Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Chapel of Garioch parish Bartholomew
Chapel of Garioch a village and a Donside parish Groome
Garioch, Chapel of Bartholomew
Logie-Durno ancient parish Bartholomew

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

Place Type of entry Source
Balquhain seat and ruined ancient castle Bartholomew
Blairdaff place Bartholomew
Durno village Bartholomew
Harlaw battlefield Bartholomew
Logie-EIphinstone seat Bartholomew
Pitcaple village with railway station Bartholomew
Pitcaple a village and a mansion Groome
Pittodrie seat Bartholomew

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
Pitcaple 0 2
Harlaw 3 2
Oyne 0 2
Daviot 0 2
Rayne 0 2
Inverurie 0 2
Port Elphinstone 0 2
Keithhall 0 2
Kemnay 0 2
Premnay 0 2
Don 4 2
Bourtrie 0 2
Kinkell 0 2
Insch 0 2
Monymusk 0 2
Meldrum 1 2
Kintore 0 2
Culsalmond 0 2
Kinmuck 0 2
Christskirk 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Chapel of Garioch. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CHAPEL OF GARIOCH John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
GARIOCH John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
GARIOCH CHAPEL OF John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
LOGIE DURNO John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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