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OLD See also:DEER , a See also:parish and See also:village in the See also:district of See also:Buchan, See also:Aberdeenshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (19o1), 4313. The village lies on the Deer or See also:South Ugie See also:Water, 14 m. W. of See also:Peterhead, and 2 M. from Mintlaw station on the See also:Great See also:North of Scotland Railway See also:Company's See also:branch See also:line from See also:Aberdeen to Peterhead. The See also:industries include distilling, See also:brewing, and the manufacture of woollens, and there are quarries of See also:granite and See also:limestone. See also:Columba and his See also:nephew Drostan founded a monastery here in the 6th See also:century, of which no trace remains. A most interesting relic of the monks was discovered in 1857 in the See also:Cambridge University library by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Bradshaw. It consisted of a small MS. of the Gospels in the See also:Vulgate, fragments of the See also:liturgy of the See also:Celtic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, and notes, in the Gaelic script of the 12th century, referring to the charters of the See also:ancient monastery, including a See also:summary of that granted by See also:David I. These are among the See also:oldest examples of Scottish Gaelic. The MS. was also adorned with Gaelic designs. It had belonged to the monks of Deer and been in the See also:possession of the University Library since 1715. It was edited by See also:John See also:Stuart (1813–1877) for the See also:Spalding See also:Club, by whom it was published in 1869 under the See also:title of The See also:Book of Deer. In 1218 See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Comyn, See also:earl of Buchan, founded the See also:Abbey of St See also:Mary of Deer, now in ruins, m. farther up the See also:river than the monastery and on the opposite See also:bank. Although it was erected for See also:Cistercians from the priory of Kinloss, near See also:Forres, the See also:property of the See also:Columban monastery was re-moved to it. The founder (d. 1233) and his countess were buried in the church. The parish is See also:rich in antiquities, but the most noted of them—the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone of Deer, a sculptured See also:block of See also:syenite, which stood near the Abbey—was destroyed in 1854. The thriving village of NEW DEER (formerly called Auchriddie) lies about 7 m. W. of the older village; it includes the ruined See also:castle of Fedderat.
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