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[From A New History of Aberdeenshire, Alexander Smith (Ed), 1875]; complete transcription in GENUKI] The old spelling of Garioch was "Garryoch", or "Garvyoch", which is derived from the Gaelic Garbh-chrioch, and signifies the rough bounds or district. Before the Reformation, there were two divisions in what is now the parish, and three places of public worship, viz:Fetternear, Logie Durno, and Chapel. Early in the seventeenth century, the parsonage of Fetternear, and the parish of Logie Durno, were united, and a church built in its present centrical situation, appointed by a decree to be called "Chapel of Garioch". It is bounded on the northwest and north by the parish of Rayne, on the east by the parishes of Daviot, Bourtie, Keithhall and Kinkell, and Inverurie, on the south by the river Don, and the parishes of Kemnay and Monymusk, and on the west by the parish of Oyne. Its extreme length, measured in a direct line, from a point on the Don, opposite to the Milltown of Kemnay, on the south, to a point near to Meikle Wartle, on the north, is 9 miles. Its greatest breadth along the water of Ury, from east to west, is about 6½ miles, by the course of the stream; while at a point at Braco, between the Inverurie boundary on the east, and the Oyne parish boundary on the west, it is under one half mile in breadth, and along the Don, from the burn of Keithny or Burnervie, it extends westwards for about 2½ miles. The whole area of the parish is computed to be 13,117 acres. By 1880 the parish had a railway station at Pitcaple on the Great North of Scotland Railway (no longer exists) which follows the River Don to Inverurie. The soil in the river valleys could be cultivated, and the hills, none of which was more that 700 feet, are planted with larch, Scotch fir, and hardwood trees. The ruin of Balquhain Castle is located on the River Ury within the parish. The Battle of Harlaw was fought here in 1411, between the Earl of Mar, who commanded the royal army, and Donald, Lord of the Isles. The principal mansions are Pitcaple Castle, Fetternear, Logie, and Pittodrie; and 9 proprietors hold each an annual value of £500 and upwards, and 3 of between £100 and £500. [edit] Population Growth
Populations 1801-1951 from A Vision of Britain through Time (http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk).
The following description is condensed from that for the parish in A New History of Aberdeenshire, Alexander Smith (Ed), 1875, available on GENUKI)
It measures, at the longest, about 9 miles from north to south and about 6½ miles from east to west. The whole area of the parish is computed to be 13,117 acres. The ground is undulating, being composed of low rounded hills, and long flattish ridges; three-quarters of the parish were either cultivated or planted. The main water courses are the River Don (part of the southern boundary) and the River Ury both of which flow from west to east. At the time of the Gazetteeer there were two railway stations and a third on the border with the parish of Rayne. The largest of these was the station at the village of Pitcaple. Logie Durno, often named simply Durno, is a village in the parish of Chapel of Garioch and the former name of the parish. It lies in the northern part of the parish, near to the parish of Rayne. Blairdaff, Garioch, Fetternear Madras and Pitcaple are other settlements in the parish. The estates of Balquhain (a castle and the ancient seat of the Leslies), Logie Elphinstone and Pittodrie are situated in the parish. A description of the battle of Harlaw which occurred in 1411 between the Earl of Mar, who commanded the royal army, and Donald, Lord of the Isles, can be found in Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1851) (available on GENUKI) There is no article in Wikipedia. Chapel of Garioch redirects to Balquhain stone circle which is located in the parish. [edit] Research Tips
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