary School Football teams in Morayshire, despite having comparatively few pupils. In 1994 the School won the small schools league, while the previous year had reached the final of the Morayshire schools final played in Forres, losing out on penalties to Applegrove.

References

External links

• Alves Primary School
• Visit to Britain – Alves

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