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Extracts from the Reverend Lauchlan Shaw's History of......................................... -- to be had in the place
the Province of Moray dated 1775......................................................................... -- J. Clegg Lce Corpl RE [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]
The parish of Calder is bounded by the river Nairn to the............................................ -- Written Cawdor
west, and by the hills towards the Streins to the south east;
the church standeth near the centre and is a neat little............................................... -- Shown
fabric ornamented with a steeple. East of the church is the
house of Calder. The Thanes of Calder, resided in the Castle }................................... -- No remains of it
of Nairn, and had a country seat at what is now called...........}................................... -- extant
Old Calder, a half a mile north of the present seat. There.......}
they had a house on a small moat, with a dry ditch, and........}
draw-bridge, the vestiges whereof are to be seen. But, by
a Royal licence, dated 6th August 1454, they built the
tower of Calder that now standeth upon a rock of free................................................ -- designated "Cawdor
stone, washed by a brook to the west, and on the other sides................................... -- Castle" This is the
having a dry ditch, with a draw-bridge. The tower stands............................................ -- most ancient
between two courts of buildings. Tradition beareth,..................................................... -- part of the Castle
that the Thane, that the Thane was directed in a dream, to......................................... -- but it has no such
build the tower round a hawthorn tree on the bank of the brook................................. -- distinctive name
Be this as it will, there is in the lowest vault of the tower, the...................................... -- as this
trunk of a Haw=thorn tree firm and sound, growing out of
the rock, and reaching to the top of the vault. Strangers are
brought to stand round it, each one to take a chip of it, and
then to drink to the Hawthorn tree. i.e. "Prosperity to the
family of Calder". This house, with spacious inclosures,
fine gardens, a deer park, and a large wood close by
the house make a grand and delightful seat. A small
pendicle called Drumurnie is the property of Rose of.................................................... -- shown as Drummournie
Holm. The lands of Meikle Budzeat, west of the church,............................................... -- Holme in Croy
the lands of Torrich a mile to the east, and the lands of.............................................. -- Torrich & Clunas
Clunies two miles to the south east, are mortgages pertaining.................................. -- both shown
to the descendants of this family, and all holding of Calder........................................ -- Shewn as "St
Calder, a Parsonage, dedicated to St Ewan. The......................................................... -- Barevans Church"
Church stood in the south and till the year 1619. Sir John
Campbell, being in danger by water coming [from] Yla, vowed
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Ordnance Survey - Nairn county, OS Name Books - Nairn county - Volume 4 - Parish of Cawdor, OS1/22/4
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Cawdor.
Ordnance Survey - Nairn 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 Nairn, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.