Blelack

Blelack a place in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the location of Blelack House,a scottish mansion house with origins in the seventeen century . To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km...

“Dool Dool to Blelack, and Dool to Blelack’s Heir, for Driving use fae the Seely Howe to the Cauld Hill O’ Fare”

So goes the apparent curse on the laird of Blelack House for instigated on exorcism on the “Fairies” resident in the Seely Howe the location Blelack House, Howe being a hollow or Glen. The “Cold” Hill O’ Fare is near Banchory some miles further down the Dee valley, Dool is the Doric dialect term roughly equivalent to Doom. For a couple of centauries the lairds did not seem to enjoy any particular good fortune, seemingly ending up always on the losing side.

Blelack House is situated near to the village of Logie Coldstone, in Aberdeenshire, 3 Miles north of the River Dee in the Cromar, a basin of agricultural land carved out of the Grampian foothills, 30 Miles west of Aberdeen. Blelack is an anglicization of the Gaelic Baile ailich meaning “village of the stone house”. The pefix “Ble...” is found in the outer Hebrides with regard to translations of gaelic place names beginning Baile, in Ireland this would be “Bally...” .

The Royal Deeside (see River Dee) area was historically within the Earldom of Mar, and the Blelack estate belonged to a branch of the powerful Clan Gordon. In 1620 An “Alexander Gordoune” of Blelack is referred to in “The Records of Aboyne”, and the location is shown on a Map of 1654. It is difficult to tell if the presence of a stone house here is earlier. Typical of such mansion houses there is a nearby farm and a mill, both of similar age, and being built of the distinctive local pink granite.

There are, confusingly, two dates engraved onto the façade of the Building, 1881 and 1892. There is some evidence that the current Blelack house is older, and these are renovation dates. Blelack house was burnt down in retribution after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. The young laird, Charles Gordon, fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie, and was closely associated with several of the rebellions leaders. According to, the Rev. Michie’s book, the new mansion house was built on the present site in 1753. The building unfortunately suffered an accidental fire later in 1868 and was, rebuilt and remodelled the following year. We can only speculate on the extent of the changes to the house over the centenaries, the current building certainly seems to pre-date the Mock Baronial style of later in the nineteen centaury. During the Victorian era Blelack, ceased to be the laird’s seat and was used as a shooting lodge, and in WWII pupils from Albyn School for girls in Aberdeen where evacuated to the house. The building was split up in separate flats in 1976.

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A lord is a male who has power and authority. ... Banchory (Scottish Gaelic: Beannchar) is a burgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where the Feugh River meets the River Dee The name is thought to be derived from Scottish Gaelic for horned or forked and also relates to by the bends, the bends being those of the River Dee. ... Doric is the name given to the dialect of Lowland Scots spoken in the north-east of Scotland. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... River Dee may refer to: River Dee, Wales (Afon Dyfrdwy), mostly in North Wales, flowing from Snowdonia to Chester. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... Gaelic as an adjective means pertaining to the Gaels, whether to their language or their culture. ... River Dee may refer to: River Dee, Wales (Afon Dyfrdwy), mostly in North Wales, flowing from Snowdonia to Chester. ... Clan Gordon Crest Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a traditional Scottish clan name and it is now a common forename. ... Aboyne (Scottish Gaelic: Ab̬idh) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee approximately 48 km (30 miles) west of Aberdeen. ... This article is not about the Jacobite Orthodox Church, nor is it about Jacobinism or the earlier Jacobean period. ... For the U.S. politician, see Charles E. Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart (December 31, 1720 РJanuary 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of Ireland, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. Charles was the son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the... Victorian can refer to: people from or attributes of places called Victoria (disambiguation page), including Victoria, Australia, people who lived during the British Victorian era of the 19th century, and aspects of the Victorian era, for example: Victorian architecture Victorian fashion Victorian morality Victorian literature This is a disambiguation page... The Albyn School is a privately owned independent educational establishment, founded in 1867 in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ...

“History of Logie Coldstone and the Braes of Cromar” Rev. John Grant Michie 1896 “Royal Valley – the story of Aberdeenshire” Fenton Wyness 1968 Also the “The Records of Aboyne” Aboyne library
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