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Kirkton of Aboyne and Environs in 1696: a new old map
Time is the Space that may not be seen. — William Emerson From Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon, p. 326 At the beginning of my last post, Mapping 1696: Cromars and Robbs in the Poll Book, I imagined what an incredible map could be produced by synthesizing historical map information and place-name orthographic study with the…
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Mapping 1696: Cromars and Robbs in the Poll Book
Of all the maps I’ve researched, this one expresses the least ambiguous geographic relationship between Aboyne, Formaston, and Kirkton of Aboyne, with the Tarland Burn clearly running between Aboyne and Formaston. This informs my theoretical distinction and placement on an evolving new map of the Aberdeenshire Poll Book. Mapmaker: Gordon, Robert, 1580-1661 Title: The draught of the…
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Digitizing data from the 1696 Aberdeenshire Poll Book
Title page, List of Pollable Persons within the Shire of Aberdeen. 1696. Volume Second., printed in Aberdeen by William Bennett on behalf of the Spaulding Club in 1844 | Internet Archive The poll tax When we hear of a poll tax in the United States, thoughts turn to our sordid history of Jim Crow systemic…
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From Glencoe to Aboyne III: a virtual 17th century migration
NOTE: Please read Parts I and II if you haven’t yet done so, then return here to complete the series. When I first began this exploration as a Covid-driven hobby, I looked at maps of Scotland, tracing possible routes from Glencoe to Aboyne that generally avoided what I assumed to be a pure no-man’s land…
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From Glencoe to Aboyne II: surviving the 17th century Highlands
Drone footage of Glencoe in winter | TourScotland Part I of this mini-series explored the Massacre of Glencoe and its aftermath, including possible escape and migration scenarios that may have involved a very young Peter Cromar. Our goal was not to prove the migration, just to demonstrate it was not impossible. Here, we attempt to…
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From Glencoe to Aboyne I: reversing the riddle
YE loyal Macdonalds, awaken! awaken!Why sleep ye so soundly in face of the foe?The clouds pass away, and the morning is breaking;But when will awaken the Sons of Glencoe? Mary Maxwell Campbell | Lament for Glencoe So, after around 30 journal entries exploring the origins of the Cromars in Aberdeenshire, and with all of that…
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