A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. Origins and history anderson is an english and scottish patronymic surname, meaning son of andrew. With a large selection of new scottish titles and bestsellers as well as publishing and distributing new local history books on the northeast scotland region. The units covering this place tab lists units whose boundaries contained clatt election results. It is one of the most extensive counties in the kingdom and is. Clatt established a parochial poorhouse or lodging house in. On scotland people website, john anderson married margaret home in clatt, aberdeenshire gros refererence 180 0030 0094 on 15 mar 1831. From country estates to city apartments, your ideal property is just a click away. They are an important record of our earliest conversion as a pictish nation, as well as a reminder of aberdeenshires conservative approach to anything new. I am looking for the parents of william meldrum in the rhynie clatt area of aberdeenshire. David anderson was born at clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland, on the 27th of june 1831.
Clatt parish church is located on an elevated position overlooking the small village of clatt to the east. This parish extends in length from north to south about twelve miles, and about five miles in breadth in the upper end, and three in the lower. Clatt parish records genealogy and family history in. A new history of aberdeenshire, part i by smith, alexander and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Covid 19 corona virus following the advice of the scottish government the hall committee have decided to close clatt village hall until at least 30th april 2020 due to covid 19. Both names share the same scottish gaelic derivation of. I am interested in a william meldrum who married christian mitchell 1790 in clatt aberdeenshire. Catalogue of aberdeenshire, scotland fiche and film. Aberdeenshire, scotland genealogy familysearch wiki. Clatt, aberdeenshire genealogy heraldry and history. This volume contains information on aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of cluny. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks. Please add to and improve this project of you wish to be involved without copying and pasting from external sources the purpose of this project is to give a historical background to aberdeenshire, to provide information about those individuals of historic importance linked to the county and to. Cabrach, commonly called the cabrach, a parish, partly in the district of alford, county of aberdeen, but chiefly in the county of banff, 12 miles w. A william meldrum married jean grant 1795 and they had several children. The village school lies to the north and the former manse is alongside.
Clatt established a parochial poorhouse or lodging house in about 1856, with funds provided by the parish council. It was reused as a sill stone at percylieu mill until the 1890s when it was taken to cransmill farm. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. Clatt church, which is a very ancient edifice, was thoroughly repaired and reseated in 1828, and contains sittings for 290 persons. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. To understand their lives ive done a lot of reading about farm servant and crofting. Town council minutes, accounts, letters, plans and harbour records provided by aberdeenshire council plus other local records. In the highlands, it was rendered as macandrew, of medieval scottish origin. Knockespock house is a category b listed building in clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland.
Aberdeen is a maritime county in the northeast part of scotland. Farm servant life in northeast aberdeenshire judys. Cabrach, aberdeenshire genealogy heraldry and history. For example, in england and wales rural districts units with rd or rsd suffixes may even exclude the places they are named after. Clatt parish church clatt, grampian places of worship. Richard turnbull was born at oxford, england in 1826, and arrived in new zealand by the fatima in 1851. Properties for sale in clatt, aberdeenshire from savills, world leading estate agents. History and genealogy of glenbuchat, aberdeenshire, scotland. Savills properties for sale in clatt, aberdeenshire. Siorrachd obar dheathain is a historic county and registration county of scotland. Lookup searches access records in scottish archives for ancestors in this parish e. Clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland genealogy familysearch. Hillhead of clatt class i symbol stone stravaiging. They mostly lived and worked on farms and crofts, in farm touns rather than towns and villages.
Clatt is a rural aberdeenshire settlement, surrounded by open farmland. Hes also md of freelance world, who provides accounting services in aberdeen and sponsors the deeside thistle most cyclists in scotland will have heard of the cairn o mount and think thats the main climb in aberdeenshire actually i hadnt. This is a guide to the history and major genealogical records of scotland as they pertain to the parish of clatt. Extraction of baptisms for aberdeen st paul street united presbyterian 1846 1855. Clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland genealogy genealogy.
The name clatt, or, as it was formerly written, clet or clett, is obviously derived from the gaelic word cleith, pronounced cleit, which signifies concealed. Clatt, a parish, in the district of alford, county of aderdeen, 10 miles s. Aberdeenshire os name books, 18651871 scotlandsplaces. The village stands 3 miles ssw of kennethmont station, this being 32. Mar lodge knockespoch estate, clatt, aberdeenshire. The church is surrounded by a rectangular graveyard which has been extended downhill to the east. For more information on other towns in aberdeenshire, you can visit our towns in aberdeenshire page, alternatively you can use the navigation menu. A new history of aberdeenshire, part 1 1875 alexander smith on. The construction of aberdeenshires first turnpike roads, thomas day, journal of transport history, sept. In 18824, frances groomes ordnance gazetteer of scotland described clatt like this. Clatt, a parish, in the district of alford, county of aberdeen, 10 miles s. The parish of clatt is situated in the western part of aberdeenshire and is bounded on the north by kennethmont parish on the east by leslie, west by auchindoir and rhynie and on the south by tullynessle and forbes parishes. Guide to aberdeenshire ancestry, family history and genealogy.
Clatt, aberdeenshire area information, map, walks and more. The parochial school affords instruction in latin, book keeping, mathematics, and all the usual branches. More from samuel lewis a topographical dictionary of scotland 1851 mel lockie 2016. Hillhead of clatt this class i symbol stone, known as the salmon stone, was dug up at a depth of around 1.
Old machar parish 168 books 144145 enumeration districts. Buy the little history of aberdeenshire by duncan harley isbn. The church, which is a very ancient edifice, was thoroughly repaired and reseated in. Knockespock house dates back to the late 16th century. Christenings of all children in clatt aberdeenshire david anderson c 14 nov 1831 margaret anderson c 30 jun 1832 mary anderson c 16 nov 1833 george anderson c 03 feb 1836 sophia anderson c 14 jul1837. Mar lodge is a charming, secluded cottage hidden away in the 300 acre knockespoch estate with superb uninterrupted views over the aberdeenshire countryside to the prominent peak of the tap o noth, site of the second highest hill fort in scotland and a must do walk during your. History of the parish of banchorydevenick ministers of the parish. Media in category clatt, aberdeenshire the following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. List of patients, smallpox hospital, mounthooly, aberdeen 18721875. Mar lodge is a charming, secluded cottage hidden away in the 300 acre knockespoch estate with superb uninterrupted views over the aberdeenshire countryside to the prominent peak of the tap o noth, site of the second highest hill fort in scotland and a must do walk during your stay.
The new statistical account of scotland parish of clatt. Local information for the town of clatt, aberdeenshire. Knockespock house is in the parish of clatt and the county of aberdeenshire. We are adding hundreds of thousands of extracted historical records to our website including rolls of male heads of. This record set contains 184 entries in pdf format, and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before. The parish is bounded nw by rhynie, ne by kennethmont, e by leslie, s. Clatt records genealogy and family history in scotland. Crosses, both elaborate rounded terminals and simply incised, have been found at fintray, deer, monymusk, botriphnie, tofthills clatt, culsalmond, aboyne and dyce.
Clatt school clatt huntly aberdeenshire ab54 4ny telephone. History of clatt in aberdeenshire map and description. Civil registration court records description and travel. It is about four miles in length by about three in breadth, and is in the presbytery of alford and synod of aberdeen. The gaelic word cleith, or cleit, signifying concealed, appears to have given the name to this place, in consequence of its secluded situation, it being hidden from view on all sides.
In this form, it is more common in the lowlands, but it is widespread in scotland in different forms. On an aberdeenshire farm by fenton, alexander isbn. The church, which is a very ancient edifice, was thoroughly repaired and reseated in 1828. Aberdeen and northeast scotland family history society is one of the largest and most reputable family history societies in scotland and has a long list of publications referring to individual parishes. This etymology of the word is in strict accordance with the locality of the parish. Aberdeenshire catalogue of fiche and film 1861 census. Poor law appeals indexed poor law appeals with the option to order images of records. Innes, james dey, born oct 10 1874 in glass, aberdeenshire, scotland, died 1951 in govan, glasgow, scotland innes, james geddes, born jun 27 1846 in glass, aberdeenshire, scotland, died feb 25 1890 in glass, aberdeenshire, scotland innes, jane, born jun 16 1872 in clatt, aberdeenshire, scotland, died 1898 in huntley, aberdeenshire, scotland. Aberdeenshire records genealogy and family history in. Free historical records from clatt parish in aberdeenshire, scotland. Clatt parish records genealogy and family history in scotland. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Knockespock house, clatt, aberdeenshire history in structure. This post was sent to me by ali mcgill of the deeside thistle cycling club in aberdeen.
This volume contains information on aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of clatt. The probabilities are that this is the same john clatt referred to by kennedy as being the original founder of saint thomas hospital, which stood near saint nicholas church, aberdeen. Again in 1878 he published a third book, entitled the. My fraser ancestors stomping ground was a semicircular area stretching from peterhead down to ellon, part of the buchan region of northeast aberdeenshire. Two sons, but i have never found a marriage nor the name of their mother. An incredible book on radicalworking class scottish history. The product itself was in top condition and arrived fast.
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