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Welcome to the Drumlithie Mystery History Tour!

The rather ambitious aim of this guide is to take you on a tour of our wonderful village of Drumlithie, hopefully learning some of its amazing and unique history on the way.

We hope you enjoy! Map The tour should be attempted by teams of approximately 4 people, preferably with the cleverest, or most knowledgeable and observant 3 other people you can find. Each instruction fits one the three categories on the next page and should be followed in turn. We accept no responsibility for wrong turns, barking dogs or lost team members. . . Best of Luck and Have Fun!

Guide: D: directions Q: question H: history 1. D: Walk over the road from the hall, keep to the right and find the High Street on your right. Find the village information board? Read through it there might be a question on something from it later! D: Continue up the high street. 2. Q: High Street – Half-way up you might feel you’ve climbed a mountain, but which one?

______3. H: Flowerdale cottage – this is the old, old Post office. D: After Ury Cottage, turn right up Croft Road. H: Opposite the Steading, about half-way up, used to be a farm, named Nether Kinmonth. The whole area of Drumlithie was part of the Kinmonth estate, belonging to Lord Arbuthnott.

4. H: Duncoll – was the old village hall, it held the most fantastic ‘Batchelor’s dances’ and is now home to the Marsons. Try to ignore the horrific mess in the garden, it’s hard with 3 young kids! 5. H: The house with the blue doors is Main House – it was originally the coaching inn. Beware of the little white dog (he’s called Hamish and he’s quite friendly really!)

6. D: Continue towards the little park. Pause here if you have children in your group, or if you just fancy a slide (whatever your age – act your shoe-size for once!) 7. H: Across from the little park is Thistle Cottage; find its nameplate. This was originally the village shop. Q: See if you can find the ring attached to the wall that was used for tying up your horse. 8. H: Up the right-side of Thistle Cottage is Ivybank Cottage. An old shoemakers and home of the last provost of the village. He was the guy carrying the steeple on the information sign as shown on the first page H: There were at one time: several weavers, 1 Pub, 1 Licensed shop, 2 Grocers, a Hat-maker, an Umbrella maker, a Blacksmiths, 2 Churches, an Accordion Teacher(!), 5 Porter shops, a Tailors, a Baker, a Shoemaker, a Garage and 5 sweetie shops. . . Yes, 5, but amazingly no dentist. . .

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9. D: Walk towards the church. 10. H: The right-angled house in front of the church is Angleside, the old parsonage for the church and one of the oldest houses in the village. Go up lane to the right of Angleside. 11. H: On your right is an overgrown lane originally called chapel lane, the low building down that lane on the left was the original church which was burnt down by the Duke of Cumberland in 1746. It was too small anyway, so they built a new church which became the Manse (the derelict building in front of you – well, it should be if you’re following the directions as we meant them!) D: Walk up to the derelict manse and turn left entering the churchyard on your left at the rear of the Episcopal Church. 12. H: Episcopal Church – find the date the church was built.

______The initials on the date plaque are RKT; Robert Kilgower-Thom the priest at the time of the build. Q: But can you find out the year his wife died her name was Elizabeth and she was buried in the churchyard?

______D: Walk out of the churchyard and turn right. 13. H: The first cottage on your right is St. John’s cottage, it was the old church schoolhouse. D: Turn right at the bottom of the hill 14. H: The Harvey Well, coldest water of the six wells that were originally in the village. It was a social meeting place where the women of the village would gather to make butter - Find out how old Harvey is?

______D: Walk back into the village. Walk up the wee hill in front of you then turn right towards the school. 15. H: This school building was built in late 1890’s, has been added to over the years and has recently been expanded again!

16. H: On your left is the big park – the site of a large horse and cattle market which was held the 2nd Thursday in October each year. What was the market called?

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D: Continue along school road past the playground on your right. H: The village was established on this site around 1669, by weavers who made linen from locally grown flax. This area was called the Ba’green and was where the children would’ve played ball games ever since the village was established. Some things never change. . . D: Continue along school road. 17. D: Find Ball Green House, this was the site of a poor persons asylum. 18. Q: At the end of the road is the Drumlithie sign – But who are we twinned with?

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19. D: Walk East along Glenbervie road until you find the other end of School Road again. Turn left and follow the road then turn right into Smiddy Road. 20. H: You should see Blair Cottage – with the horse shoe on its shed. Q: But when was it built? (The house, not the shed. . . )

______D: Turn left up the narrow lane after Blair cottage and turn right at the top. (It’s a narrow lane, don’t miss it!) 21. H: The house directly opposite at the end of the lan is the old tailors house. The odd shaped window on corner used to be the door to the shop. D: Continue to the steeple.

22. H: The Steeple was built in 1777 and rung to mark the beginning and end of the working day. Prior to the steeple being built the bell hung on a tree where the village hall is now. The bell is now rung at New Year and also when a local girl gets married. 23. H: No. 2 on the High Street was originally Granny Simpson’s sweetie shop, it was apparently the best sweetie shop in the village. D: Turn right down the lane by the Steeple and walk to the end. (Or run, if so inclined. . . ) 24. H: Opposite you is the old smiddy where the Blacksmith worked… D: Turn left at the corner. On your right is Bert the Builders yard. On your left – The Neuk, the old post office 25. H: The oldest house in the village is behind Bert’s yard, and is called Lochend. D: Turn left onto Glenbervie Road and continue back towards the hall. Q: On the corner, with the fabulous garden, is Mike and Allison’s house, but what is its not very imaginative, but completely accurate, name?

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26. D: Continue along the road, looking at the houses on your left. H:Moorlands – built by a man who made a load of money with a boatload of onions. . . H: Hotel Farmhouse – used to be the old grocers. H: Finella – possibly named after Lady Finella who helped to murder King Kenneth II of Scotland in Fettercairn 995 AD. Who knows. . . We do know however that this house used to be home to the Shoemaker’s, Baker’s and Accordion teachers shops – although not at the same time!

27. D: Finally, end your tour by returning to the village hall and enjoy a well earned cuppa. But. . .one last question: Q: When was the Hall built?

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Well done!