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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Meldrum like this:
Old Meldrum, par. and vil. with ry. sta., mid. Aberdeenshire - par., 8102 ac., pop. 2254; vil., 5½ miles NE. of Inverurie Junction and 19 miles NW. of Aberdeen rail, pop. 1494; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Saturday. Old Meldrum was made a burgh of barony in 1672. It has a distillery.
Meldrum is now part of ABERDEENSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how ABERDEENSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Meldrum itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Meldrum in Aberdeenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17030
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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