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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODHEAD | Woodhead Woodhead Woodhead |
Valuation Roll Dean Wilson occupier Mr Joseph Fowlie occupier |
029 | a village consisting of a Parsonage, school and Church, Manse, school and Free Kirk, a merchantise shop, Farmers, Tailors, Shoemakers, carpenter's &c. &c. a record is known of it being a burgh in 1325 &c. Situated abt. [about] 2. miles E [East] of Fyvie Demesne Proprietor, The Earl of Aberdeen. |
| ALL SAINTS CHAPEL (Scottish Episcopal) [Woodhead] | All: Sts: [Saints] Scottish Episcopal Church All: Sts: [Saints] Scottish Episcopal Church All: Sts: [Saints] Scottish Episcopal Church |
The Dean of Aberdeen Incumbent Mr Joseph Fowlie Grocer Woodhead Mr S. Sharp F.C. [Free Church] School Woodhead |
029 | The old church, It is said, to have been of a humble description and was pulled down in 1849 and the present handsome edifice erected on its site The architectural details is correct and with its Spire rising from out a cluster of Trees forms a beautiful and striking object in the landscape for miles around There is Sculptured stone over the porch Three Crosses built into the E. [East] gable, one of which was taken from Fyvie old Parish Church St. Peters A Sculptured Sheaf of arrows is in a niche into the vestry gable which Dean Wilson procured from the ruins of Gight Castle. Notwithstanding all are Considered as relics of the neighbouring priory of Fyvie attached to the Church is a modernly laid out grave yard. Situated upon a conspicuous Knoll forming the Centre of Woodhead village. |
| SCHOOL [nr Episcopal Church, Woodhead] | School School School |
Dean Wilson Woodhead Mr J. Fowlie Woodhead Mr D. Wilson Woodhead |
029 | It is a commodious building erected in 1862. and is a Mixed School and is receiving a government aid &c. and musters generally a good round number of Scholars Situated a little north of the Episcopal Church of Woodhead |
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[Page] 132Parish of Fyvie
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