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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church | Portlethen Ch. [Church] | 008.06 | Contd [Continued from page 115] "the chapell of Portlethen, where there is a yard and a great many people buried. Both house and chapel were built by Mr Robert Buchan, about 90 years ago." (Macfarlane's Geographical Collection M.S. [Manuscript] A.D. 1725.) "The present church at Portlethen, was a Chapel previous to the Reformation." (Memorials of Angus & Mearns. N. Stat. Act. [New Statistical Account] " Church at Portlethen, built under King Charles I., by Mr Robert Buchan of Portlethen, about A.D. 1635." - (Collections on the Shires of Aberdeen & Banff. Page 264.) "Portlethen Church", is a plain Stone building, standing on an eminence about 1/2 a Mile west of the Village of Portlethen, it was formerly called the "Red Church" from the reddish color of the Stones of which it was built, and is supposed to have been used as a Roman Catholic chapel previous to the Reformation. The Old Chapel, or "Red Church", being in bad repair was taken down about 21 years ago and the present Church was built upon the old foundations. - Portlethen is a Quoad Sacra Parish and there is a Manse and Glebe in possession of the Minister, (See Manse Plan 8/5.) The present Minister of the Parish is the Revd [Reverend] William Law. |
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Parish of Banchory Devenick
[signed] B. Render CorpR.E. [Corporal Royal Engineers] 14th Novr [November] 1864
Ordnance Survey - Kincardine county, OS Name Books - Kincardine county - Volume 2 - Parish of Banchory Devenick, OS1/19/2
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Banchory Devenick
Ordnance Survey - Kincardine 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 Kincardine, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.