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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CHURCH [Oldmeldrum] | Church Church Church |
New Statistical Account. Page 477 Collections of the Shires Aberdeen & Banff Revd [Reverend] James C. Easton. The Manse |
046 | "The present church is supposed to have been erected about the year 1684; it is consequently an old building, and has an antiquated appearance". Vide Statistical Account Page 477 This church is the established parish church, and is a good plain building, in a pretty good state of repair, with a graveyard &c attached, and will accommodate about 800 hearers. the present minister is the Revd [Reverend] James C. Easton. |
SCHOOL [nr parish church] | School School School |
Revd [Reverend] James C. Easton Mr James McKenzie Schoolmaster Mr Wilson Kirkhill |
046 | A good plain building used as a parish School for Boys & Girls |
GROANING STONE | Groaning Stone Groaning Stone Groaning Stone |
Mr Bennet, Cabinetmaker, Old Meldrum Mr J Steven. Old Meldrum. Mr Porter, Cabinetmaker, Old Meldrum |
046 | This name applies to a mass of rock, situated on the Feuar's Common of Old Meldrum; & it is said that this was the spot where Comyn, (Earl of Buchan) fell when pursued by Bruce's troops at the Battle of Barra. 25 Dec [December] 1307. This name is very much corrupted now. some calling it "Granage stone," Grenegle stone, Chronicle stone, & so on, but "Groaning stone" is the proper name. |
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[Page] 61Parish of Old Meldrum
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