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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of CHURCH [Bethelnie] | (Site of) Church (Site of) Church (Site of) Church |
Mr George Mackay, Bethelnie Mr Bruce, Lightnot Mr Grassic, Round Lightnot |
036 | Little or no vestige of the foundation of the church is remaining, and it seems it is nearly 200 years since the church was used as a place of worship, Situated in an ancient graveyard at old Kirk farm and on the property of Mr Urquhart of Meldrum House. The old church of Bethelnie lyes a mile to the north west of the house of Meldrum; About which is a churchyard, in which most of the inhabitants of that parish still continue to burie their dead. Saint Nachlan is said to lye interred there. whose day is observed on the * [note below] seventh of January yearly; and all the people of that parish observe it as a great holyday, with much rejoicing, abstaining from all manner of work, and giving themselves up entirely to mirth and jollity; because the last time the plague was in Scotland, though it raged in all the parishes about yet it did not enter into that parish at all; which the common people impute to Saint Nachlan's being buried in their parish; and therefore in gratitude, reckon themselves obliged to honour his day. and are much offended at all of the neighbouring parishes, who receive either grass, water, or fire out of their parish, and do not join with them in the observance of that day. (From Macfarlane's Geographical Collections M.S. [Manuscript]) (Collections of the Shires p. [page] 559). * [note from above] The best authorities however state that St. Nachlan was worshipped on the 8th of January. He is said to have lived about the year A.D. 450. [Initialled] E.H.C. Capt. RE. [Captain Royal Engineers]. |
| MAUSOLEUM [Bethelnie] | Mausoleum Mausoleum Mausoleum |
Mr George Mackay, Bethelnie Mr Bruce, Lightnot Mr Grassic, Round Lightnot |
036 | Applies to a tomb situated in the centre of the above named graveyard, and used by the Urquhart family for the burial of their dead. |
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[Page] 25Parish of Meldrum
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