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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANCHORY DEVENICK | Banchory Devenick Banchory Devenick Banchory Devenick Banchory Devenick Banchory Devenick |
New. Stat .Act. [New Statistical Account] Memorials of Angus & Mearns Johnston's Co [County] Map Valuation Roll 1862-63 Robert Walker Esqr (Meresman) |
003.04; 003.08; 004.01 | "In the Advocates' Library there has been found a document confirmative of what was formerly traditional, that the distinctive appellation of Devenick is derived from a wonder working Saint of the name of Davanicus, who flourished about the year 887, and of whose ministrations this parish was at one period the Scene." The figure of the parish is extremely irregular. It is situated partly in Kincardineshire, and partly in Aberdeenshire, - the river Dee being here the boundary of both counties. The most elevated part of the Lollohill, the easternmost of the range of Grampians, is in the Kincardineshire division of the parish, and afforded a station for the gentlemen who were employed by Government to make the trigonometrical survey of the island. About three miles of this parish is bounded by the sea. The Coast is bold, rocky, and picturesque. Its undulations are numerous, with many inlets and projections frequented by migratory Sea-fowls, and wild pigeons, but has no caves of great depth inland, and affords no safe anchorage, and only three harbours for fishing boats, - Findon, Portlethen, and Downees. At Portlethen, in favourable weather, lime and coals may be landed from small vessels, but the road from the shore is very steep, insomuch that the tenant of the adjoining farm has erected a machine for bringing up Sea-Weed for manure. The climate is healthy, and no disease is peculiar to the district." (New Stat Act [New Statistical Account] Page 178.) [Continued on page 2] |
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[page] 1Banchory Devenick Parish. -- Kincardine-shire
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