Strathdon, Aberdeenshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Strathdon parish Bartholomew
Strathdon a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Achernach estate Bartholomew
Achernach an estate Groome
Bardock head-stream of river Bartholomew
Bardock a head-stream of the river Don Groome
Candacraig an estate, with a mansion Groome
Carvie rivulet Bartholomew
Carvie Water a burn Groome
Castle Newe seat Bartholomew
Castle-Newe a mansion Groome
Colquhonny ruins of castle and inn Bartholomew
Colquhony an inn and a ruined castle Groome
Conrie a rivulet Groome
Conrie rivulet Bartholomew
Doune an oval, flat-topped mound Groome
Edinglassie an estate, with an old mansion Groome
Edinglassie estate with old mansion Bartholomew
Forbestown hamlet Bartholomew
Glenkindie a detached section of Strathdon parish Groome
Heughhead hamlet Bartholomew
Heughhead a hamlet Groome
Inverernan seat Bartholomew
Inverernan a mansion Groome
Inverkindie hamlet Bartholomew
Inverkindie a hamlet Groome
Knocklea place with school Bartholomew
Nochty, Water of a rivulet Groome
Tillyduke school Bartholomew

Travel writing

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

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Glenbuchat 0 2
Towie 0 2
Corgarff 0 2
Morven 1 2
Logie Coldstone 0 1
Kildrummy 2 2
Culblean 3 2
Glengairn 1 2
Chapeltown 0 2
Cabrach 0 2
Cushnie 0 2
Lumsden 0 2
Tarland 0 2
Tullich 5 1
Cromar 4 1
Pannanich 1 3
Leochel Cushnie 0 2
Ballater 3 2
Auchindoir 0 2
Dinnet 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
INVERNOCHTY F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
STRATHDON 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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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.