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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Site of Chapel (Site of) Chapel (Site of) Chapel (Site of) Chapel Lieut. Col. [Lieutenant Colonel] Ramsay, Banchory Lodge Mr James Stewart, Inspector of Poor Mr William Imray, Banchory 006.09 In the Statistical Account this chapel is thus mentioned. "The Church [last word underlined] which existed at the Reformation, was placed in the burying-ground near the brink of the river. The only remains of this ancient building, are a fragment of the font bearing the arms of the Abbey of Arbroath, and one or two other unimportant relics." And again, "It", the old village of Banchory, "is mentioned as existing in 1324, and it probably originated in the habitations required by the vicar or his curate and other assistants who served the Chapel of St. Ternan [last four words underlined] in early Catholic times." The "Church" and "Chapel" seem to be identical, but there are now no exisiting remains. A small square building in the graveyard - the burying-ground of the Douglass' of Tilquhillie - is supposed to be within the bounds of the ancient building. It had been erected at a period long prior to 1324 as appears from the following extract. - Extract from Deed of Gift by William the Lyon executed between the years 1178 and 1203.- "William, by the Grace of God King of the Scots, has given - to God and the Church of St. Thomas at Arbroath and the Monks thereof - the Church of Bencoryn [last three words underlined]- with all rights belonging in land and water, in meadow and pasture, and all tithes and all rights." In 1502 Alexander Burnat of Leys obtained a lease from the Abbey of Arbroath of the tithes of the Church of Banquhory Terne [last four words underlined], subject to the condition of keeping the buildings in repair. In the graveyard, close to the burying-ground of the Douglass' of Tilquhillie there is a small octagonal watch-house, built for the purpose of protecting the dead from the resurrectionists.

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Parish of Banchory Ternan

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Extracts from New Statistical Account from p. 348 and p.355

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