Meldrum Heritage

Alexander Seton - Women and Children First - Meldrum & Bourtie Heritage Society To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about, Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, an' leave an' likin' to shout; But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill is a da...

We’re pleased to publish the 1st in our new online heritage series. This article explores Lt-Col Alexander Seton of Mounie and the 1852 sinking of HMS Birkenhead - origin of “Women and Children First”. Written by MBHS committee member Deborah A. O’Neil OBE, FRSE
meldrumheritage.org/alexande-set...

I found this: Burghs of Barony were a recognised legal category of Scottish burgh established by charter or by parliamentary act. Over 300 were created between the 15th and 19th centuries. Their existence is attested both in statute law and the records of Scottish local government

Here’s a start www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/35...

I studied Scottish Heritage. A Burgh of Barony didn't have the constitutional status of Royal Burghs - international trading rights or political standing. But it was an officially recognised legal status and very common across Scotland. Some town records are vague on status, fuelling suspicion?

@europesheila.bsky.social Ada Helen McGillivary used the term 'elevated' in a small pamplet book in 1976. The attached snip is from the Banffshire Journal in 1893

Well, before that, it would have been an ordinary settlement, but then was elevated or raised in rank into a recognised burgh, with some legal-economic powers, e.g: holding weekly markets & annual fairs, collecting tolls & dues, appointing officials (bailies, etc.) and having a local burgh court

Garioch Heritage Centre

Hi Mr Oak - the best place to start researching family historty information on Inverurie would be the Garioch Heritage Centre in Inverurie (gariochheritage.co.uk) and the Aberdeen and North East Family History Society (www.anesfhs.org.uk/guest-home)

Yes, around 1877. The original was built after the town was elevated to a Burgh of Barony in 1672

A hogboon, hiding in your beild (cf ON býli)!

Shhh, bagpipes are not allowed in the library..

Good to see Lethenty Mill, near Inverurie, being renovated. This old water-driven meal mill was more recently a country furniture making workshop before a major fire a few years ago.

Calling heritage and local history societies!

What platforms do you use to share your digital collections & photo archives online? Our society's old system is now defunct, so we’re looking for a good replacement.

Any recommendations appreciated!

#DigitalHeritage #DigitalPreservation

The picture shows the Meldrum Volunteers lined up to greet Queen Victoria as she passed through Oldmeldrum. So, while the Queen journeyed through Meldrum, a grandson of Mounie was commanding forces in one of the defining conflicts of British Empire

On this day, 14 Oct 1857 - Queen Victoria passed through Oldmeldrum to visit the Earl of Aberdeen as British troops were fighting in India during the 'Siege & Relief of Lucknow', led by Gen Sir James Outram, whose grandfather Dr James Anderson married the heiress of Mounie Castle, outside Oldmeldrum

Calling heritage and local history societies!

What platforms do you use to share your digital collections & photo archives online? Our society's old system is now defunct, so we’re looking for a good replacement.

Any recommendations appreciated!

#DigitalHeritage #DigitalPreservation

Meldrum Town Hall

Meldrum & Bourtie Heritage is back!

New and revamped website launching soon, archive work under way, and new stories from our photo collection coming to light.

More very soon - looking forward to sharing what’s next!

#Heritage #Oldmeldrum #ScottishHistory #Bourtie

This Thursday, hear from Professor Jane Geddes FSA about ‘Sueno’s Stone’ at Forres. Join in person or online for free! www.sal.org.uk/event/forres...

Original Saline here in Scotland is pronounced ‘Sah-linn’ not ‘Say-line’ My wife is from there, I was there the other day speaking to heritage folks who were complaining aboit the way its often mispronounced.