Old Deer, a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Population (1901), 4313. The village lies on the Deer or South Ugie Water, 101/8 miles West of Peterhead, and 2 miles from Mintlaw station on the Great North of Scotland Railway Companys branch line from Aberdeen to Peterhead. Buchan comprises a traditional area and earldom of north-eastern Scotland. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The River Ugie (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Uigidh) or Ugie Water is a river in Scotland. ... This article is about the Scottish city. ... Peterhead is a town in Scotland with a population of approximately 18,000. ...

The industries include distilling, brewing, and the manufacture of woollens, and there are quarries of granite and limestone. Columba and his nephew Drostan founded a monastery here in the 6th century, of which no trace remains. The Book of Deer, is a most interesting relic of the monks, which was discovered in 1857 in the Cambridge University library by Henry Bradshaw. It was probably stolen during the Wars of Independence by English troops. It consisted of a small MS. of the Gospels in the Vulgate, fragments of the liturgy of the Celtic church, and notes, in the Gaelic script of the 12th century, referring to the charters of the ancient monastery, including a summary of that granted by David I. These are among the oldest examples of Scottish Gaelic. The MS. was also adorned with Gaelic designs. It had belonged to the monks of Deer and been in the possession of the University Library since 1715. It was edited by John Stuart for the Spalding Club, by whom it was published in 1869 under the title of The Book of Deer. In 1218 William Comyn, earl of Buchan, founded the Abbey of St Mary of Deer, now in ruins, 3/4 miles farther up the river than the monastery and on the opposite bank. Although it was erected for Cistercians from the priory of Kinloss, near Forres, the property of the Columban monastery was removed to it. The founder (died 1233) and his countess were buried in the church. The parish is rich in antiquities, but the most noted of themthe Stone of Deer, a sculptured block of syenite, which stood near the Abbeywas destroyed in 1854. Saint Columba sometimes known as (7 December 521 - 9 June 597), the Latinized version of the Irish name Colmcille (Old Irish Columb Cille) meaning Dove of the church, was the outstanding figure among the Irish missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland and the north of England during the Dark... Folio 29v contains a portrait of the Evangelist Luke. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... // Events July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. ...

The village is the birthplace of David B. Henderson one of only two foreign born Speakers of the United States House of Representatives.

The thriving village of New Deer (formerly called Auchriddie) lies about 7 miles west of the older village; it includes the ruined castle of Fedderat.

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