Pitmedden House, a modern mansion, with a square corner tower, in Dyce parish, Aberdeenshiire, 2 miles NNW of Dyce Junction. Its owner, George Thompson, Esq. (b. 1804), Provost of Aberdeen 1847-50, and Liberal M.P. for that city 1852-57, holds 1308 acres in the shire, valued at £1671 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 77, 1873.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)