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ABERDEENSHIRE.
SLATER'S
GARIOCH,
OLUNY. OULSALMOND, DAVIOT, INSCH, KEMNAY, LESLIE, MONYMUSK, OYNE, PITCAPLE, PEBMNAY,
EAYNE AND THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS.
GaRIOCH, Ohapei, op flAEiocH, or Looie-Durno, is a district of the Don, and surrounded with a park and pleasure grounds,
and parish lying in the centre of the county, 20 mUes from laid out with great taste. finvinnl, cnmnrehends a
Aberdeen, 18 from Huutly, and 5 from Inverurie. It is 8 miles n LEsr.ip, a pariah in the distuet of Gnuoch, compr^ends a
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Clumv parish is in the district of Kincardine-O'Neil, situated church and a Congregational^ clmpel.
In the parish is a chm'ch of the Establishment, a Free
, Congregational chapel.
MoNYMUSK parish is about seven miles long, and from four to flvo
Cluny and Castle Fraser, both erected in the beginning
16th century. The castle of Chiuy has still a double barred iron
gate, with massive iron bolts. This is said to have the birth-
place of the " Admirable Crighton."
CULSALMOKD parish is distant from Huntly 10 miles and from
Aberdeen 28. This is one of the most fertile parishes in the shire,
having a flat surface intersected with thriving plantations.
Newton House is the principal residence in tins parish, which
o-itends about three miles both in breadth and length. An
annual fair is held at St. Saibs on Wednesday after last Tuesday
in June (old style.) .„.,.«, -,
Davioi, a parish ia the district of Gariooh, is 21 miles ^.w.
from .\berdeeu and 5 miles from Inveriu-ie, and is about 5 miles
in length by i m breadth ; the sui-fn.ce is level, and has a aoutli-
eastern exposure. It has two diuidical temples, one of which
forma part of the churchyard. The land is now enclosed ami
very productive. The small village of Daviot contains a church
of the Establishment, and a school belonging to it.
IKSCH is a burgh of barony in the before-mentioned district, 27
miles from Aberdeen. The parish extends o miles in length by 8
in breadth, and is bounded by Culsalmond on the east, Kinneth-
mont on the west, and separated by the water of Une from
Drumblade and Forgue. The burgh and viUage is lighted with
gas supports three banking estnbUshments and a savings bank,
and' there are two churchea with schools in connection. On the
top of the hUl of Dun-o'-Deer are the ruins of an old castle, said
to have been erected by King Gregory the Great. In the most
elevated part of the hUl of Foudland, within this parish, are
extensive ciuarries of line blue slate. Markets are held monthly.
Kemnay parish, four miles and a half in length, and three in
breadth, is distant from Aberdeen 16 miles, and from Inverurie
5. The House of Kcmnay is delightfully situated on the banks
being c □ , — «- w ^^ ,-
neat and clean aspect. A market fair is held annually on the 2ath
of August. • . . . . ,
Oyne, a pnrish liliewise in Garioch district, is of an irregular
figure, stretching about six miles in length, by from two to three
in breadth ; it is mostly of a fertile and cheering aspect. Aberdeen
is about 25 miles distant, and Huntly 14. In this parish may be seen
the ruins of an old castle, which tradition states to have belonged
at one time to the family of Leiih.
Pkejinay parish is 24 miles from Aberdeen, and extends four
miles in length, by fi'om one to two iu breadth. It is bounded by
Insch on the north, O^me on the east. Tough and Keig on the south,
and lies on the north" side of the hill of Bennochie. The land is
chielly arable, and the greater part of it is enclosed.
Bay.n'E parish lies on the left bank of the Urie, betwixt Culsalmond
on the north-west, and Daviot and the Chapel of Garioch on the
south-east; it extends about four and a half miles from the Urie,
by a breadth of from two to four miles, iixcept a small eminence,
covered with heath, on the north side of the parish, the surface is
flat, with a few rising spots on the banks of the Urie. The district
on the whole has a pleasing appearance and is ornamented by
plantations. In the central part of the parish stands the village of
Rnyne, and on the public road, along the Urie, is the little post
viUage of Old Rayne, distant 24 mUes N.w. from Aberdeen, andO
from Inverurie ; it is in Rayne that the church is situated. An
annual fair is held on the second Wednesday in August, and markets
are held at Meilde Wartle on the Thursdays before tlie 26th May
and 22nd November.
FiiCAPLE is a station on the Great North of Scotland line, and
contains a church under the Establishment and a brancli of the
Aberdeen Town and County Bank. Pitcaple Castle is the seat of
Henry Lumsden, Esq.
-Letters aiTive from Aberdeen and all parts south at five minutes
POST OITFICES, Pitcaple, Thomas Knight, Post Master.- . , ^
Tiast eieht morning and ten minutes past twelve noon, and fiom Lisch at thirty-two minutes past seven morning.
^ Letters are defpaehcd to Aberdeen and all parts south at thirty-two minutes past seven and thirty-two minutes past ten morning,
thu-tv-two minutes past two afternoon, and twenty-two minutes past eight night, and to Insch at eight morning.
•' Money Order Ofice.
Bost Office, Cluny, Ellen Martin, Pott JUisfrcM.-Letters arrive from all parts at ton minutes past seven morning, and are
dcsnatched !ive minutes before one afternoon. , , , i ^ ■ ^ , ^
Post Office, CULSALMOXD, William Robertson, Post MMfer.-Letters arrive from aU parts (from Insch) at ten minutes to eleven
mornina. and are despatched tliereto at a quarter-past three afternoon. , ,, , , , . ^ . , u .
Poit Office, Daviot, John VThiie, Post Jl/r,s(er.-Letters from all parts arrive (from Old Meldrum) at five m^mutes before .en
morning and are despatched thereto at a quarter before six evening. . ^ . i i ,
Post Office, LESLIE. Barbara Hardie, Post Jf/strMs.-Letters from aU parta arrive (from Insch) at twenty minutes past elevm
morning, and are despatched thereto at twenty minutes past five evening. , „ , „ ^ .
Post Oifice, Insch, Alexander Roger, Post Mnster.-Lettors arrive from Aberdeen and all parts south at nine morning, and a
ouarter before one and a quarter before three afternoon, and from Inverness and the north at a quarter before one afteriioon.
^Letters arc despatched to Aberdeen and all parts south at a quarter before seven and a quarter before ten morning, and at ten minut ■^
before two and wentv minutes before five afternoon, and to Inverness and the north at eight morning and ten minutes before twelve noon,
neio.e t«o au . jVonci; Order and Telegraph Ofiec and Sarings Bank.
Post OSiee. Kemnay, WiUiam Maitland, Post Masier.-hetteis from all parts arrive (from Aherdeen) at twenty minutes p.ast
eight uTorning and ten minutes past six evming, and are despatched thereto at half-past eight morning and twenty minutes past six
^^'" Money Order Office and Savings Batik,
Post Office, MoNVMUSK, Robert Skinner, Post Afastcr.-Letters arrive from Aberdeen and aU P"t^™"''ii'' '!'?,,'"*?;\'f,L'; „?''®
nine, and from Afford at thirty-five minutes past seven morning, and are despatched to Aberdeen and all parts Boutu at tniitj-niue
minutes past six, and to Alford at thirty-five minutes past seven morning. , • i » . i t.
Post Offloe, OvsE, James Mortimer, Post Master.— LMers aiTlve from all parts at twenty minutes past eigh.morumgtweni^^
minutes past twelve noon and ten minutes before four afteruoon, and are dospatclied at eight morning and five miiuues past eigni mfcui.
S>o3l; Office, PitEMNAY, Robert Brewster, Post Jirastcr.— Letters arrive from aU parts at half-past twelve noon, and are despatciie.!
at twenty muuites past six night. . ^ .j. ..„„ „„,.„ir,n «r,H
S»3St Oiace, Old Bayne, John Packman, Post Ar,n<er.-Letters arrive from all parts at five mmatea P»^ *^° "°"J °^„^""
twenty-flve minutes past four afternoon, and arc despatched at thirty-live minutes past sLx morning and ten minutes pasn one aueiuoun.
]]luney Order Office. .„ .
E>ost Offiee, Ordhead, Cluky, Charles Lawson, Po^t Master.— Letters arrive fi-om all parts at five minutes before mne morning
and are despatched at nine morning.
, Gallowav Rev. Andrew, Ovne ; Masson Rev. WiUiam, Culsalmond
' Gordon "Alexander, Esq. Newtori House Mearns Rev. Duncan (j. uyne
Gordon Captain Jolin, Cluny Castle. & Slains Nichol Alexander, Esq. Kayne
NOBILITY, GENTRY & CLERGY.
Backwav Rev. A. B. Culsalmond
Burnett' Alexander G. Esq. Kemnay House
Burnett Rev. John, Leslie
Call General — , Linton House, Cluny
Dodds Rev. Jnmes W. Cluny
Elmslic Bcv, Williinn. Insc'i
Elphmstone Sh James D.
Elphinstone
Grant Sir Archibald, Bart., Mouymusk
Grant Mr. John, Kemnay
Greig Rev. William, Rayne
Laing llr-v. Jii ncs. m.a. Elairdaff
H, il.p. Logie Leilh Major Tiios. Pitmedncn Tl'T.S", Oyne
Lcith Lady Mary, West Hall, Oyua
, Nicol Rev. James, Cluny
i Peter Rev. George, Kemnay
Procter Rev. George, Kemnay
i Raynie Eev. John, Culsalmond
I Robertson Rev. Donald, Daviot
Sooit Mr. Alexander, Monymnsk
Ersldn'e°Mrs. Mary K.Pittodrie House, Oyne Leslie William, 'Esq. M.r. 'Wart hiU, and ', Storie Rev. Arcliibaul. Insch
Fraser Captain F" WiP.iamstcn House, Oal- Drumrossie
Falmond Lumsden Henry, Esq. Pitcnple Castle
FraserColonelFrederick.CastleFraser.Cluny , Mackenzie .Tohn, Esq. of Glack
Frost Mr. John, Delab Monymnsk ' Macpherson Rev. William M. Mouymusk
290 1-1
i Trail John E. Esq. h.d. Monymusi
Walker Rev. WUliam, Monymusk
Webster P.ev. John, the Manse, Cluny.
Wilson Rev. John, Premuay