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...
9 KB (910 words) - 17:04, 27 January 2024
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...
16 KB (1,401 words) - 01:51, 25 April 2024
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...
37 KB (4,051 words) - 15:41, 9 February 2024
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...
2 KB (165 words) - 17:20, 8 August 2023
subsidiary titles: Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet and Earl of Aboyne (1660; Peerage of Scotland), and Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County...
18 KB (2,062 words) - 18:30, 23 August 2024
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...
3 KB (224 words) - 13:52, 27 July 2024
Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (born 4 February 1944), styled Earl of Aboyne until 1987, is a Scottish peer and the Premier Marquess of Scotland. He...
5 KB (426 words) - 17:48, 16 February 2024
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...
5 KB (504 words) - 16:24, 18 December 2022
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...
2 KB (132 words) - 17:36, 26 November 2023
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...
1 KB (148 words) - 03:43, 16 April 2022
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...
7 KB (681 words) - 02:12, 2 September 2023
restoration of many other Scottish castles, such as Tillycairn Castle, Lauriston Castle, Aboyne Castle, and Dairsie Castle. He also designed and built other...
18 KB (1,498 words) - 08:25, 29 March 2024
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...
13 KB (1,452 words) - 20:34, 26 March 2024
Primary Title Current Seat Former Seats Marquess of Huntly Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire Huntly Castle Marquess of Queensberry London Kinmount House Marquess...
14 KB (101 words) - 21:09, 12 August 2024
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Aboyne and Glen Tanar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download...
12 KB (280 words) - 00:54, 7 February 2024
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...
41 KB (4,788 words) - 20:48, 27 August 2024
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...
5 KB (468 words) - 21:50, 10 March 2024
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...
5 KB (601 words) - 19:00, 25 April 2023
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...
194 KB (4,487 words) - 20:05, 26 August 2024
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...
6 KB (517 words) - 13:04, 6 December 2023
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...
44 KB (4,210 words) - 07:36, 26 July 2024
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...
82 KB (9,645 words) - 16:11, 19 August 2024
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...
21 KB (2,741 words) - 09:47, 17 March 2024
and buried; however it was dug up again in the 1820s and erected at Aboyne Castle. In 1959 it was returned to its current location. During the period...
8 KB (718 words) - 19:02, 22 July 2022
Crathes Castle (pronounced /ˈkræθɪs/ KRATH-iss) is a castle, built in the 16th century, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is in the historic...
10 KB (1,029 words) - 17:04, 7 February 2024
Kincardine Castle may refer to: Kincardine Castle (Royal Deeside), a Victorian country house near Aboyne in Kincardineshire Old Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder...
484 bytes (95 words) - 10:47, 16 October 2020
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...
3 KB (287 words) - 02:18, 19 June 2024
the Dee. Through Deeside the river passes Braemar, Balmoral Castle, Ballater, Dinnet, Aboyne, and Banchory reaching the sea at Aberdeen. Near Ballater two...
19 KB (1,825 words) - 06:51, 28 August 2024
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles dating from the...
9 KB (887 words) - 09:29, 16 February 2024
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...
1 KB (143 words) - 13:25, 7 August 2024