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Where is Corriehoul ? Map Resources Northeast Scotland 1:800 000 scale Strathdon and Corgarff 1:70 000 scale Corgarff 1:40 000 scale	The 51st Milestone (from Aberdeen) at Corryhoul
Corriehoul in History Derivation of the place name Regional setting 13th to the 16th Century St. Machar's Chapel St. Machar's Chapel - The miracle story. Was there ever a bailey (bailze) at Corryhoul ? Other Mentions
Corriehoul and The M^cHardy Family Page 1 Old Parish Records for Strathdon Alexander Gordone's decreet of Lawbroughs 1682 List of Pollable Persons 1696 Skellater Rentals 1826/1827 Valuation Roll 1860 & 1917 Census Records 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
Corriehoul and The M^cHardy Family Page 2 Summer Shealing Whisky Distilling (Uisge Beatha) Reward for the Burning of Corgarff Castle Distillery 1826 Smuggling in Aberdeenshire 1851 Lonach Highland & Friendly Society Other Mentions
Some ideas on surname derivation Black's derivation Harrison's derivation Johnston's derivation Other Mentions
Kildrummy Castle - scene of the "Bruiser" legend mentioned below. [part image from a 1925 postcard printed by the Christian Novels Publishing Company]
More writings and legends on the surname Servant to a French King ? Bruiser M^cHardy vs Grant feud 1537 Family Coat of Arms ? Dubh or Bhuidhe ? Move Over William Tell The Reverend Charles M^cHardy's Letter The Soldier's Curse Freeholders
Jacobites Peaceable Behaviour - M^cHardys on the 1699 Earl of Mar's List Corgarff Jacobites Corgarff M^cHardy Jacobites The Castle and the '45 Aftermath of the '15 and '45 Follow Whom ?
M^cHardy Gravestones in Strathdon (Invernochty) Parish Corgarff Cemetery Strathdon Cemetery Strathdon Late Wakes and Funeral Regulations 1830
This photograph is from the 1880's or 1890's somewhere on Candacraig Estate. The man with the beard and pipe in the back row is my great great grandfather Charles Lennox M^cDonald who was head gamekeeper on the estate before taking up farming at Tornahaish. Third from the right in the front row is my great grandfather Alexander M^cHardy. The individual behind him to the right resembles Piper Jimmy M^cHardy. The other individuals remain a mystery for the moment.
Testaments and Testamenters M^cHardy Testaments - Scottish Archive Register 1632 - 1873 Edward in Corriehoul 1730 Marjory, Late in Burnside of Corryhoul 1772
Family Tree My Family Tree Another M^cHardy Family at Corryhoul Tree Right: Church of Scotland Strathdon Baptism Record Card
Photographs - My direct line Great great great grandparent ? Great great grandparents Great grandparents Grandparents
Photographs - Other family members Big Wullie M^cHardy 1833-1878 Highland Games Prizes Sophia Pearson (nee M^cHardy) 1841-circa 1929 Colonel Alexander MacHardy of Forfar 1839-1935 Jean Glennie (nee M^cHardy) 1859-1955 Annie Keir (nee M^cHardy) 1861-1944 Piper Jimmy M^cHardy 1863-1938 Why MacHardy? Another M^cHardy family moved into Easter Corryhoul in the 1830's. Here is some more information on them. Alexander M^cHardy - Father of a New Zealand Dynasty 1831-1899 Hugh M^cHardy - Capped for Scotland 1859-1912
My Father's Stories (a most enjoyable part of this site) Memories of Strathdon School 1932-1939 The Metropolis of Roughpark 1930's - Currently Under Construction A Day at the Grouse Beating - Conrieside 1937 Grandad M^cHardy 1856 - 1939 Wartime in the Glen - Memories of Strathdon 1939-1945 Uncle Sandy the Postie Faither's Shorts 1 - The Ice Pit at Candacraig; The Fitba League and other fitba'an memories; More Postying Memories; The Keeper's Sheetin Match Faither's Shorts 2 - Tinkies and ither gan aboot folk. Childhood Memories of Lonach in the 1930's An Unusual New Year - Germany 1949
My Mother's Scottish Recipes Scones Shortbread Scottish Pancakes Blaeberry Jam (Blueberry) Chicken and Barley Broth Clootie Dumpling
Clan Map and Tartan Clan Map Tartans
Glossary of Terms and Bibliography Glossary Bibliography
Feedback - Please take a few moments to leave a message. This is where you can say hello; and indicate your interest and memories of the glen. It is also a place to swap family history queries.
Links Page McHardy Family Message Boards and Resources Websites Mentioning Members of the McHardy Family of Corryhoul Websites of Decedents of Other McHardy Families Other Corgarff and Strathdon Family History Websites Strathdon, Corgarff and other Upper Donside Links Upper Donside War Memorials Glenbuchat Family History Towie Family History Family History Links and Other Useful Sites Feudal Overlords, Landowners and Clan Links Other Local Interest

If you would like to lend your support to saving the boxes then contact Eleanor by email at
****Elmackintosh@aol.com (remove the four stars added to foul web crawlers harvesting the email for spamming purposes).

BT faces challenge over plans to cut rural phone boxes

John Ross, The Scotsman Monday 20th September 2004

HIGHLAND councillors and members of the Cairngorms National Park Authority are to challenge BT over plans to cut the number of public telephone boxes in rural areas.

The phone giant is consulting on proposals to reduce the number of kiosks across the country from 6,113 to 5,083. BT claims that more than half the payphones in Scotland are losing money because of the increased use of mobile phones.

Among those earmarked for closure are 257 in the Highlands, 103 in Aberdeenshire, 45 in Angus and 48 in Moray. However it is felt that in some remote areas the payphones can be a lifeline in emergencies for tourists and for households without a telephone.

Highland Council’s renewing democracy and community planning committee heard yesterday that removal of 257 of the 692 public kiosks in the region could have widespread implications.

It could mean no public phone box over the 45 miles between Mallaig and Corpach in Lochaber, while visitors and locals could find themselves without a phone in an emergency in remote areas where mobile coverage is patchy.

The council is to suggest to BT that within rural areas in the Highlands, there should be no more than five miles between payphones on the rural network except where there are large areas of uninhabited countryside.

It also feels that all communities with 75-100 households should have a public payphone with these helping to form a roadside network of kiosks outside main communities, taking account of accident blackspots.

Andrew Thin, the national park authority’s convener, is also to write to BT outlining the organisation's concerns about the plans.

Eleanor MacKintosh, who represents Glenlivet, Tomintoul, Strathdon and Corgarff on the national park authority, said: "I am horrified that BT wants to get rid of all these call boxes. This is a damaging move for our rural areas, especially where mobile phone receptions are poor.

"In Glenlivet, for example, we have very patchy mobile phone coverage but are set to lose four public telephone boxes. This proposal by BT raises issues of health and safety and will damage tourism in the area."

A BT spokesman said the use of pay phones was in decline and the review was necessary to safeguard the network for future generations. He said the increase in mobile phones had had a significant impact on payphone usage and profitability. Use of payphones had dropped by about 50 per cent in the last three years.

"We have about 6,000 pay phones in Scotland and 3,800 of them lose money. We are working with mobile phone operators to improve their coverage, but BT Payphones cannot be held responsible for their blackspot areas."

Picture: A frosty phone box at Heugh-head turnoff (A. J. M^cHardy)

Jean Glennie's Notebook - Coming Soon

Jean Glennie (nee M^cHardy) 1859 - 1955 kept a small notebook from the 1920's in which she recorded the marriages, births, and deaths in the glen. You can read more about aunty Jean in the section; "Photographs - other family members". I am indebted to her grandson the late Sandy Massie for making a copy of her work available to my father.

Corgarff Snippets Page 1

Corgarff Snippets Page 2

Strathdon Stuff

Ask my youngest nephew what he has been doing at school or in any of his out of school activities and the reply is always "stuff". Just what "stuff" constitutes may be difficult to ascertain on every occasion. I therefore think a place for a general collection of events in the eastern part of the parish be most appropriately called "Strathdon Stuff" in his honour.

The 1841 Census of Strathdon

Listed are the inhabitants of every household of the 7 enumeration districts which formed the Parish in 1841. Also listed likewise are a) the disjoined part of the Parish of Tarland which sat in Corgarff, and b) Deskryside in the Parish of Migvie which was later to be incorporated into Strathdon.

Households containing M^cHardys in the 1841 Census for the following Parishes are also listed: -

Remainder of the Parish of Tarland & Migvie (not in Strathdon)
Parish of Towie
Parish of Glenbuchat

The 1825 Members of the Lonach Highland & Friendly Society

This site provides you with the members of the Lonach Highland and Friendly Society as appeared in the Rule Book of 1825. The Society was formed in Strathdon in 1823. The list contains a considerable number of men and their place of abode. The first census in Scotland was some years after this in 1841, so the list may be of help.

What is the Lonach?
1825 Patron, Honorary President, Honorary Vice President etc.
1825 Ordinary Management Committee
1825 Honorary Members
1825 Ordinary Members
1855 The Lonach Men's March to Corriemulzie 1
1855 The Lonach Men's March to Corriemulzie 2

M^cHardys appearing in the List of Pollable Persons Aberdeenshire 1696

These are some more notes I made a long time ago. I hope they are of some use.

List of Pollable Persons within the Shire of Aberdeen 1696
Valuation Roll of the Shire of Aberdeen 1667
The Lordship of Strathavon, Extract of Tenants 18th Century

M^cHardy Monumental Inscriptions

This is a temporary home for the hundreds of MI details collected by myself since 1986.

Aberdeenshire
Banffshire
Kincardineshire
Forfarshire (Angus)
Perthshire
International

If anyone has some more M^cHardy MI's, from the UK or from anywhere around the world, I would be glad to display these here.

M^cHardy Roll of Honour

Details of the M^cHardys who died in the Great War, World War II and Other Wars and Conflicts.

All the WWII M^cHardy deaths have now been identified. Can you help identify the men from other conflicts whose roots remain unknown ?

M^cHardy Miscellanea No. 1

A place for all sorts of stuff collected along the way.

M^cHardys of a Higher Calling
The Long Arm of the M^cHardy
M^cHardys Who was Who
M^cHardy Graduates of the University of Aberdeen and it's predecessors.
M^cHardys Merchant and Trade Burgesses of Aberdeen
Aberdeen Journal - Various Entries
Obituaries of Aberdeen and Vicinity 1890 to 1911

M^cHardy Miscellanea No.2

Another place for all sorts of stuff collected along the way.

M^cHardys appearing in the Roman Catholic censuses of Inveravon Parish for 1814 and 1822
1861 Census of the City of Aberdeen - M^cHardys
M^cHardys recorded in the 1878 Valuation Roll for the County of Banff
M^cHardys recorded on the 1923 Electoral Register for the County of Aberdeen and Kincardine
M^cHardys recorded in the 1935 Aberdeen and District, Angus and Kincardineshire Telephone Directory.

(but I can't think why you should want to ?)