Kay wrote: > Hello, I am new to this list. In fact, I don't even know where > Banffshire is! Elaine has beaten me to the punch in pointing you towards the Banffshire pages which I maintain for GENUKI. These will tell you something about the County (which ceased to exist as a separate administrative unit in 1974). Unfortunately, the parish page for Aberdour is one that I have not yet got round to updating. > ... > Civil parish is Aberlour Ecclesiastical Parish. Address Charlestown. The main centre of the parish is nowadays generally known simply as "Aberlour", but its Sunday name is "Charlestown of Aberlour". This was one of the "model villages" which were established in various parts of the country by landowners in the later 18th and early 19th century, and was named after Charles Grant of Wester Elchies. Gavin Bell