ABERGELDIE, seat on the Dee, 2 miles east of Balmoral, Aberdeenshire. The Birks of Abergeldie are the subject of an old melody, transferred by Burns to his 'Birks o' Aberfeldy.' The mansion is a modernized, ancient, castellated edifice, and, together with the grounds, was purchased by the late Prince Consort, and is now included in Balmoral demesne.
ABERIACHAN, burn, entering left side of Loch Ness, 4 miles north-east of Fort-Augustus, Inverness-shire. It traverses romantic scenery, makes fine falls, and passes a large spar cave.
ABERLADY, village and parish on north-west coast of Haddingtonshire. The village stands 3 miles west-by-north of Drem railway station, is a sea-bathing resort, and has a post office, with money order department, under Longniddry, an Established church, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school with about 185 scholars. Pop. 438. The parish is 3f miles long, and 3J miles broad. Acres, 4319. Real property in 1880-81, 11,270. Pop. 1000. The surface rises veiy slowly from the shore, and looks to be almost flat, yet presents a rich appearance. Gosford House, the seat of the Earl of Wemyss, and Ballencrieff, the seat of Lord Elibank, are chief features. Aberlady Bay, taking name from the parish, is an encurvature from Gullane Point, past Prestonpans, Musselburgh, and Portobello, to Leith.
ABERLEMNO, parish around Auldbar railway station, near centre of Forfarshire. It has a post office under Forfar. Its length is 6 miles, its greatest breadth 4 miles, its area 8914 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 10,874. Pop. 993. The surface is partly level, partly hilly, and rises from about 200 to about 600 feet above sea-level. The seats are Auldbar Castle, Balgavies, and Carsegownie ; and the chief antiquities are Flemmington Castle and Melgund Castle, the latter a ruin giving the title of viscount to the Earl of Minto. The churches are Established and Free ; and the public school has about 104 scholars.
ABERLOUR, village and parish on south-west border of Banffshire. The village stands on the Spey, 17 miles south-west of Keith, was founded in 1812, presents a well-built appearance, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Craigellachie, a railway station, 2 banking offices, an Established Norman church of 1861, a Free church, an Episcopalian early English church of 1877, an orphanage connected with that church, and a public school with about 190 scholars. Pop. 721. The parish is 9 miles long and 5 miles broad. Acres, 14,781. Real property in 1880-81, 6464. Pop., quoad civilia, 1912 ; quoad sacra, 1794. The Spey traces all the boundary with Elginshire, and is here deep and rapid. Aberlour burn, entering that river at the village, makes a cascade of 30 feet. Craigellachie on the Spey will be separately noticed. The south-western district is mountainous, and includes most of Benrinnes ; the other districts also are prevailingly hilly, yet about two-thirds of the entire area are cultivated. Aberlour House is an elegant modern mansion. There are 3 schools for 343 scholars, and include recent enlargements for 61.
ABERLUTHNOTT, ancient parish, now called Marykirk, Kincardineshire.
ABERMILE, ancient parish, now called St. Mungo, Dumfriesshire.
ABERNETHY, village in Perthshire, and parish, partly also in Fife. The village stands 7| miles south-east of Perth, was anciently a seat of the Culdees, and a capital of Pictavia ; contains an ancient round tower similar to the famous round towers of Ireland ; presents now a plain, modern appearance, and has a post office, with money order department, under Newburgh, a railway station, an Established church, a United Presbyterian church, and a recently enlarged public school for 362 scholars. Pop. 906. The parish contains also Aberargie village, includes Mugdrum Island, and is nearly 5 miles long and about 4 miles broad. Acres in Perthshire, 7577; in Fife, 1967. Real property in 1880-81, 12,788 and 2343. Pop. 1586 and 128. About one-third of the surface is low, rich land around and near the confluence of the Earn and the Tay ; and the rest is part of the Ochil Hills, cloven by Glenfarg. The seats are Carpow, Ayton, and Carey ; and some antiquities are Balvaird Castle, remains of a Roman camp, and vestiges of a vitrified fort.
ABERNETHY, parish around Nethy Bridge, Broomhill, and Boat-of-Garten stations on Strathspey and Highland Railways, east border of Inverness-shire. Area about 146 square miles. Real pro-rty in 1880-81, 8329. Pop. 1530. The surface extends along the Spey from Rothiemurchus to Cromdale, and ascends thence south-eastward to summits of the Cairngorms. Small part is low, flat land contiguous to the Spey ; and much of the mountains is covered with natural pine woods. The parish has a post office under Grantown, 2 parochial churches with 1000 and 600 sittings, a Free church, and 3 public schools for 310 scholars.
