Belhelvie
Sign in to saveBelhelvie () is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The parish has a population of 3,802, of which 1,653 are in the village. The history of the parish is available online. The churchyard contains a notable example of a morthouse used against the activities of bodysnatchers in the early 19th century.
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Belhelvie () is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The parish has a population of 3,802, of which 1,653 are in the village. The history of the parish is available online. The churchyard contains a notable example of a morthouse used against the activities of bodysnatchers in the early 19th century.
==Notable people== David Lindsay, minister of Belhelvie and prominent Covenanter (d. 1667) General Sir Peter Lumsden, born at Belhelvie Lodge, 1829 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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belhelvie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations