This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Crosses, both elaborate rounded terminals and simply incised, have been found at fintray, deer, monymusk, botriphnie, tofthills clatt, culsalmond, aboyne and dyce. A william meldrum married jean grant 1795 and they had several children. Clatt school in aberdeenshire aberdeenshire ab54 4ny. Free historical records from clatt parish in aberdeenshire, scotland. Mar lodge is a charming, secluded cottage hidden away in the 300 acre knockespoch estate with superb uninterrupted views over the aberdeenshire countryside to the prominent peak of the tap o noth, site of the second highest hill fort in scotland and a must do walk during your. A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area.
With a large selection of new scottish titles and bestsellers as well as publishing and distributing new local history books on the northeast scotland region. Aberdeenshire records genealogy and family history in. In the highlands, it was rendered as macandrew, of medieval scottish origin. They are an important record of our earliest conversion as a pictish nation, as well as a reminder of aberdeenshires conservative approach to anything new. The gaelic word cleith, or cleit, signifying concealed, appears to have given the name to this place, in consequence of its secluded situation, it being hidden from view on all sides. The name clatt, or, as it was formerly written, clet or clett, is obviously derived from the gaelic word cleith, pronounced cleit, which signifies concealed. Covid 19 corona virus following the advice of the scottish government the hall committee have decided to close clatt village hall until at least 30th april 2020 due to covid 19. Old machar parish 168 books 144145 enumeration districts. Hillhead of clatt class i symbol stone stravaiging. Clatt parish records genealogy and family history in scotland. Poor law appeals indexed poor law appeals with the option to order images of records.
Richard turnbull was born at oxford, england in 1826, and arrived in new zealand by the fatima in 1851. Knockespock house is a category b listed building in clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland. A new history of aberdeenshire, part 1 1875 alexander smith on. Savills properties for sale in clatt, aberdeenshire. Siorrachd obar dheathain is a historic county and registration county of scotland.
Christenings of all children in clatt aberdeenshire david anderson c 14 nov 1831 margaret anderson c 30 jun 1832 mary anderson c 16 nov 1833 george anderson c 03 feb 1836 sophia anderson c 14 jul1837. The construction of aberdeenshires first turnpike roads, thomas day, journal of transport history, sept. David anderson was born at clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland, on the 27th of june 1831. List of patients, smallpox hospital, mounthooly, aberdeen 18721875. Aberdeenshire catalogue of fiche and film 1861 census. Aberdeenshire os name books, 18651871 scotlandsplaces. Clatt established a parochial poorhouse or lodging house in about 1856, with funds provided by the parish council. In this form, it is more common in the lowlands, but it is widespread in scotland in different forms. A comprehensive history of the workhouse by peter higginbotham. Please add to and improve this project of you wish to be involved without copying and pasting from external sources the purpose of this project is to give a historical background to aberdeenshire, to provide information about those individuals of historic importance linked to the county and to. Clatt records genealogy and family history in scotland. Knockespock house, clatt, aberdeenshire history in structure.
See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. The area of the county, excluding the city of aberdeen itself, is also a lieutenancy area. Lookup searches access records in scottish archives for ancestors in this parish e. The parish of clatt is situated in the western part of aberdeenshire and is bounded on the north by kennethmont parish on the east by leslie, west by auchindoir and rhynie and on the south by tullynessle and forbes parishes. Clatt parish church clatt, grampian places of worship. Clatt church, which is a very ancient edifice, was thoroughly repaired and reseated in 1828, and contains sittings for 290 persons.
Cabrach, aberdeenshire genealogy heraldry and history. Clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland genealogy familysearch. From country estates to city apartments, your ideal property is just a click away. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Clatt, aberdeenshire genealogy heraldry and history. For example, in england and wales rural districts units with rd or rsd suffixes may even exclude the places they are named after. This record set contains 184 entries in pdf format, and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before. Hes also md of freelance world, who provides accounting services in aberdeen and sponsors the deeside thistle most cyclists in scotland will have heard of the cairn o mount and think thats the main climb in aberdeenshire actually i hadnt. Two sons, but i have never found a marriage nor the name of their mother. They mostly lived and worked on farms and crofts, in farm touns rather than towns and villages. For more information on other towns in aberdeenshire, you can visit our towns in aberdeenshire page, alternatively you can use the navigation menu.
Clatt is a rural aberdeenshire settlement, surrounded by open farmland. This post was sent to me by ali mcgill of the deeside thistle cycling club in aberdeen. Clatt, a parish, in the district of alford, county of aberdeen, 10 miles s. Cabrach, commonly called the cabrach, a parish, partly in the district of alford, county of aberdeen, but chiefly in the county of banff, 12 miles w. Clatt parish church is located on an elevated position overlooking the small village of clatt to the east. The church, which is a very ancient edifice, was thoroughly repaired and reseated in. Origins and history anderson is an english and scottish patronymic surname, meaning son of andrew.
This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of scotland as they pertain to the parish of clatt. I am looking for the parents of william meldrum in the rhynie clatt area of aberdeenshire. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks. In 18824, frances groomes ordnance gazetteer of scotland described clatt like this. I am interested in a william meldrum who married christian mitchell 1790 in clatt aberdeenshire. The village stands 3 miles ssw of kennethmont station, this being 32.
Both names share the same scottish gaelic derivation of. Mar lodge is a charming, secluded cottage hidden away in the 300 acre knockespoch estate with superb uninterrupted views over the aberdeenshire countryside to the prominent peak of the tap o noth, site of the second highest hill fort in scotland and a must do walk during your stay. The village school lies to the north and the former manse is alongside. It is one of the most extensive counties in the kingdom and is. The church is surrounded by a rectangular graveyard which has been extended downhill to the east. Clatt, a parish, in the district of alford, county of aderdeen, 10 miles s. It was reused as a sill stone at percylieu mill until the 1890s when it was taken to cransmill farm. Buy the little history of aberdeenshire by duncan harley isbn. This volume contains information on aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of clatt. Aberdeenshire, scotland genealogy familysearch wiki. Town council minutes, accounts, letters, plans and harbour records provided by aberdeenshire council plus other local records. Orbs bookshop is a communityrun resource for all book lovers, with special emphasis on the history and geography of the northeast of scotland.
More from samuel lewis a topographical dictionary of scotland 1851 mel lockie 2016. Clatt established a parochial poorhouse or lodging house in. History and genealogy of glenbuchat, aberdeenshire, scotland. To understand their lives ive done a lot of reading about farm servant and crofting. Catalogue of aberdeenshire, scotland fiche and film. Knockespock house dates back to the late 16th century. Extraction of baptisms for aberdeen st paul street united presbyterian 1846 1855. Local information for the town of clatt, aberdeenshire. Again in 1878 he published a third book, entitled the. Mar lodge knockespoch estate, clatt, aberdeenshire. On scotland people website, john anderson married margaret home in clatt, aberdeenshire gros refererence 180 0030 0094 on 15 mar 1831.
The new statistical account of scotland parish of clatt. Clatt parish records genealogy and family history in. This etymology of the word is in strict accordance with the locality of the parish. Aberdeen is a maritime county in the northeast part of scotland. This parish extends in length from north to south about twelve miles, and about five miles in breadth in the upper end, and three in the lower.
Civil registration court records description and travel. Clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland genealogy genealogy. Media in category clatt, aberdeenshire the following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. A new history of aberdeenshire, part i by smith, alexander and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Knockespock house is in the parish of clatt and the county of aberdeenshire. History of clatt in aberdeenshire map and description.
The church, which is a very ancient edifice, was thoroughly repaired and reseated in 1828. The parish is bounded nw by rhynie, ne by kennethmont, e by leslie, s. The units covering this place tab lists units whose boundaries contained clatt election results. Farm servant life in northeast aberdeenshire judys. The parochial school affords instruction in latin, book keeping, mathematics, and all the usual branches. On an aberdeenshire farm by fenton, alexander isbn. It is about four miles in length by about three in breadth, and is in the presbytery of alford and synod of aberdeen. My fraser ancestors stomping ground was a semicircular area stretching from peterhead down to ellon, part of the buchan region of northeast aberdeenshire. The county borders kincardineshire, angus and perthshire to the south, invernessshire and banffshire to the west. Clatt, aberdeenshire area information, map, walks and more.
An incredible book on radicalworking class scottish history. Clatt school clatt huntly aberdeenshire ab54 4ny telephone. Innes, james dey, born oct 10 1874 in glass, aberdeenshire, scotland, died 1951 in govan, glasgow, scotland innes, james geddes, born jun 27 1846 in glass, aberdeenshire, scotland, died feb 25 1890 in glass, aberdeenshire, scotland innes, jane, born jun 16 1872 in clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland, died 1898 in huntley, aberdeenshire, scotland. We are adding hundreds of thousands of extracted historical records to our website including rolls of male heads of. Aberdeen and northeast scotland family history society is one of the largest and most reputable family history societies in scotland and has a long list of publications referring to individual parishes. Full text of aberdeenshire epitaphs and inscriptions. The probabilities are that this is the same john clatt referred to by kennedy as being the original founder of saint thomas hospital, which stood near saint nicholas church, aberdeen. Many visitors value huntly as the birthplace of george macdonald, one of the victorian eras most. Properties for sale in clatt, aberdeenshire from savills, world leading estate agents. Hillhead of clatt this class i symbol stone, known as the salmon stone, was dug up at a depth of around 1.
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