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BANCHORY-TERNAN "BANCHORY-TERNAN", a parish, containing the small post-office town of Banchory or Arbeadie, on the north border of Kincardineshire. It is bounded on the south by the parishes of Durris and Strachan; and on all other sides by Aberdeenshire. Its length is about 9 miles, and its breadth about the same. Its area is intersected by the Dee, and comprises about 5,090 acres on the south side of that river, and about 16,210 on the north. The range of Kerback, 1,890 feet high, touches the southern frontier; a ride about 1,000 feet high intervenes between it and the Dee; and the long isolated hill of Fare extends within the northern border. About 6,070 acres of the parochial surface are cultivated; about 5,240 are under wood; and most of the remainder is either morish pasture or irreclaimable waste. The scenery along the Dee is eminently picturesque, abounding in fine strong natural features, and adorned with the tasteful results of art. The Feugh, which is a small but impetuous collection of streams from the Grampians, bisects the southern part of the parish. Over this river, near a fine cataract and fall of its waters among rocks, and near its conflux with the Dee, almost opposite to Banchory, the road from Stonehouse to Deeside is carried on a substantial stone-bridge of four arches. There is a loch, called the Loch of Drum, between 2 and 3 miles in circuit, on the north-eastern skirts of the parish; and another of the same dimensions, near the middle of the parish, called the Loch of Leys .... The chief mansions are Crathes Castle and Tilwhilly Castle � both imposing baronial structures, amid splendid grounds; and there are about a dozen other mansions and villas ... The old village of Banchory existed in the 14th century, and was long a place of some consequence, but now contains only about a dozen houses, and is commonly called the Townhead. The new village, though often called Banchory, is properly called Arbeadie ... Population of the parish in 1831, 1,972; in 1851, 2,462. Houses, 443." Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868 MAP FETTERESSO "FETTERESSO, a parish, containing the post-office station of Muchalls, and the northern division of the post-town of Stonehaven, on the coast of Kincardineshire. It is bounded by the sea, and by Dunnottar, Glenbervie, Durris, Maryculter and Banchory-Devenick. Its length south-ward is about 10 miles; and its breadth is between 5 and 6 miles. The river Carron flows on the southern boundary; and the Cowie Water, the Muchalls-burn, and the Elsick-burn, which all run independently to the sea, drain the greater part of the interior. The surface of the parish is irregular, but not mountainous ... The principal mansions are Fetteresso-castle, a large pile, partly ancient and partly modern, in a fine park on the Carron; Ury-house, at present being rebuilt on the Cowie; Rickarton-house, about a mile west of the preceding; and Muchalls-house, and old pile on a rising ground near the sea, about 4 miles from Stonehaven ... There are three fishing stations respectively at Cowie, Sketraw and Shanathro. There are also several salmon fisheries ... In almost every part of the parish, remains of Druidical temples have been met with, but some of them have been demolished by the farmers. On the coast, about 1-1/2 miles north of Stonehaven, are the remains of a castle, the ancient residence of the Thanes of Cowie or Mearns; and, on a rising ground, near the Thane's castle, there was formerly a place of worship, the gables and part of the walls of which are still standing. Adjoining is a burial ground, enclosed with stone walls, where many of the inhabitants, especially in the northern section of the parish, still continue, on account of its vicinity, to bury their dead." Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1868 MAP |
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