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The Old Town House College Bounds, Old Aberdeen King's College, High Street, Old Aberdeen Powis Gates. Located to the north of Aberdeen city centre, Old Aberdeen was for a long time fairly isolated at the edge of the city, being followed to the north by the River Don, Seaton Park and the small Brig o' Balgownie hamlet.
The burgh council of Old Aberdeen originally met in a room above the south porch of St Machar's Cathedral. After finding this arrangement inadequate, they commissioned a purpose-built town house in the High Street in 1642. It accommodated a school and a weigh-house on the ground floor and a council chamber on the first floor.
Aberdeen Market Cross Aberdeen around 1900. There has been a human presence in the area of Aberdeen since the Stone Age.Aberdeen as a city, grew up as two separate burghs: Old Aberdeen, the university and cathedral settlement, at the mouth of the River Don; and New Aberdeen, a fishing and trading settlement where the Denburn entered the Dee estuary.
The University of Aberdeen's museum collections are among the largest and most important in Scotland, having been granted the status of a Recognised Collection of National Significance by Museums Galleries Scotland. [1] The collections were originally established in King's College in 1727. [2] They were later housed at the Marischal College ...
Mitchell's Hospital, Old Aberdeen, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, was founded by the philanthropist David Mitchell in 1801 as follows: " .. from a regard for the inhabitants of the city of Old Aberdeen and its ancient college and a desire in these severe times to provide lodging, maintenance and clothing for a few aged relicks and maiden daughters ...
The Bede House in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, is a 17th-century Scottish town house. It was built in 1676 as a residence for Bailie William Logan and his wife Jean Moir [ 1 ] of Stoneywood. During the late 18th century, Old Aberdeen Bedesmen moved from their original hospital beside St Machar's Church to the former Logan house in Don Street.
St Machar's Cathedral is a Church of Scotland church in Aberdeen, Scotland, located to the north of the city centre, in the former burgh of Old Aberdeen. Technically, St Machar's is no longer a cathedral but rather a high kirk , as it has not been the seat of a bishop since 1690.
The old North of Scotland Bank by Archibald Simpson viewed from the Castlegate Central Library St Mark's Church, Rosemount Viaduct Marischal College. The architecture of Aberdeen, Scotland, is known for the use of granite as the principal construction material.