Belhelvie

Belhelvie
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh
A snowy day in Belhelvie
Belhelvie  Belhelvie shown within Aberdeenshire
Population	3,802 (2001)
OS grid reference	NJ9417
Civil parish	Belhelvie
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERDEEN
Postcode district	AB23
Dialling code	01358
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Gordon
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire East
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Coordinates: 57°14′56″N 2°05′17″W / 57.249°N 2.088°W / 57.249; -2.088

Belhelvie (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh) is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.^[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 Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 January 2010
3. ↑ "Comparative Population Profile: Balmedie Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 2001-04-29. Retrieved 2008-08-31. 
4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2012-01-19. 
5. ↑ Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Volume 65, Issue 261 - Volume 66, Issue 268 (1987), p. 230

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belhelvie.

• Belhelvie - a Covenanting heartland?
• Belhelvie community site
• Belhelvie church and cemetery
• Belhelvie at Knowhere

Settlements and places of interest in Formartine, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
Other settlements	Auchterless Barthol Chapel Belhelvie Blackdog Bogton Cairnorrie Collieston Craigdam Foveran Garmond Gight Inverkeithny Methlick Udny Green Udny Station Whitecairns Whiterashes Woodhead of Fyvie Ythanbank
Places of interest	Balmedie Country Park Craigston Castle Delgatie Castle Esslemont Castle Formartine and Buchan Way Fyvie Castle Haddo House Knockhall Castle Pitmedden Garden Sands of Forvie Tolquhon Castle Ythan Estuary

Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)
in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill
in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven
in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins