Belhelvie
Belhelvie (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh) is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.[1] The parish has a population of 3,802,[2] of which 1,653 are in the village.[3] The history of the parish is available online.[4]
Belhelvie
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Park Terrace in Belhelvie | |
Belhelvie Location within Aberdeenshire | |
Population | 3,802 (2001) |
OS grid reference | NJ9417 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ABERDEEN |
Postcode district | AB23 |
Dialling code | 01358 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Notable people
- General Sir Peter Lumsden, born at Belhelvie Lodge, 1829[5]
- General Sir Harry Lumsden
- Reverend Alexander John Forsyth, Inventor of the Percussion cap.
- George Stott (1835-1889), Christian missionary with the China Inland Mission
- Sir Frederick Stewart, FRS (1916-2001), studied local geology.
- Steve Murdoch, Professor of Scottish history at the University of St Andrews and co-author of Belhelvie: A Millennium of History (Belhelvie Community Council, 2001).[6]
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References
- Belhelvie. Gazetteer for Scotland.
- General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population : KS01 : Belhelvie Civil Parish Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 January 2010
- "Comparative Population Profile: Balmedie Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Volume 65, Issue 261 - Volume 66, Issue 268 (1987), p. 230
- https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/belhelvie(e5a4d7dd-6d32-48c8-8713-06ce25c8bd7b).html. Missing or empty
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External links
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- Belhelvie - a Covenanting heartland?
- Belhelvie community site
- Belhelvie church and cemetery
- Belhelvie at Knowhere
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