Old Deer, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland


 


Notes:
Old Deer, a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The population as of 1901 was 4,313. The village lies on the Deer or South Ugie Water, 10 1/8 miles west of Peterhead, and two miles from Mintlaw station on the Great North of Scotland Railway Company's branch line from Aberdeen to Peterhead.



Industries include distilling, brewing, and the manufacture of woollens, and there are quarries of granite and limestone.



The village is the birthplace of David B. Henderson, one of only two foreign born Speakers of the United States House of Representatives.



The thriving village of New Deer (formerly called Auchreddie) lies about seven miles west of the older village; to the north of New Deer is the ruined castle of Fedderat.

City/Town : Latitude: 57.519592, Longitude: -2.039250


Birth

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 MARSHALL, James  Abt 1862I682
2 MCKEN, Margaret  Abt 1838I680