ABERDEENSHIRE

council area (1993 est. pop. 223,630), 2,438 sq mi (6,315 sq km), and former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of Aberdeenshire (or Aberdeen) became part of the Grampian region in 1975. In the local government reorganization of 1996, Grampian was dissolved and the council area of Aberdeenshire was created; the new council area is larger than the former county.

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books on: Aberdeenshire  - 658 results

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A Dictionary of Scottish History
Book by Gordon Donaldson, Robert S. Morpeth; John Donald, 1999
Subjects: Scotland--History--Dictionaries
...Breeds Society dates from 1879. Aberdeenshire Canal. From Aberdeen Har- bour to...Inverurie (18 miles), completed 1807. Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment (8lst). Raised...disbanded in Edinburgh 1783. Aberdour (Aberdeenshire). That there was a Celtic monastery...
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Water Power in Scotland, 1550-1870
Book by John Shaw; John Donald, 2003
Subjects: Water-Power--Scotland--History
...the Grampian glens of Angus and Aberdeenshire. A legend relating to Glen- quoich...Account for Aboyne and Glen- tanner, Aberdeenshire (1842). Writing of his parish as it...implies that, at least in that part of Aberdeenshire, the meaning was still clear in the...
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Earl David of Huntingdon, 1152-1219: A Study in Anglo-Scottish History
Book by K. J. Stringer; Edinburgh University Press, 1985
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Angevin Period, 1154-1216, Huntingdon, David--Earl Of--1152-1219, Land Tenure--England--History, Land Tenure--Scotland--History, Nobility--Great Britain--Biography, Nobility--Scotland--Biography
...Mounth large lordships were assigned in Aberdeenshire and eastern Moray, while military operations...the bulk of the land lay in mid- Aberdeenshire. This was Davids great lordship of...underpinning the kings position in central Aberdeenshire was undoubtedly enhanced since in the...
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Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish Ethnology
Book by Heather Holmes, Fiona MacDonald; Tuckwell, 2003
Subjects: Scotland--Civilization, Scotland--History, Scotland--Social Life And Customs
...1833. Cheyne, James A. Reluctant heroes: conscription in Aberdeenshire, 1756- 1758, Northern Scotland 4:1-2 (1981), 43-50...R. The evolution of settlement in the Buchan District of Aberdeenshire since the late sixteenth century: the evidence from cartographic...
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The Transformation of Rural Scotland: Social Change and the Agrarian Economy, 1660-1815
Book by T. M. Devine; Edinburgh University Press, 1994
Subjects: Agriculture--Social Aspects--Scotland, Scotland--Economic Conditions, Scotland--Rural Conditions, Scotland--Social Conditions, Social Change--Scotland, Sociology, Rural--Scotland
...2 Poll Tax Tabulations, Aberdeenshire, 1696 171...The only comprehensive return is for Aberdeenshire and it is hardly surprising that it...cent in the coastal strip parishes of Aberdeenshire. Yet the essential characteristic...
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journal articles on: Aberdeenshire  - 26 results

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The Construction of Aberdeenshire's First Turnpike Roads
Journal article by Thomas Day; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 24, 2003
The Construction of Aberdeenshires First Turnpike Roads by Thomas...turnpike roads were built in Aberdeenshire, that they were more soundly...tested on data pertaining to those Aberdeenshire turnpikes constructed before...
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The Folklore of Northern Scotland: Five Discourses on Cultural Representation
Journal article by James Porter; Folklore, Vol. 109, 1998
Subjects: Folklore--Social aspects, Scotland--Folklore, legends, etc.
...Lowlands perceives it as flowing from Aberdeenshire past Inverness as far as the arable...and Easter Ross on the mainland; in Aberdeenshire they are remarkably absent. Besides...St Medan, to whom several sites in Aberdeenshire were dedicated (Ritchie 1925-6, 311...
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Competing with Ballads (and Whisky?): The Construction, Celebration, and Commercialization of North-East Scottish Identity
Journal article by Ian Russell; Folk Music Journal, Vol. 9, 2007
Subjects: Ballads--Social aspects, Folk music--Forecasts and trends, Folk music--Social aspects, Group identity--Analysis, Social identity--Analysis
...as chaumers, which was the norm for Aberdeenshire; or, on bigger farms, in separate stone-built...in popular use in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire during the first half of the twentieth...and is himself from Dunecht in rural Aberdeenshire and speaks the Doric. FIGURE 12 OMITTED...
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Walter Gregor (1825-97): A Life and Preliminary Bibliography
Journal article by David Buchan, Ian A. Olson; Folklore, Vol. 108, 1997
Subjects: Folklorists--Bibliography, Gregor, Walter--Bibliography
...Parish of Pitsilgo." In A New History of Aberdeenshire, ed. Alexander Smith. 2:1153-4 and...Three Folk-Tales from Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire." FolkLore Journal 2 (1884):68-74...2 (1884):106-9. "A Folk-Tale from Aberdeenshire." Folk-Lore Journal 2 (1884):277-8...
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Transported Traditions: Transatlantic Foundations of Southern Folk Culture
Journal article by John A. Burrison; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 36, 2003
Subjects: American Folklore Society, Literature--Criticism and interpretation, Zangwill, Israel
...mid-nineteenth-century American ballad, was recorded from Aberdeenshire singers in 1954 and 1960, most likely brought years earlier...Georgia P, 1975. Goldstein, Kenneth S. "The Texas Rangers in Aberdeenshire." A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune. Ed. Mody C. Boatright et...
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magazine articles on: Aberdeenshire  - 27 results

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The Burrowers
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 205, February 1999
Subjects: Archaeological museums and collections--Design and construction, Architectural design--Environmental aspects, Architectural firms--Management, Edward Cullinan Architects--Management, Grampian, Scotland--Galleries and museums, Museum buildings--Design and construction
...dignity in the ancient landscape of Aberdeenshire they helped to create. Cullinans...and the earth that they arrived in Aberdeenshire. Having been appointed as architects...set up to explain the prehistory of Aberdeenshire. This is the area that sticks out east...
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The Book That Changed My Life
Magazine article by Isabel Hilton; New Statesman, Vol. 138, February 23, 2009
Subjects: Feminism--Portrayals, Sex role--Portrayals, Sex roles--Portrayals, The Second Sex (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation
...Isabel Hilton A book that changed my life? At first, I thought there must have been several: a childhood spent in rural Aberdeenshire, where the weather can be harsh and terrestrial television stopped a hundred miles south, made for plenty of reading time...
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Allocating Cases in a Camhs Team
Magazine article by Russell Arthur, Anne-Marie Daly, Lynne Taylor; Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 25, September 2005
...cases referred, 55% (25) were from Aberdeen City, 29% (13) were from North Aberdeenshire, 4.5% (2) were from South Aberdeenshire, 4.5% (2) were from Central Aberdeenshire, and 7% (3) were from Orkney Islands. The pie-chart below presents data...
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Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl and 1st Marquess of Argyll (1607?-61)
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 55, February 2005
Subjects: Scottish history--Analysis
...the English invaders, and co-operated with the occupation of Scotland in the 1650s. He even sat at Westminster, as MP for Aberdeenshire in the Union Parliament of 1659. Despite the ups and downs of his political career, in 1660 Argyll was confident that he...
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Alba Scotland
Magazine article by Alistair Cruickshank; Focus, Vol. 46, Winter 2001
Subjects: Scotland--History, Scots (British people)--History, Scots--History, Scottish history
...encountered. Even Scots, one from Glasgow and the other from rural Aberdeenshire in the north-east, would have difficulty understanding each...ABOUT THE AUTHORS Alistair Cruickshank is a Scot from Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. After attending the High School of...
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Locating the Dream; Simply Charming: Residents Enjoy the Best of Life in the Aberdeenshire Fishing Village of Gardenstown
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 5, 2008
Subjects: Bank of Scotland, Banking industry
...Residents Enjoy the Best of Life in the Aberdeenshire Fishing Village of Gardenstown...for them. Researchers have identified Aberdeenshire as Scotlands best rural region inwhich...markets,environment, health and wealth. Aberdeenshires relative affluence is illustrated by...
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The Blizzards Are Back; Roadblock: A Seven-Mile Tailback on the A9 near Inverness. Below: Wintry Conditions in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Whiteout: Residents of Huntly Endured a Foot of Snow
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 6, 2009
...Below: Wintry Conditions in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Whiteout: Residents of Huntly Endured...including the B9170 near Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, where two lorries jack-knifed. In...which had closed their schools. In Aberdeenshire, 145 schools were closed, while Aberdeen...
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Donald Grump; (1) Idyllic Scene: The Dunes on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire (2) Making a Point: Donald Trump at the Inquiry in Aberdeen Yesterday (3) Trump Card: The Tycoon Was Not Impressed by the Inquiry
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 11, 2008
...Scene: The Dunes on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire (2) Making a Point: Donald Trump at...family homes on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire. During the day he warned the officials...properly. Mr Trump came under fire from Aberdeenshire councillorMartin Ford, who used his...
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Our Spacious New Home Is Oz-Some; Mollers Swap Life in Australia for Stylish Villa in Aberdeenshire
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 16, 2009
...Life in Australia for Stylish Villa in Aberdeenshire. A couple who tried out life Down...Meldrum Grove development in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire. Lea said: "It was the perfect home...time - we had lived in Balmedie in Aberdeenshire before and we love the area. "The schools...
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Traffic Chaos as 90mph Winds Signal a Stormy Start to Winter; Gales: High Waves Batter the Sea Wall at Pennan in Aberdeenshire
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 9, 2007
...Waves Batter the Sea Wall at Pennan in Aberdeenshire. Byline: Maureen Culley THE first...Shetland and 80mph near Fraserburgh,Aberdeenshire, with gusts of 63mph recorded in Aberdeen...the Lecht Ski Centre near Tomintoul, Aberdeenshire, saidthey were prepared for snow. He...
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encyclopedia articles on: Aberdeenshire  - 10 results

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Aberdeenshire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABERDEENSHIRE council area (1993 est. pop. 223,630), 2,438 sq...Under the Local Government Act of 1973, the county of Aberdeenshire (or Aberdeen) became part of the Grampian region in...1996, Grampian was dissolved and the council area of Aberdeenshire was created; the new council area is larger than the...
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Peterhead
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PETERHEAD pet rhed , town (1991 pop. 16,804), Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on a peninsula on the North Sea. It is the easternmost town, with a good harbor, of Scotland. Chiefly a center of...
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Stonehaven
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STONEHAVEN town (1991 pop. 8,000), Aberdeenshire, E Scotland, on the North Sea. A resort town, its products include whisky and leather and woolen goods. Fishing is important. Nearby...
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Fraserburgh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRASERBURGH fra z rb r , town (1991 pop. 12,478), Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland, on the North Sea. It is one of Scotlands leading fishing ports. Herring and whitefish are caught. It was founded...
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Aberdeen , Former County, Scotland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABERDEEN , former county, Scotland former county, Scotland: see Aberdeenshire . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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