OS1/19/15/1
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MARYCULTER | Maryculter Maryculter Maryculter Maryculter Maryculter Maryculter Maryculter |
New. Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] P. [Page] 189 Memorials of Angus & Mearns Johnston's Co [County] Map Valuation Roll 1862-63 Revd. [Reverend] A. Fleming (Blairs College.) Revd. J. Bower (Manse Maryculter) Mr. Francis Shepherd (Meresman) |
"As noted in the former Statistical Account, the original orthography of this parish seemed to have been Mariae Cultura". "Cul tira", in Gaelic means the "back of the land". It is of an oblong form, 6 English Miles in length and 2 in breadth, extending from the river Dee to the Grampian Mountains." This Parish is bounded on the north by the river Dee, on the East by Banchory Devenick Parish, on the South by Fetteresso Parish and on the West by Durris parish. "The soil on the river side is naturally thin and sandy, on the rising midland, it becomes deeper and blacker, with a bottom of Clay in some parts, and more Southward, the ground turns swampy, turfy, and mossy. The extremities of the parish are in some places rocky hills and mosses, in others, green hills with large stones, rushy moors and heath. Indeed the whole district is rocky and stony, except some small haughs and dales on the river side. Much of the parish is thin ground, and recumbent, as are many parts of the north of Scotland, or what is locally termed a pan or moorband." (New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] P. [Page] 189-90) There is no portion of this parish detached, nor any portion of any other parish contained within the boundary of this parish. [Signed] B. Render Corp. R.E. [Corporal Royal Engineers] |
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[Page] 1Parish of Maryculter
[Note]
See Maryculter House & Church (Ruins of.)
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