Belhelvie

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Belhelvie
Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh
Aberdeenshire

A snowy day in Belhelvie
Location
Grid reference: NJ9417
Location: 57°14’56"N, 2°5’17"W
Data
Population: 3,802  (2001)
Post town: Aberdeen
Postcode: AB23
Dialling code: 01358
Local Government
Council: Aberdeenshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Gordon

Belhelvie is a small village and parish in Aberdeenshire.[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

  1. Belhelvie. Gazetteer for Scotland.
  2. General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population : KS01 : Belhelvie Civil Parish Retrieved 4 January 2010
  3. "Comparative Population Profile: Balmedie Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 2001-04-29. http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=balmedie&mainLevel=Locality. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 
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  5. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Volume 65, Issue 261 - Volume 66, Issue 268 (1987), p. 230

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Belhelvie)

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