Belhelvie
Belhelvie
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 A snowy day in Belhelvie | |
  Belhelvie Belhelvie shown 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 | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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| Scottish Parliament | |
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]
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.
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. 2001-04-29. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
- ↑ Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Volume 65, Issue 261 - Volume 66, Issue 268 (1987), p. 230
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belhelvie. |
- Belhelvie - a Covenanting heartland?
- Belhelvie community site
- Belhelvie church and cemetery
- Belhelvie at Knowhere
Settlements and places of interest in Formartine, Aberdeenshire | ||
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| in Formartine | ||
| in Garioch | ||
| in Kincardine and Mearns | ||
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