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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Monboddo like this:
Monboddo House, an old mansion, amid pleasant plantations, in Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire, 1¼ mile E by S of Auchinblae, and 2¼ miles NNW of Fordoun station. It was the birthplace of the judge, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-99), who anticipated Darwin in an evolution theory-of monkeys whose tails wore off with constant sitting. His descendant, James Cumine Burnett, Esq., holds 3000 acres in the shire, valued at £2540 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 66, 1871.
Monboddo is now part of ABERDEENSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how ABERDEENSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Monboddo itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Monboddo, in Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31030
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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