Rickarton, a quoad sacra parish in Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire, 5 miles NW by W of Stonehaven, under which it has a post office. Constituted in 1872, it is in the presbytery of Fordoun and the synod of Angus and Mearns; the minister's stipend is £186. The church sprang from a bequest of £3278 by the late Rev. George Thomson, minister of Fetteresso; and was built, in 1870-71, at a cost of £1400. Rickarton House is a good modern mansion on the N bank of Cowie Water, 3 miles NW of Stonehaven; and the estate, long held by the Hepburns, belongs now to Alex. Baird, Esq. of Urie. Pop. of q. s. parish (1881) 473, of whom 10 were in Glenbervie parish.—Ord. Sur., shs. 67, 66, 1871.

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