The History Quine

Historian and folklorist, Dr Fiona-Jane Brown shares historical gems and stories from Aberdeen's past (and present). The Silver City deserves to be celebrated!

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Tam Framper's Manse - Medieval Intrigue Leads to Haunting?

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Old Aberdeen’s Chanonry reeks of mystery and antiquity as one wanders down past the high-walled 19th century mansions towards St. Machar Ca...
Sunday, 1 September 2013

Murderous Malcolm & the Mither Kirk

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According to local historians over the last two centuries, the “Mither Kirk” of St Nicholas dates from the twelfth century.  However, due t...

St Clement's: Fittie's Forgotten Kirk

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St. Clement’s: Fittie’s Forgotten Kirk Standing in the Beach Retail Park, you might just catch a glimpse of a curious turreted building p...

Where are the Bodies Buried?

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We Know Where The Bodies Are Buried – a catalogue of lost internments Fifty years ago, on 15 August, 1963, Henry John Burnett was hanged ...
Monday, 22 July 2013

The Powis Hermitage

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On a little hill at the rear of Hermitage Avenue, off Bedford Road, a curious wee building used to stand. Known as the Hermitage of Powis, i...
Thursday, 11 July 2013

The Night It Rained Fire

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Seventy years ago this April, Aberdeen experienced the worst air raid of World War II; over 130 bombs fell on the city, killing 98 civilians...
Friday, 21 June 2013

Bon-Accord; Aberdeen’s most famous battle that never was?

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Aberdeen’s civic motto is a curiosity in heraldic history, as unlike many other medieval Scottish burghs which sported mottos of a religio...
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