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Turriff (from Scottish Gaelic Torraibh 'place of round hills') [1] is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron , about 166 feet (51 m) above sea level , and has a population of 5,708. [ 3 ]
The Turra Coo painted with the slogan "Lendrum to Leeks" Sheriff Officer George Keith poinded the only piece of property which was easily mobile: Paterson's white milk cow, which was set to be sold in Turriff on 9 December, the delay being due to the fact that both of Turriff's agricultural marts supported Paterson and refused to handle the sale, requiring a special licence to be granted for a ...
Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet (1610 – 19 July 1644) was a Scottish Royalist supporter of Charles I during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Gordon distinguished himself against the covenanters at Turriff, 1639, and joined Charles I in England.
Fyvie Castle has featured in a number of British television programmes, such as Living TV's Most Haunted series 6 [9] and STV's Castles of Scotland. The castle also played host of the setting of a children's gameshow on CBBC called Spook Squad in 2004. 2009 saw the publication of the children's fantasy novel, The Time-Tailor and the Fyvie Castle Witch Trials, written by Deborah Leslie.
Pages in category "Scottish sheriffs" The following 178 pages are in this category, out of 178 total. ... Sheriff Principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway;
A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to £100,000, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.
Arms of Reginald Crawford. Gules, a fess ermine. Sir Reginald Crawford (died 17 February 1307) was a Scottish knight who took part in the Wars of Scottish Independence.. On 14 May 1296, the English administration appointed him as Sheriff of Ayr by the English administration. [1]
The Banff and Buchan local government district was created on 16 May 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Banff and Buchan was one of five districts created within the Grampian region.