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edit. The Deeside Railway was a passenger and goods railway between Aberdeen and Ballater in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opening in 1853 to Banchory, an extension reached Aboyne in 1859. A separate company, the Aboyne & Braemar Railway, built an extension to Ballater and this opened in 1866. By 1855 there were five services a day over the -mile ...
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Local History. There have been many meanings and spellings of Ballater over the years, but the commonly accepted meaning is “Pass of the Water”. The name was taken from a group of houses at the east end of the Pass of Ballater. The old spelling was Bealadair – Bealach means “pass” and Dair means water. Ballater’s origins date back ...
Location. The Polhollick Bridge spans the River Dee near Ballater, Aberdeenshire. It was built in 1892 by James Abernethy, a steel founder in Aberdeen. The bridge had been commissioned by Alexander Gordon as a gift to the area to replace a ferry crossing. Gordon had grown up in the area and witnessed a drowning incident at the ferry.
Knock Castle is a ruined tower house in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It is typical of the traditional type of residence of a laird, a Scottish landed gentleman. Knock Castle is in Royal Deeside, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the town of Ballater, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Balmoral. It sits on a knoll in a field on the south side ...
The Cambus O' May bridge spans the River Dee to the east of Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was paid for by the estate of Alexander Gordon, who had grown up nearby. The bridge was built in 1905 and is a suspension footbridge 164 feet (50 m) long and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide. The bridge was rebuilt in 1988 for safety reasons but was badly ...
Birkhall. Birkhall est un manoir de l' Aberdeenshire en Écosse, situé sur les bords de la Muick, à 3 km au Sud-Ouest de la localité de Ballater. Elle forme la limite Est de la propriété de la famille royale britannique connue sous le nom de Royal Deeside s'étendant sur plus de 200 km2, appelé ainsi par le fait que le château de ...
