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ABERDEENSHIRE.
SLATER'S
NEW AND OLD DEER,
FBTTERANGUS, LONGSIDE, MINTLAW, NEW MAUD, STEWARTFIELD AND NEIGHBOURHOODS.
New DEER parish lies almost in the centre oJ Buchan district, , of Stewaetfield, which is only one mile from Old Deer. One
and extends fourteen mUes from north to south, and about seven ' branch of the rivei- Ugie lutei-aects the parish about its centre,
in breadth At New JIadd, about 8 miles from New Deer, is a whilst another branch enters it lor a Bhort course on the north;
raUway station, and there are also stations at Old Deer, Mintlaw ; upon these streams a.e several nulls. The abbey of Deer, which
andLoNcslDE. The church, a neat edifice, and the village, which : stands about a mile from the village, was built in the beginning
ia tolerably weU built, are situated about 30 miles north from : of the 13th century, by WiUiam Comyn, Earl of Buchan; it i8
Aberdeen About two miles from the chm-ch stands an old castle, mostly m rums, but there is still enough remaining to show what
called Feddorate, which appears to have been a place of con- it originaUy was. There were at one time no less than twelve
B derabable strength. Thefe are a few remains of Druidical ; Druidical temples, oi which four, tolenibly entu-e, are yet remain-
temples, and several UvmU-theBe, having been opened, were ing. The Droids' temp e at BiiBe is the most conspicuous, and
found to contam urns, enclosed in stone coffins. Thr=e miles from ; is an object of great attraction to the antiquariau and traveller.
New Deer is Brucklay Castle, built in the year 1510, the seat of the The pleasure-grounds and woods ot Pitlour will at once arrest the
late Captain William Dingwall Fordyce, J.P. and M.p. The situation ! admiration ol strangers. N ear the village of Old Deer is a ceme-
of the castle is most romantic, and the scenery deUghtful : the : tery, which was opened in the year lb7o. A fair is held at Aaky
lawns are tastefuUy laid out, and the parkis beautified and encircled ; Brae on the hrst Wednesday after the 19th of July, and at Old
by the waters of the Ugie. Within the last few years many parts ; Deer on the lirst Wednesday alter the 19th of December. The
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of the castle have been re-built, adding greatly to its beauty, l^airs
are held on the third Wednesday in Januavy, Wednesday after the
12th of AprU, Thursday before 2(jth, or 26th if Thursday oi May
population of the whole parish in the year 1871, was 6,085.
LoNGSlDE, also a parish in Buchan, contains the village of its
name, which latter is about 80 miles north of Aberdeen, Ij west of
Wednesday after 19th of June, second Tuesday in August, Wednes- j name which latter is about ! , , ■
dav after 19th of October, and Thursday before 22nd, or 22nd if j i>eterhead, and 4 from Old Deer. A handsome church was opened
Thursday ol November. Population of the entii-e parish in 1871 i here for divine service on the 7th of August, 1836; an EpiscopaUaa
4,853.
Old Deee parish is ten miles in length, by a mean breadtu of
between five and six. Like New Deer it lies in the district ol
Buchan, and contiguous to the former parish ; but the vUlage is
. . ^ — — ..:.- .«:i^c. .i.-D+..v.^ 1AJ-.C west from Pewjhead
chapel, a Free church, and public and private schools are also
in the village. The village of Mintlaw, iu this parish, is :1 miles
from Longside, on the road leading from Aberdeen and Fraserburgh.
Fairs are held at Mintlaw on the second Tuesday in every mouth.
Cattle markets are held at Longside on the second Thursday after
the second Tuesday in every month. Feeing fairs are held on the
second Thursday in May and the second Tuesday in November.
Population of the whole parish iu 1871, 3,321.
situated some five or six miles distant, lOJi
and 30 north from Aberdeen by the Mintlaw road. This parish
also contains the viUage of Fettekangus, about three mrles from
the village of Old Deer, in the county of Banff, and also the village
POST OFPICS, New Deee, John Middleton, Post JIfnsler.— Letters from all parts arrive (fi'om New Maud) at forty minutes
naat eisht m nnine and forty minutes past foui- afternoon, and are despatched thsreto at seven morning and half-past two afternoon.
i.»ou o B - o Honey Order Ojjice and Savings Bank.
Post OSee, Old Deee, James Ii-vine, Post iTastfr.— Letters fi-om all parts arrive (from Mintlaw) at half-past ten morning and
lortv-flve mil' ites past five evening, and are despatched thereto at live mmutes past six morning and thirty-five minutes past three
afternoon. " The nearest Money Order OJi:c is at Mi.-jtlaw.
Post O aee, Longside, Mary Watt, Post Mistress. — Letters from all parts arrive at ten minutes past nine morning and twenty-
five minutes past four afternoon, from Peterhead at thirty-flve minutes past seven morning and ten minutes past six evening, and from
Mintlaw at ten minutes past nine morning, and are despatched to all parts at ten minutes past seven morning and forty-flf e miuutes
past five evening, to Peterhead atforty-flvo minutes past eight morning and four evening, and to Mintlaw at ten minutes past seven
eveni g. Money Order Office and Savings Bank.. Telegraph Office at the Railway Station.
Post Office, Mintlaw, Bathia Levay, Post Mistress. — Letters from all parts arrive at nine morning and from the South at twenty
minutes past four afternoon, and are despatched to all parts at a quarter-past seven morning and to the South at forty minutes past four
afternoon.
Money Order Office and Savings Bank. Telegraph Office at the Railway Station.
Post Office New Maud, William Stephen, Post Master.— Letters from Aberdeen and the South arrive at forty minutes past
seven morning and fifty-three minutes past three afternoon; from Peterhead, Mintlaw, Fraserburgh, Lonmay and Strichen at fifty-five
minutes past seven morning; and from New Deer and New Pitsligo (by messenger) at twenty minutes past seven morning, and are
despatched to Aberdeen and the South at fiftv-live minutes past seven morning and half-past six evening; to Peterhead and Mintlaw at
half-past eight morning; to Fraserbui-gh, Lonmay and Striclien at eight morning ; and to New Deer and New Pitsligo at twenty minutes
past eight morning.
The nearest Money Order Office is at New Deee. Telegraph Office at the Railway Station.
Post Offlce, Stewaetfield, Margaret Pyper, Post Jlfistrcss.— Letters from all parts an-ive (from Mintlaw) at eleven morning and
five minutes past six evening, and are despatched thereto at forty-five minutes nast five morning and quarter-past three afternoon.
The nearest Money Order Office is at Mintlaw.
Post Ofi&cet Fetteeangus, George Johnston, Post Master.— Letters from aU parts arrive (from Mintlaw) at ten morning, and are
despatched thereto at six evening. The nearest Money Order Office is at Mintlaw.
GENTRY & CLERGY.
Anderson Dr. John, Jlonyi'uy, Longside
Arbuthnot Samuel, Esq. Ne'thertown, Long-
side
Bruce James, Esq, Inverghomery, Longside
Burgess Rev. William, ArdaUie, Old Deer
Cheves Mrs. Isabella, Longside
Cheves Mr. Robert, Longside
Cooper Mr. James, m.d. Old Deer [Deer
Crnden the Misses Ann & Mary, Knock, Old
Farquhar Mr. John, Longside
Farquhar Mr. John, Mintlaw
Ferguson Lieut-Col. George Arthur, Pitfour,
Old Deer
Ferguson Wilham, Esq. Kinmundy, Old Deer
Fordyce 3Irs. — , Brucklay Castle, Brucklay
Fowlie Mr. William, New Maud
Frater Rev. W. D. New Maud
Gardner Rev. Archibald, New Deer
Hendry Rev. James, Stewartfield
Henry Rev. Ale^tander, Federate, New Doer !
Hutchison Wm. Esq. j.p. CairngaU, Longside
Kerr Mr. James, Mintlaw j
Laverock Miss A. G. C. Faichfield, Longside
LawrenceMr. Nathaniel. BridgeEnd.Longside :
Lawrence Mr. Nathaniel, junr. Longside j
Leshe William, Esq Nethermuir, New Deer ,
Low Rev. Alexander, The Parsonage, Longside }
WCrie Rev. George, Clola, Old D~eer !
Mitchell Mrs. Mary, Haddo Cottage, Longside '
Park Mr. William, Longside j
Paterson Rev. John, Whitehill, New Deer
Peter Rev. James, The Manse, Old Deer i
Eankin Rev. Arthur, m.a. The Parsonage,
Old Deer
Eeid Mr. John, Mintlaw |
Eeid Rev. John, Savoch, New Deer ]
Robb Rev. John, Manse, Longside I
Robei*tsou Rev. William, Stewartfield !
KnsseU James George, Esq. Aden, Old Deer '
302
I Squair Rev. C. G. Ai-tamford, New Deer
j Taylor Mr. George, New Deer
Trail ilr. William, Longside
; Urquhart Rov. Alexander, Stewartfield
i Wilson Mr. Robert, Old Deer
I Wilson Rev. Thomas L. Longside
ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS.
Female Schools —
Fetterangus— Elizabeth Jane Grant, mstrs
Mintlaw — Isabella Whj'te, mistress
New Maud— Isabella Mayor, mistress
Rora, Longside— Margaret Leslie, mistress
Hay Jane, Fetterangus
Public Schools—
ArdaUie, Old Deer — Christian A." Forbes,
mistress fmistress
Bulwark, Old Deer— Wilhelmina Bertram,
Clochcan, Old Deer— Alexander Greig,
master [master
Kinmuudy, Longside — John R, T. Hill,
Longside — Alexander Center, master;
Helen Adie, mistress
Maud, Old Deer— James Fraser, master
Mintlaw— Charles Ewan, master
New Deer — John Souter, master; Jane
Warden, mistress; Jane Souter, infant
mistress
New Maud — John A. Fraser, master
Old Deer— Robert Wilson, master ;Christian
Duncan, mistress
Rora, Longside— Arthur AUan, master
Suvoch, New Deer — James Moir, master;
Elizabeth Smith, mistress
BAKERS.
Benzie John, Savoch, New Deer
Clark Robert, Stewartfield
Ferguson Alexander, New Deer
Fraser William, Longside
Keith Alexander, Longside
Low George, New Deer i
Ogston William, Old Deer
Paterson Alexander, Mintlaw
Ross James, Stewartfield
Sellar William, New Maud
BANKS.
Aberdeen Tovnn & County Bank (Branch)
-di-aws on the head office, Aberdeen, and
on the Joint Stock Bank, London— John
Farquhar, agent at Mintlaw ; Ot J. A A.
Joiner, agents at New Deer
NoETH OF Scotland Bank (Branch)- draws
on the head oflice, Aberdeen, and Barclay,
Bevan & Co. and the Union Bank, London.
Agents— John Middleton, New Deer; John
I Walker, Old Deer, Robert Cheves, Long-
I side and John Davidson, New Maud
: Savings Bank, New Deer — Alexander Joiner,
treasurer and secretary; William Greig,
: actuary __^^
BLACKSMITHS.
Adams William, New Maud
Anderson Alexander, Bulwark, Old Deer
Beedie William, juur. Coilsmuir, Old Deer
Birnie Robert, Artamfurd New Deer
Shannas, Old Deer — James Webster, master Bonner Andrew, St .wai tfield
Stewartfield— Mary Reid, mistress [master Boyd Abercromby G. Clola, Old Deer
, Whitehill, New Deer —William Adie, Cruickshank Peter, Fetterangus
Robertson Christina, Longside Depthanam Charles, Hythie, Old Deer
Sinclair Ann, Dens, Longside Johnston James, New Deer
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