Scotland > 1868, 1878 - Slater's (late Pigot & Co.'s) Royal national commercial directory and topography of Scotland > 1878 > Part 1

ABERDEENSHIRE.
OLD MELDRUM.
SLATER'S
GROCJIES & DRAPERS.
Allan James, Old rJeldruDi
Carle George, Old Meldi*um
Davidson -John, Old Mcldrum
Duncan Alexander, Old Meldi'um
Duthie William & A. Tarves
Forbes John, Old Mcldrum
Fyvie John, Barthol, Tarves
George James, Old Meldrum
Hardie James, Old Meldrum
Kemp & Stewart, Old jMeldruni
Lumsden Francos, Tarves
Morrison Blary, Old Meldrum
Peterkin Charles, Old Meldi-uni
Simmers Alexander, Fochel, Tarves
Thompson Alexander, Old Meldrum
Troupe Peter, Old Meldi'um
Watt John, Old Meldrum
Wilson Peter, Old Meldrum
Wishart John, Old Meldrum
Wood George, Old Meldrum
INNKEEPERS & VINTNERS.
Clarke Alexander, Old Meldi-um
Diaclc William, Old Bleldrura
M'Crae John, Old Meldrum
Matthews James, Tarves [drum
Williamson John (Meldrum Arms), Old Mel-
JOINERS & CARTWRIGHTS. I
Beunet Thomas, Old Mcldrum ;
Burr Alexander, Bourtie !
Davidson William (and glazier and photo- 1
grapher), Old Meldrum [Tarves 1
Gorrard James {& mill.vright), Aqurhorthies, I
Gordon George, Bourtie i
Kqox Alex, (and millwright), Old Meldrum
Lumsden James. Crai^dam, Tarves |
Porter William, Old Meldrum
SliepherdEbenezer.Millof Keithfield.Tarves
Simpson Thomas, Old Meldrum
Thomson Francis, Tarves
Webster John, Old Meldi-nm
SADDLERS.
Barber James, Tarves
Bower Adam, Old Meldrum
Duncan John, Old Meldrum
SEEDSMEN.
Barber William. Old Meldrum
Drain WiUiam, Old Meldium
Forbes Thomas, New Mains
TAILORS.
Allan Francis, Old Meldrum
Anderson WiUiam, Old Meldrum
i Greig Robert, Tarves
t Morrison Alexander, Old Meldi-um
I Stephen William, Tarves
I Watt James, Old Meldrum
I WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS.
' Bruce George, Old Meldrum
Walker James, Old Meldrum
MILLERS.
Dickie George, Tullo, Old Meldrum
Milne William, Fochel, Tarves
Skiuner James, Cromlet Mills !
Watson James, Forester Mills, Tarves
MISCELLANEOUS.
Alexander Alexander, manager, Glengarioch
Distillery
Bonnet Thos. cabinet maker, Old Meldrum
Booth Alexander, architect & land surveyor,
Tarves
Cruickshank Peter, registrar of births,
deaths and marriages, Tarves
Davidson JohU; auctioneer, Parkfield
Den William, registrar of births, deaths and
marriages, and inspector of poor, Old
Meldrum
Garden James, builder. Old Meldrum
TIalley William, excise officer, Old Meldrum
Kemp &. Stewart, ironmongers, Old Meldi-um
M'Oallum James, painter, &c. Old Meldrum
Hanson James, brewer, Old Mekh-um
Manson John & Co. leather merchants, Old
Meldrum
Mnnro Colin, leather salesman. Old Meldrum
Porter William, valuator, Old Meldrum
Smith J. R. excise officer, Old Meldrum
Thom William, stonemason, Keithficld,
Tarves
Wilson Thomas, supervisor. Old Meldrum
Webster Geo. sheriff's officer. Old Meldrum
Wilson William, excise ofiicer, Old Meldrum
Public Buildings, Offices, &c.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
and their ministebs.
Established Churches:—
Barthol, Tarves — Rev. James Forrest
Bourtie — Rev. William L. Davidson
Old Meldrum— Rev. James C.Easton
Tarves — Rev. John Pringle
Free CnuncH, Old MekU-um— Rev. John
Paters on
Episcopal Chapel, Old Meldrum — Rev.
William Y. Moir
United Presbyterian, Tarves— Rev. D. K.
Auchterlonie [Robert Hall
United Presbyterian, Old Meldi-um— Rev.
Aderdeenshire (16th) Rifle Volunteers, Old
Meldrum — Charles Peterkin, captain
Aberdeenshire (18th) Rifle Volunteers, Tarves
— Earl of Aberdeen, captain
Gas Works, Old Meldrum — William Den,
secretary
Mechanics' Institute, Old Meldrum— James
Bruce, president ; C. Peterkin, treasurer ;
James Den, librarian
Stamp & Tax Otlice, Old Meldrum—Jamea
Bruce, sub-distributor and collector
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
ON THE BRANCH LINE OF THE GREAT NORTH
OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY.
Station, OLD Meldrum — Henry Parkinson,
station master
CONVEYANCE BY COACH.
A Coach leaves Tarves for Aberdeen every
morning (summer and winter), returning
from Meal Market St. in the evening
Thomson, proprietor
CARRIERS.
To ABERDEEN, James Chapman & George
Paul, from Old Meldrum, Tuesdays and
Fridays
PETERHEAD,
WITH THE VILLAGES OP BODDAM, BUCHANHAVEN, BDRNHAVEN, INVEENETTIE AND NEIGHBOURHOODS.
X BTEEHEAD is-a considerable sea-port town, a burgh of barouy,
and parish within ;the district of Buchau, 141 miles k. by w. of Edin-
bnrah, 31 s.e. of Banff, 82 n.e. of Aberdeen, IS s.s.E. of Fraserburgh,
and ui miles from London. It is situated upon a peninsula (the most
easterly noint of Scotland), about a mile south of the mouth of t!ic river
liaje the isthmu.s between the peninsula ami tho mainland being
only eight hundred yards wide. The town is b"Ut in the form of a
(TOSS and is divided 'into four districts called the n.ii-hiown, Honheads,
keith'inch, anA Pfterhead Pmiici: The houses, which are built of
L'ranite (so abundant in various parts ot tho county), arc all of
them neat, and many of them commodious and elegant. Tho town
is Sas-U"hted, and the inhabitants arc plenteously suppUed with
excellent spring water. In years gone by the wells of Peterhead
■were much frequented ; tho waters are chalybeate, and are abund-
ant in the town and neighbourhood. Fo.'jsil shells in great quanti-
ties and of various kinds, are found in the neighbourhood, twenty
or thirty feet above the level of the sea, and these of lands not to be
met with in an original state; many cmious pebbles also may be
nicked un on the shore. The ruins of Inverugie Castle are situated
about 2'ri miles from Peterhead. The walls of this castle are still
Btanding^ and bv means of a winding staircase in one of the towers,
the opposiL . - .
UKie Uastle. It is built upon a rock, and is a very good specimen of
the ancient Scottish baronial style, in the square form so common
to tho beginning of the 13th century. Its walls are of such strength
that previcui to the use of artillery, they would have rendered the
nlace imprcnable. Numerous elegant buildings have recently
been erected in the centre of the town. The court-house, a hand-
some buildmg of granite, is in Queen street, in which the sheriffs
court is held weeklv on Friday. A public building which claims
nartioular attention is the town-house, at the head of the principal
street • it is an elegant edifice, sixty feet long and forty-nine feet
wide with a spire 12.5 feet high, and a fine illuminated clock. The
town-hall, one of the apartments, is a spacious, elegant room, and
one ot eniial dimensions is handsomely lifted up as a court-room, in
which the baiUie court holds their sittings. The music-hall build-
ings a laroe and elegant pile, comprising upper and lower halls,
small hairand convenient ante-room, &c., with fine shops on the
around floor, and the new lines of houses in Chapel street and
Oueen street, add much to tlie attraction and importance of the
town Peterhead was founded and erected into a burgh of barony,
bv Geor"", Earl Marischal, in the year 1593, but in 1716 it was for-
feited bv this family, in consequence of their aflherenoe to the un-
fortunate house of Stuart, and purchased, with the neighbouring
lands b'- tho York Building Company in 172K, but that concern
land:
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being dissolved, it u'a3 bought by the trustees or governors of the
Merchant Maiden Hospital, Edinburgh, for .£3,000, who are still the
superiors. Iii front of the town-hall, and facing the main street,
has been erected a pedestal of granite, on which has been placed a
magnificent statue in bronze of Field-Marshal James Francis
Ed\rard Keith, born at Inverugie in 159S, which statue was present-
ed, by request, to the borough of Pet'jrhead, by King William I. of
Prussia, in 1^68. The pedestal bears the following inscription: —
" Field-Marshal ICeitb, born at Inverugie 1633: killed at the battle
of Hochkircheu, U October, 175S. The gift of WUUam I., King of
Prussia, to the town of Peterhead. August, 18(38. Probus vixit,
fortis obit.-'
Peterhead is governed by a provost and magistrates, and town
coimcil. The nomination of the magistrates was, by charter, vested
in thu superiors of the town and the magistrates and councillors,
the latter of whom were formerly elected by a majority of the feuars ,
but since the elective franchise was conferred upon the bm-gh, the
magistrates and councillors are elected by the householders in the
burgh. Tho town now enjoys the privileges of a parliamentary
burgh, and in conjunction with Kinore, Elgin, Cullen, Banlf and
Inverurie, returns one member to parliament — the present member
being Mountstuart E-phiustono Grant Duli, Esq.. of Eden, Aber-
deenshh'e. Upon the county of Aberdeen being divided into an
Eastern and Western division, and returning two members to par-
liament, Peterhead was created the returning burgh for the eastern
division, and is known as the capital of Buchan, or East Aber-
deenshirc^
For a long series of years the harbours of Peterhead have been
held to be of great importance. So early as 1661, in the first parha-
ment of King Charles H., an act was passed "For a contribution
for repau'ing tho harbours of Peterhead." In 1705 an act of the
Scottish privy council was obtained, for a voluntary contribution
within all the parish churches of the three Lothians and bev.ost of
the Forth, for building and repau-ing these harbours ; and in 1729,
and again in 1739, the convention of royal burghs authorised a
voluntary contribution throughout all the royal burghs in Scotland
for the same purpose. In 18!J7, and again in 1837, acts of parlia-
ment were obtained for their further improvements, and since 1798,
considerably upwards of £100,0U0 havo been expended on these im-
provements ; and, at the present time, very extensive alterations
and additions on both the north and the south harbours are about
to be effected, a new bill iu parliament having just been obtained
for this purpose. WTien the works in contemplation have been
finished, Peterhead will possess one of the finest and safest harbours
to be found .^longthewhole of the oast coast of Scotland. Tbeharboura
are managed by a rotary board of trustees, a ORrtain numlier o(
which are elected annuallv from among the feuara holding directly
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