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Netherley House
Netherley House is a mansion built by Alexander Silver in the late 18th century in Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated near the northerly flowing drainage of Crynoch Burn (Groome, 1885). The home was sold to Horatio Ross by James Silver, son of George Silver in 1853 for 33,000 pounds sterling. (Peter, 1856). It subsequently came into the possession of the descendants of General Nathaniel Forbes of Auchernach, who held it until 1901. George Silver was the son and heir of Alexander Silver. While George Silver inhabited Netherley House, he acquired the further lands of Muchalls Castle Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of .... ReferencesFrancis Hindes Groome (1885) ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography'', published by T.C. Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherley House - Geograph , a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Netherley may refer to: * Netherley, Liverpool, an area in Merseyside, England * Netherley, West Yorkshire, a location in England * Netherley, Aberdeenshire Netherley, Scotland is a village in Aberdeenshire, situated approximately five miles northwest of Stonehaven.United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004 Netherley is located in the Mounth area o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa). '' Manor'' comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would "remain" there. Following the fall of Rome, the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified houses in the Middle Ages. As social conditions slowly changed and stabilised fortifications were able to be reduced, and over the centuries gave way to comfort. It became fashionable and possible for homes to be beautiful rather than grim and forbidding allowing for the development of the modern mansion. In British Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Silver
Alexander Silver was a wealthy East India Company trader, who lived in Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in the late 18th century; he and his son George Silver were noted agricultural innovators of their era. Alexander Silver built the Netherley House mansion in Netherley and died there in 1797.Douglas Gordon Barron, ''The Court Book of the Barony of Urie in Kincardineshire: 1604–1747'', published 1892 Alexander's son George acquired the estate of nearby Muchalls Castle by the year 1841. Notable natural features in the vicinity include Red Moss and Meikle Carewe Hill. Notable historic features in this area include Raedykes Roman Camp and Maryculter House Maryculter House is a historic house in the village of Maryculter, or Kirkton of Maryculter, in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. History Lying along both banks of the River Dee, the Lands of Culter originally included the pa .... References People from Kincardine and Mearns Scottish businessp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherley, Aberdeenshire
Netherley, Scotland is a village in Aberdeenshire, situated approximately five miles northwest of Stonehaven.United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004 Netherley is located in the Mounth area of the Grampian Highlands. At the eastern edge of Netherley is a significant wetland bog known as Red Moss. To the southwest of Netherley lie Meikle Carewe Hill and Curlethney Hill. At the south edge of Netherley is the peak of Craggie Cat. Natural features The Red Moss is a national Site of Special Scientific Interest within the United Kingdom, due to its diverse species content and its undisturbed habitat; the outlet of Red Moss is Crynoch Burn. To the west of Netherley lies another watercourse, Cairnie Burn, which is a tributary of the Crynoch Burn. Education Netherley School is an historic primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crynoch Burn
Crynoch Burn is a stream in Aberdeenshire that is tributary to the River Dee. This stream rises somewhat above Netherley and flows near Netherley House; and thence into the Red Moss, a significant natural bog habitat; thence near the historic Lairhillock Inn; and finally by the village of Maryculter and through Oldman Wood before discharge to the Dee. Headwaters areas include the northern and western slopes of Meikle Carewe Hill and the northern slopes of Curlethney Hill. The soils near its mouth at the River Dee are light and sandy, and the pH level of these greenish brown waters is approximately 8.05, or slightly alkaline Hydrology Tributaries to the Crynoch Burn include the Cairnie Burn. Classified in the Strahler Stream Order In mathematics, the Strahler number or Horton–Strahler number of a mathematical tree (graph theory), tree is a numerical measure of its branching complexity. These numbers were first developed in hydrology by and ; in this application, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horatio Ross
Horatio Ross (5 September 1801 – 6 December 1886) was a celebrated sportsman and a pioneer amateur photographer. Background and early life Ross was born at Rossie Castle, near Montrose, Angus on 5 September 1801, the son of Hercules Ross, a rich landowner, and his wife, Henrietta Parrish. His father had acquired a substantial fortune in St Andrew's parish in Jamaica. Horatio was named after his godfather, Horatio Nelson, his father's intimate friend. In 1817, following his father's death, he inherited the large Rossie Castle estate. As a young man, he embarked on a brief military career, with a commission in the 14th Light Dragoons, and an equally brief political career as MP (first for Aberdeen Burghs and then for Montrose Burghs) between 1831 and 1835. However, he was reluctant to engage too deeply in any activity that might distract him from his primary and abiding passion for field sports. Sporting activities His sporting activities were numerous and were recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Silver (Scotland)
George Silver was a Scottish agricultural innovator, in Kincardineshire, who flourished in the early nineteenth century. Silver was born in Netherley. He was the son of Alexander Silver, who made his fortune with the East India Trading Company. Alexander Silver built the Netherley House mansion in Netherley and died there in 1797. George Silver esq. innovated in land cultivation, grain production and cattle breeding.C. Michael Hogan, ''History of Muchalls Castle'', Lumina Tech Press, (2005) By 1841 he had purchased the lands of nearby Muchalls Castle. See also *Red Moss, Aberdeenshire Red Moss is a wetland bog in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located at the northwestern edge of the village of Netherley. (Grid Reference NO 955 856) The moss is designated a national Site of Special Scientific Interest by Scottish Natural Heritage, d ... References People from Kincardine and Mearns Scottish agronomists Year of birth missing Year of death missing Animal breeders Scottish a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muchalls Castle
Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of Muchalls. Upon this structure, the 17th-century castle was begun by Alexander Burnett of Leys and completed by his son, Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet, in 1627. The Burnetts of Leys built the remaining four-storey present-day castle. One of the most interesting castles of North-East Scotland, according to noted architectural historian Nigel Tranter, it is designed in the classic L style with a further extension wing at the west end. Muchalls Castle entered national history in 1638 when a seminal Covenanter gathering took place here precedent to the English Civil War. The plasterwork ceilings of the principal drawing rooms are generally regarded as among the three finest examples of plasterwork ceilings in Scotland. These adornments date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
