Blairdaff is a parish in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, next to the villages of Kemnay and Monymusk. Blairdaff had a grocery store, a post office, and both petrol and diesel pumps until 1986 when only the post office was relocated to Blindburn Farm. Blairdaff Parish Church (Church of Scotland) is linked to the church in the Chapel of Garioch.
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The House of Monymusk is a country house on the outskirts of the village of Monymusk, in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands near the River Don. It is a Category A listed building. The village dates back to at least 1170 and was acquired by the Forbes family in the 1560s. The house originated as an L-plan tower house dating from about 1587, with additional storeys added in the 18th century and later wings constructed in the 19th century. It remained in Forbes ownership until 1712, when it was sold to the Grant family.
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Monymusk Parish Church is located in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is of Church of Scotland denomination. Now Category A listed, a structure on the site has existed since at least the late 12th or early 13th century, but it was a site of worship even before that.
Originally Monymusk Priory, today's structure has been altered several times, including post-Reformation, and in 1822, 1851 and 1921, when Alexander Marshall Mackenzie performed a partial restoration.
The clock face dates to 1865, and its Mowat bell 1748.
There are monuments to Forbes-Leslie of Abersnithick and Sir Archibald Grant and his relatives.
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Monymusk railway station was a station on the Alford Valley Railway in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station opened on 25 March 1859 and closed on 2 January 1950.
Monymusk was an intermediate station on the Alford branch of the Great North of Scotland Railway. It was a single platform station. In the course of its operations, it was grouped into the London and North-Eastern Railway. Subsequently, it was closed to regular passenger traffic on 2 January, 1950.
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Kemnay is a village 16 miles west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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The original church is located in Blairdaff's courtyard. After a fire in the 1950s, the old church had the roof removed, however, there is a tradition of open air services in the summer months, which continues to this day.