The book of Banchory
Watt, V J Buchan1947
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The book of Banchory / V J Buchan Watt.
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Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd, 1947.
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Contents: Crathes Castle and the Burnett family, Tilquhillie Castle and the Douglas family, Blackhall: Description of Crathes Castle - The Green Lady's room - The arms of Burnett of Leys - Subterranean passage: Crathes Castle to Tilquhillie - Why Banchory is in the county of Kincardine - Old documents - "Banchory trinitie" - Description of lands in instrument of resignation of Leys and Muchalls, 13th July, 1609 - Extracts from the will of Sir Thomas Burnett - Tilquhillie Castle - Douglas of Tilquhillie- Blackhall CastleContents: From 440 AD to the seventeenth century: Saint Ternan, his life and work - Monastery in Banchory - Saint Nathalan, Saint Nicholas and Saint Machar - Tales of Saint Ternan - Miraculous bell or "ronnecht" - William the Lion and the Abbot of Arbroath - Townhead: the old market cross - The famous "Horn of Leys" - Original castle of the Burnetts on Loch of Leys - Henrietta Mordaunt and Alexander, Second Duke of Gordon - The Battle of Corrichie - Huntly: the Queen's chair - The Grammar School and the hospital, 1650 - The will of Sir Thomas Burnett - Extracts from the court book of the Barony of Leys - The "brieffe narrative" of Gilbert Blackhal.Contents: From the eighteenth century to modern times: The island at Banchory - The bad state of agriculture - Old land measures - Country fairs - The new church at Arbeadie (1770) - The mail coach at Banchory Lodge - The wood floaters - The Defiance Inn- Smuggling - William Shaw - John Watson - William Ewen - The Rev Mr Ogg and the "muckle spate" of '29 - Loanhead Church - The Lady Burnett and the Reid and Burnett School - Railway repair shops and other old industries - Martha Grant, the Banchory-Strachan carrier - Katie Bremner, the witch - Dr McHardy and Johnnie Mennie - "Postie Mary" - Johnnie Moir - Mr Davidson of Inchmarlo and his flying machine - The Strachan auto-car - Donald Munro and Harry Lauder.Contents: The Church and its ministers, local antiquities, tales of well-known natives: The "Watch-tower" and the "Resurrectionists" - The last of the falconers - Church at Kilduthie - Stone circles - "Pygmy" plants - Some Banchory ministers from the thirteenth-century - "Singing Sandy" - John Hunter - William Skinner - Sandy McTavish and Sheriff Douglas - Antiquities of the district.Contents: Witchcraft, superstition and folklore: The de'il at Baldarroch - The "Prophet of Bethelney" - The mineral well at Craigton.Contents: An anthology of verse by former natives of Banchory and district: Selections from Feugh spray by John Moir - The verses of William Tavendale - The Cairn-na-Mounth - The model lodgings and landladies of Hammerman Square by John Taylor - A Feughside fairy tale, from "Lays and legends of the north" by David Grant.Contents: Prose selections: On deils and kelpies, from "Tales of the glens" by Joseph Grant - The warlock of Glendye, from "Tales of the glens" by Joseph Grant - Roy MacIan or The hunter's cairn, from "Tales of the glens" by Joseph Grant - A strange civilisation by Arthur F Leslie Paterson.Contents: John Watson and the John Watson Guild and other well-known Banchory natives including a few reminiscences of Dean Ramsay: John Watson and the Guild - His life in Banchory - Rev William Anderson - Rev Charles Ogg - Dr Francis Adams - Dr McHardy and some of his stories - Scott-Skinner - Joseph Farquharson - Reminiscences of Dean Ramsay.Contents: The natural history of Banchory parish: The birds - The animals of yesterday - The animals of to-day - Winged game - The flora of Banchory - The botany of to-day.Contents: Appendix to chapter ll: Rural life in the eighteenth century.Illustrations: Banchory Coat of Arms - The bell of Saint Ternan - The Horn of Leys - An old Banchory character, Martha Grant, the Banchory-Strachan carrier of 80 to 90 years ago - Crathes Castle - Banchory and the Dee from the south-east (drawn about theyear 1855 and reproduced from "The scenery of the Dee" - The meeting of the waters (Feugh and Dee) - John Watson of the John Watson Guild and the founder of modern Banchory - "The Feugh" by the late Joseph Farquharson.Text illustrations: Banchory village in the year 1855 - Burnett Arms, Banchory - Tilquhilly Castle.
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English
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Adam Donald
BRN:
540348