Oldmeldrum

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Oldmeldrum

Total population

3,174

Coordinates57.34°, -2.32°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Oldmeldrum is a village and parish in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, not far from Inverurie in North East Scotland. Oldmeldrum is home to one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland, Glen Garioch, which was built in 1797. Local industries are agriculture and engineering services connected to the oil industry in Aberdeen.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

George Chrystal

British mathematician (1851-1911)

Darren Mackie

Scottish professional football player (born 1982)

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Peter Nicol

British squash player

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Douglas Scott Falconer

British quantitative geneticist (1913-2004)

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George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie

Scottish politician (1919-2015)

William Forsyth

Scottish botanist and horticulturist (1737-1804)

James Adam

Scottish classicist (1860–1907)

Mark McDonald

Scottish politician (born 1980)

Patrick Manson

Scottish parasitologist (1844-1922)

George Watt

Scottish botanist (1851-1930)

Alexander Gerard

Scottish minister, academic and philosophical writer

William Keith

Scottish-American painter (1838-1911)

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Alan Ewen Donald

British diplomat (1931-2018)

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Donald Gordon

Canadian businessman (1901–1969)

John Hay

New South Wales politician, born 1816

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Peter Craigmyle

Scottish football referee (1894-1979)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Oldmeldrum

Oldmeldrum and Pitmedden

Ordnance Survey · 1983

Rails to Banff, Macduff and Oldmeldrum

Duncan McLeish · 2014

The Kirkyard of Oldmeldrum

Sheila M. Spiers · 1987

Investigations for Cu-Ni and PGE in the Hill of Barra area, near Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire

A. G. Gunn · 1991

Catalogue of the reduction sale of the Bapton and Glamis shorthorn herds

Macdonald, Fraser & Co., Ltd · 1957

An account of the consecration of St Matthew's church, Old Meldrum, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Aberdeen, on St Matthew's day, September 21, 1863

Thomas George Suther · 1864

Bygone Meldrum II

Meldrum & Bourtie Heritage Society · 2003

Scottish Murders

Martin Baggoley · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers