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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] The churchyard contains a notable example of a morthouse used against the activities of bodysnatchers in the early 19th century.
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
- David Lindsay, minister of Belhelvie and prominent Covenanter (d. 1667)
- 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]
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.
- "Belhelvie - a History of the Parish". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Volume 65, Issue 261 - Volume 66, Issue 268 (1987), p. 230
- "Belhelvie". Archived from the original on 14 October 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belhelvie.
- Belhelvie - a Covenanting heartland?
- Belhelvie community site
- Belhelvie church and cemetery 2018 archive
- Belhelvie at Knowhere
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