New Machar, Banffshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Machar, New parish and railway station Bartholomew
Machar, New a parish Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Bishop's Loch a beautiful lake Groome
Elrick an estate, with a mansion Groome
Elrick seat Bartholomew
Govel, or Elrick Burn a rivulet Groome
Kinmundy seat Bartholomew
Park hill railway station Bartholomew
Parkhill a mansion Groome
Summerhill hamlet Bartholomew
Whiterashes hamlet 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
Whiterashes 0 2
Fintray 0 3
Belhelvie 0 2
Dyce 0 2
Kinmuck 0 2
Udny 0 2
Kinaldie 2 2
Formartine 0 2
Blackburn 0 2
Keithhall 0 2
Bourtrie 0 2
Kinkell 0 2
Kintore 0 2
Kinellar 0 2
Don 4 2
Balgownie 0 1
Grandholm 0 2
Port Elphinstone 0 2
Meldrum 1 2
Foveran 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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  • 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.