Wmm. MHi ABERDEEN CSTY LIBRARIES Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/postofficebonacc184647uns : THE POST-OFFICE BON-ACCORD DIRECTORY. 1846-47- • ABERDEEN PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, BY WILLIAM BENNETT, And Sold by Hie Bookseller?, Letter Carriers, and all Postmasters hi Hie Counties of Aberdeen and BanlF. 1840'. 5 2S ,.,26 ®*» ' ^87 / CONTENTS, Kalendar ... VII. Bank of Scotland - - - 19 Stamp Duties xiii. British Linen Co. - - - 19 Window Duties xiv. Commercial Bank of Scotland - 20 Mail and Stage Coaches xv. National Bank.of Scotland - 20 Bank Holidays xvi. City of Glasgow Bank - - - 21 List of Carriers xvii. National Security Savings' Bank 21 Section I. Assurance Companies— MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS. Aberdeen Fire & Life Assurance Co. 22 Magistrates of Aberdeen North of Scotland Fire & Life The Guildry .... Assurance Co. ... 22 Incorporated Trades ... Bon-Accord Life & Fire Assurance Police Establishment Co. 22 Harbour ' - Agents for Insurance Companies - 23 Section II. Shipping Companies— LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. - Courts of Law • Aberdeen, Leith, & Clyde Shipping Society of Advocates Co. Public Officers .... Aberdeen & Newcastle Steam Navi- Messengers-at-Arms gation Co. - Sheriff. Officers - Aberdeen & Newcastle - on - Tyne Traders - Section III. Aberdeen & Newcastle ECCLESIASTICAL DEPARTMENT. Aberdeen & Dundee »..-.-» Established Church - Churchyard Dues - Foreign Consuls Church-warden's Dues Athenaeum Reading Rooms Various Denominations Union Club Rooms - Aberdeen Reading Room Club Section IV. Aberdeen Shipping - REVENUE DEPARTMENT. List of Streets, Lanes, &c. " Post Office - - Arrivals and Despatches - DIRECTORY. Deliveries of Letters ... Aberdeen, (New) 30 Rates of Postage within the United Trades and Professions 145 Kingdom - Aberdeen, (Old) 168 Ship Letters .... Woodside ... 173 Foreign Rates of Postage Registration of Letters COUNTY DIRECTORY. Money Orders ... Aberchirder - - - - 177 Stamps and Taxes ... Aboyne ..... ]78 Excise - Alford ----- 179 Customs - Tullynessle and Forbes - 179 Leochel Cushnie - - 179 Section V. Auchmill - - - . - 180 commercial establishments, &c. Auchnagatt - - - - 180 Ballater ..... igi Banks— Ballindalloch - - . 181 Aberdeen Banking Co. Banchory - - - - 181 Aberdeen Town and County Bank - Strachan - - - 182 North of Scotland Banking Co, - Durris, (part) - - - 183 Banff - 183 Longside 208 j Oardetistown 188 Lumsden - - 208 "Whitehills 188 Macduff ... 209 Fennan 188 Maryculter ... - 210 King Edward, (part) 188 Banchory -Devenick 210 Gamrie 189 North Deeside Road - 210 Alvah 189 Methliclc - - -* 210 Boyndie 190 Mintlaw .... - 211 Blackburn 190 Monymusk ... 211 Newhills, (part) - 190 Mortlach .... - 212 Dyce 190 Dufftown 212 Kinnellar 190 Mossat .... - 212 Fintiay 190 Newburgh - - • 212 Skene, (part) 190 Foveran .... - 213 213 Blackhillock - 191 New Byth ... - 214 Braemar - 191 New Deer ... 214 Buckie - 191 Oldmeldrum ... Cluny ... 192 Bourtie ... - 215 215 Cortes . 192 Daviot (pan) Rathen 192 Tarves (part) - 215 215 Lonmay - 192 Peterhead ... - 221 Cornhill, (Banffshire) 193 Pitcaple .... Portsoy 222 Crathie - 193 ... Khynie r - 222 Cruden - 193 222 Oullen - 194 Clatt Deskford 194 G'abrach ... - 223 223 Findlater 194 Auchindoir Cumineston 195 Rosehearty ... - 223 Drumoak 195 Rothiemay - - - " 224 Echt ---.- 196 Skene .... - 224 224 Ellon ... 196 St. Fergus - Forgue ... 196 Crimond - 225 Fraserburgh 197 Stonehaven - . - i25 . 226 Fyvie ... 199 Strathdon - Strichen - - 230 Glenlivet - 199 Summerhill (New Machar) 226 Hillside (Bourtreebush) 200 - 227 Huntly ... 200 Tarland .... Tarves - - - - 227 Insch - 202 Thornton - - 228 Keith 203 203 Tomintoul ... 228 Fife-Keith Tomvoullan . - - - 229 Keith-hall (Inverury) 205 204 Udny .... 229 Kincardine O'Neil - - 230 Lumphanan 205 Whitehouse - Birse 205 King Edward 206 Kintore 207 233 Kcmnay 208 ADVERTISEMENTS KALENDAE FROM JULY, 1846, TO JULY, 1847 1 *% JLLi, ld4o. First Quarter, 1st, at 9/*. low. Night. I Last Quarter, 15th, at \h. 15m. After. Full Moon, 8th, at 1 1 A. 2m. Night. | New Moon, 23d, at lh. 54m. Morn. First Quarter, 31st, at 10/*. 54m. Morn. DAYS. REMARKABLE DAYS. SUN. TIDES. w. in. rises sets morn. even. W 1 3/ill 8A55 5A53m 6/i\9m Th 2 Battle of Alford, 1645 3 12 8 55 6 46 7 19 Fr 3 Dog Days begin 3 13 8 55 7 53 8 26 Sat 4 St. Martin Bouillant 3 14 8 54 9 9 30 S 5 4th Sunday after Trinity 3 15 8 53 9 59 10 28 M 6 3 15 8 52 10 56 11 20 Tu 7 Thomas a Becket 3 16 8 51 11 44 W 8 Watch fast, 4 rain. 39 sec. 3 17 8 50 18 34 Th 9 Edmund Burke d. 1797 3 19 8 49 58 1 22 10 Calvin b. Fr 1509 3 20 8 49 1 45 2 8 Sat 11 3 21 5 48 2 32 2 56 S 12 5tb Sunday after Trinity 3 23 8 46 3 22 3 48 M 13 3 25 8 44 4 14 4 39 Tu 14 Conven. of Royal Burghs meet 3 27 8 43 5 7 5 35 W 15 St. Swithin, 862 3 29 8 42 6 3 6 31 Th 16 3 30 8 41 7 4 7 36 Fr 17 Reform Bill passed, 1832 3 31 8 40 8 12 8 47 Sat 18 Court of Session rises 3 33 8 38 9 20 9 55 S 19 6th Sunday after Trinity 3 34 8 37 10 25 10 57 M 20 3 36 8 35 11 20 11 44 Tu 21 Robert Burns d. 1796 3 37 8 34 6 W 22 Watch fast 6 min. 6 sec. 3 39 8 32 29 48 Th 23 3 41 8 30 1 6 1 25 Fr 24 Battle of Harlaw, 1411 3 43 8 28 1 43 1 58 Sat 25 St. James 3 44 8 27 2 13 2 30 S 26 7th Sunday after Trinity 3 46 8 25 2 47 3 2 M 27 3 48 8 23 3 18 3 36 Tu fast, 28 Watch 6 min. 12 sec. 3 50 8 21 3 54 4 12 29 W Paris Three Days, 1830 3 52 8 19 4 30 4 51 Th 30 Greenwich Hospital foun. 1696 3 54 8 17 5 13 5 36 Fr 31 3 56 8 15 6 6 30 AUGUST, 1846. Full Moon, 7th, at 5k. 51m. Morn. I New Moon, 21st, at 11*. 17m. Night, Last Quarter, 13th, at 10/?. 43m. Night. | First Quarter, 29th, at 10A. 10m. Night. DAYS. REMARKABLE DAYS. SUN. w. m. rises sets morn. even. Sat 1 Lammas Day. — Battle of the 3A5S 8/H3 7 A \m 7/*37w S 2 8th Sun. af. Trinity [Nile, 1798 4 8 11 8 14 8 49 M 3 James II. killed, 14C0 8 9 9 25 9 5S Tu 4 8 7 10 31 10 59 W 5 Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 8 5 11 25 11 53 Th 6 5. Prince Alfred b. 1844 8 S 20 Fr 7 8 1 44 1 7 Sat 8 G. Canning d. 1S27 58 1 31 1 54 S 9 9th Sunday after Trinily 56 2 17 2 39 M 10 53 3 2 3 24 Tu 11 Dog Days end 4 IS 51 3 48 4 12 W 12 Grouse & Ptarmig. Shoot, begin 4 20 4;i 4 38 5 4 Th 13 Lammas Day, O. S. 4 22 47 5 31 5 58 Fr 14 4 24 44 6 29 7 Sat 15 Sir W. Scott b. 1771 4 26 41 7 37 8 14 S 16 10th Sunday after Trinity 4 28 39 8 52 9 30 M 17 Duchess of Kent b. 1786 4 30 37 10 4 10 38 Tu 18 4 33 7 34 11 5 11 30 W 19 4 35 7 31 11 51 Th 20 Black Game Shooting begins 4 37 7 29 12 30 Fr •21 4 39 7 26 48 1 4 Sat 22 4 41 7 24 1 20 1 35 S 23 11th Sunday after Trinity 4 43 7 21 1 49 2 4 M 24 23. Sir W. Wallace behead. 1305 4 45 2 19 2 35 Tu 25 J. Watt d. 1819 [St. Bartholomew 4 47 2 51 3 7 W 26 Prince Albert b. 1819 4 49 3 26 3 43 Th 27 4 51 4 19 Fr 28 4 53 5 2 Sat 29 John Locke b. 1632 4 55 5 56 S 30 12th Sunday after Trinity 4 58 7 M 31 5 S 18 . SEPTEMBER, 18M. Vi. Full Mfini, 5th, at 1ft. 7m. After. I New Moon, 20Ui, at 25m. Afterj First Quarter, 28th, at ~ih. 18m. Morn_ Last Quarter, 12th, at lift. 34m Morn. | DAY3. REMARKABLE DAYS. SUN. T1DE3. Wt m. rises sets morn even,. 5ft 2 6ft59 9ft 2ot 9A39m Tu 1 Partridge Shooting begins W 2 5 3 6 56 10 16 10 44 Th 3 Cromwell d. 1058 5 5 6 5i 11 13 11 40 Fr 4 5 7 6 50 — — 6 5 10 50 Sat 5 Watch slow 1 mill 21 sec. 6 48 28 3 6 13th Sunday after Trinity 5 12 6 46 1 13 1 35 M 7 Porteous Mob, 1736 5 15 6 43 1 56 2 16 Tu 8 5 17 6 40 2 37 2 58 W 9 Battle of Flodden, 1513 5 19 6 37 3 21 3 44 5 20 34 4 4 32 Th 1 6 8 Fr 11 5 22 6 32 4 5S 5 24 Sat 12 Battle of Aberdeen, 1044 5 24 6 29 5 52 6 20 s 13 14tb Sunday after Triuity 5 26 6 26 6 56 7 33 23 58 M 14 13. Salmon Fishing ends 5 28 6 8 15 8 Tu 15 5 30 6 20 9 33 10 8 32 11 6 W 16 Watch slow 5 rain. 18 sec. 5 6 17 10 37 Th 17 5 34 6 14 11 27 11 48 Fr 18 5 36 6 11 — — 6 Sat 19 21.