Crathie, Aberdeenshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Crathie. You may be able to find further references to Crathie in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Crathie village, with parish church and school Bartholomew
Crathie and Braemar united parish Bartholomew
Crathie and Braemar a large parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Crathie.

Place Type of entry Source
Abergeldie Highland residence of the Prince of Wales Groome
Auchendryone village Bartholomew
Auchendryone a village Groome
Balmoral a royal residence Groome
Balmoral Castle royal residence Bartholomew
Benabourd one of the Cairngorms Groome
Boynag or Bynack a burn Groome
Brodichan small loch Bartholomew
Brodichan or Brothacan a loch Groome
Cairnaquechn ancient tumulus Bartholomew
Cairnaqueen an ancient tumulus Groome
Cairnocuimhne a large tumulus of small stones Groome
Cairntoul one of the Cairngorm group of mountains Bartholomew
Cairntoul a mountain Groome
Canter, or Ceannmor mountain tarn Bartholomew
Carr rivulet Bartholomew
Castleton the capital of the Deeside Highlands Groome
Castleton of Braemar village Bartholomew
Ceannmor a tarn Groome
Clunie Water a stream Groome
Corriemulzie a burn Groome
Corriemulzie rivulet Bartholomew
Craig Cluny a precipitous granite height Groome
Craig-Gowan a wooded height Groome
Craig-na-Ban a rounded, granitic, fir-clad hill Groome
Derry a burn Groome
Ey Burn affluent Bartholomew
Geldie Burn a trout and salmon stream Groome
Girnock Burn a rivulet Groome
Glassalt a mountain torrent Groome
Guisachan or Geusachan an early affluent of the river Dee Groome
Invercauld a mansion Groome
Invercauld House old baronial edifice Bartholomew
Mar Lodge a deer-stalking lodge Groome
Quoich Water Bartholomew
Quoich Water a stream Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Balmoral 0 2
Glengairn 1 2
Glenmuick 2 2
Invercauld 7 2
Lochnagar 2 2
Ballater 3 2
Braemar 8 3
Tullich 5 1
Corgarff 0 2
Pannanich 1 3
Morven 1 2
Culblean 3 2
Mar 3 4
Beinn A Bhuird 2 2
Inverey 1 1
Tanner 2 3
Logie Coldstone 0 1
Dinnet 0 2
Strathdon 0 2
Kirkmichael 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Crathie. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CRATHIE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

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