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New Deer (Auchreddy)

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"DEER-NEW, a parish, in the district of Deer, county of Aberdeen, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Cuminestown; containing, with the village of Kirktown of New Deer, 3756 inhabitants. This parish originally formed a part of Old Deer, and was separated from it about the beginning of the seventeenth century; it was at first termed Auchreddy, from the land on which the church is built, and this name is engraved on the communionplate, with the date 1694. . . The parish, which is one of the largest in the county, is upwards of fourteen miles long, and upwards of eight miles and a half broad, containing 29,020 acres. With the exception of Morraond hill, it is the highest ground in Buchan, its elevation being from 200 to 300 feet above the sea. . . There is a good road to Ellon, thirteen miles distant, and the turnpike-road from Peterhead to Banff crosses the parish. For ECCLESIASTICAL purposes the parish is within the bounds of the presbytery of Deer and synod of Aberdeen; patron, the Crown. The stipend of the minister is £219, with a manse, and glebe valued at £20 per annum. The old church, now entirely removed, was built in 1622, and an aisle was added to it in 1773. In 1838 another church was erected, at a cost of about £3000; it is a neat edifice in the late English style, and affords accommodation for 1600 persons. At Savock is a chapel of ease, built in 1834 at a cost of £819, and which contains 70 sittings. The parish contains three meeting-houses belonging to the United Presbyterian Synod, but the number of communicants in each is very small: there is also a place of worship in connexion with the Free Church. There are three parochial schools, situated respectively at Kirktown, Savock, and Whitehill, in which the classics, mathematics, and all the usual branches of education are taught. . . More"
[From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (1851) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]

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Cemeteries

A book of monumental inscriptions for this parish is available from the Aberdeen & NE Scotland FHS.

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Churches

Presbyterian / Unitarian
St. Kane, New Deer, Church of Scotland
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Church Records

Presbytery of Deer - Synod of Aberdeen

Here are details of the Birth, Marriage and Death records for this parish, available on the OPR films.

FilmBirthsMarriagesDeaths
225/11684-17261690-17231690-1700
225/21729-1819
Index to
1820-54
1742-18191784-91
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Description & Travel

Here is a detailed description of the parish, written in 1875.

You can see pictures of New Deer (Auchreddy) which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Maps

This parish appears on sheet 30 of the OS Landranger Series, and on sheet 183 of the OS Pathfinder Series.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NJ887460 (Lat/Lon: 57.503792, -2.190191), New Deer (Auchreddy) which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

Here is a list of place names in the parish.

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Taxation

A booklet containing extracts from the 1696 Poll Book for this parish is available from the Aberdeen & NE Scotland FHS.