Aboyne Castle is a 13th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 0.75 mi (1.21 km) north of the town of Aboyne (Grid Reference NO5299). The location...
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pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is home to the oldest 18 hole golf course on Royal Deeside. Aboyne Castle and the...
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Clan Gordon (section Castles)
large territory across the Highlands. Presently, Gordon is seated at Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire. The Chief of the clan is the Earl of Huntly, later the...
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Marquess of Huntly, 1st Viscount Aboyne (d. 1649) James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne (d. 1649) Aboyne Castle Earl of Aboyne Cokayne 1910, p. 52. Cokayne 1910...
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Huntingdon.[citation needed] The family seat is Aboyne Castle. The family also previously owned Huntly Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire.[citation needed] Alexander...
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Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquis of Huntly (born 4 February 1944), styled Earl of Aboyne until 1987, is a Scottish peer and the Premier Marquess of Scotland. He...
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4th Earl of Aboyne on 7 April 1732. On his death in 1794 he was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son. His family home was Aboyne Castle, but he had...
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Cock o' the North is a whisky liqueur, owned by the Gordon Clan of Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire. It has been produced under contract at the Speyside Distillery...
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Clan Bissett (section Castles)
following is a list of castles known to have been in the ownership of the family: Scotland Aboyne Castle, just north of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, is a tall...
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of the village of Kincardine O'Neil, and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Aboyne on the north side of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire. The house was built for...
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Aboyne Academy is a secondary school in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The school is located on the Western side of the village and serves many other...
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restoration of many other Scottish castles, such as Tillycairn Castle, Lauriston Castle, Aboyne Castle, and Dairsie Castle. He also designed and built other...
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Primary Title Current Seat Former Seats Marquess of Huntly Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire Huntly Castle Marquess of Queensberry London Kinmount House Marquess...
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This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Aboyne and Glen Tanar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download...
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Blackhall, a Catholic priest, met her in 1637, and joined her household at Aboyne Castle. Blackhall described the fire at Frendraught according to her account...
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Deeside Railway (redirect from Aboyne and Braemar Railway)
Opening in 1853 to Banchory, an extension reached Aboyne in 1859. A separate company, the Aboyne & Braemar Railway, built an extension to Ballater and...
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Aboyne Castle estate. On 9 February 1891 he Aberdeen Free Press advertised a special train from Aberdeen along the Deeside line to the Loch of Aboyne...
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particular influence on development in and around Kincardine O'Neil and Aboyne Castle. Saint Irchard, a medieval bishop of the Picts, was born in Kincardine...
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of Montrose, he marched against the Catholic James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne, Earl of Huntly, and defeated an attempt by the Royalists to seize Stonehaven...
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August 2008. Way of Plean; Squire (2000), p. 40. "Site Record for Dolphiston Castle Details Details". Canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2012. "Clan...
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Crathes Castle (pronounced /ˈkræθɪs/ KRATH-iss) is a castle, built in the 16th century, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is in the historic...
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English Crown not to allow him possession of Aboyne Castle as Alexander had not only two of the strongest castles in the north—Urquhart and Tarradale—but was...
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to Aboyne. Built by the Durwards in the 13th century and was the main stronghold of the barony of O’Neill. The last mention of the intact castle was...
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Huntly Castle is a ruined castle north of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where the rivers Deveron and Bogie meet. It was the ancestral home of the...
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Balmoral Castle (/bælˈmɒrəl/) is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of...
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Kincardine Castle may refer to: Kincardine Castle (Royal Deeside), a Victorian country house near Aboyne in Kincardineshire Old Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder...
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the Dee. Through Deeside the river passes Braemar, Balmoral Castle, Ballater, Dinnet, Aboyne, and Banchory reaching the sea at Aberdeen. Near Ballater two...
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57°15′40″N 2°37′48″W / 57.261°N 2.630°W / 57.261; -2.630 Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scottish baronial architecture style near...
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Auchenhove Castle is a castle, of which little remains, dating from the 16th century, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Aboyne, at Auchenhove, Aberdeenshire...
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British royal family when they are in residence at the nearby Balmoral Castle. Crathie Kirk is now united with neighbouring Braemar to form a single parish...
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