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Introduction
The parishes flanking or straddling the lower course of the River Don – Fintray, Newmachar, Newhills, Dyce and Old Machar - have long been busy places, requiring expanding accommodation for a growing population of both the living and the dead. As a consequence, in parallel with the main parochial kirkyards, these parishes include a number of secondary burial places, some of great antiquity and interest. And while the Memorial Inscriptions for the major burial grounds have pretty well all been recorded (and most of them published by ANESFHS) these smaller kirkyards have been relatively neglected. This is a pity, because they contain records of deaths going back over many centuries, as well as a number of visually and historically interesting monuments. This volume is an attempt to fill that gap. In compiling it, I have referred to published accounts from the past 100 years, as well as a number of “draft” versions of MIs collected by ANESFHS. Most of these sources were incomplete, and some were inaccurate, but all were of value in that they did, in places, record things now not visible. These have been supplemented by completely new surveys of all the sites to produce (a) accurate plans and (b) readings of all memorials as they stood in 2008-2009. In a new departure for the ANESFHS series of MI booklets, we have included a colour section, illustrating both the sites and some of the most interesting stones. We remain committed to producing printed transcriptions of MIs; the technology may be old, but the printed word has proved its worth as an archival medium, something that cannot be said for most digital media. But there is no doubt that, on occasion, a picture can be worth a thousand words. Gavin Bell May 2009
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Cassie's Howff Private Burial Ground, also known as 'Whitestripes' (parish of Old Machar), naming 2 individuals between 1647 and 1647 Fintray St Giles Old Kirkyard, also known as 'Hatton of Fintray Chapel', naming 26 individuals between 1748 and 1848 Fintray St Meddans Old Kirkyard (now private), naming 130 individuals between 1504 and 2007 St Colms Old Kirkyard also known as Monykebbock (parish of New Machar), naming 40 individuals between 1647 and 1987 Skene Burial Enclosure Private Burial Ground (parish of Dyce), naming 10 individuals between 1815 and 1971 Snow Kirk Old Kirkyard, also known as 'St Maria ad Nives' (parish of Old Machar), naming 46 individuals between 1669 and 1999 Stoneywood Chapel Old Kirkyard, also known as 'St Mary, Stoneywood' (parish of Newhills), naming 66 individuals between 1647 and 1928 Also Skene Enclosure; St Giles & St Meddans; Stoneywood Chapel; Monykebbock; Cassie's Howff; Snow Kirk
Cover Photograph by Gavin Bell
