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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLD DEER | Old Deer Old Deer Old Deer |
New Statistical Account Aberdeenshire Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland Valuation Roll, Aberdeenshire |
013 ; 014 021 ; 022 030 ; 031 |
Old Deer. A parish partly in Banffshire, but chiefly in Aberdeenshire. It lies almost in the centre of the district of Buchan, and is strictly compact, its Banffshire section being a detached pendicle of a quondam great barony (the Barony of Fetterangus), whose main body constitutes the parish of St. Fergus. Old Deer parish contains the villages of Old Deer, Stewartfield, Fetterangus, and Mintlaw. It is bounded by the parishes of Strichen, Lonmay, Longside, Cruden, Ellon & New Deer. Its length south-eastward is 11 miles, and its breadth 5 1/2 miles It is watered by two streams called the North Ugie Water, and the South Ugie Water, which afterwards form the River Ugie. The principle landowners are Colonel Ferguson of Pitfour. George Baird Esqr. of Strichen. James Buchan Esqr. of Auchmacoy. William Ferguson Esqr. of Kinmundy Alexander Gordon Esqr. of Ellon. James Russell Esqr. of Aden. John T. Gordon Esqr. of Nethermuir. The Managers of the Boys' and Girls' Hospital. Aberdeen. The Managers of the Royal Informary. Rev. [Reverend] John S. Burnett. and others. The parish is traversed by the Turnpike road from Aberdeen to Fraserburgh, by the Turnpike Road from Banff to Peterhead, and by the Formartine & Buchan Section of the Great North of Scotland Railway. This parish is the seat of a presbytery in the synod of Aberdeen. It formerly was a prebend of the cathedral of Aberdeen : but then wanted its present Banffshire Section, and comprised the present parish of New Deer. Patron the Crown: [Continued on page 2] |
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Old Deer Parish -- Aberdeenshire
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 68 - Parish of Old Deer, OS1/1/68
This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Old Deer.
Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.