Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkville

Kirkville, a cottage ornee (1826) in Skene parish, Aberdeenshire, 8½ miles W by N of Aberdeen. Its owner, Captain Thomas Shepherd (b. 1846), holds 442 acres in the shire, valued at £728 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a cottage ornee"   (ADL Feature Type: "buildings")
Administrative units: Skene ScoP       Aberdeenshire ScoCnty

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