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Rathven
  • Scots: Raffin


Rathven Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 185542.jpg
Rathven Kirk


Rathven is located in Moray

Rathven

Rathven



Location within Moray

OS grid reference NJ444657
Council area
  • Moray
Lieutenancy area
  • Banffshire
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BUCKIE
Postcode district AB56
Dialling code 01542
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish

EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Moray
Scottish Parliament
  • Moray


List of places

UK

Scotland



57°40′41″N 2°56′02″W / 57.678°N 2.934°W / 57.678; -2.934Coordinates: 57°40′41″N 2°56′02″W / 57.678°N 2.934°W / 57.678; -2.934

Rathven (Scots: Raffin)[1] is an ecclesiastical parish, village and former civil parish in the historic county of Banff, now in Moray, Scotland. The civil parish was last used as a census subdivision in 2001 when the population was 12,378,[2] The former burgh of Buckie is the largest settlement in the parish, which also includes Findochty and Portknockie.




Contents






  • 1 Churches


  • 2 Notable people


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





Churches




View of the altar of St. Peter's Church, Rathven


The Roman Catholic St Peter's Church is in the town of Buckie. It is sometimes inaccurately referred to as a cathedral. St Gregory's Church, Preshome and St Ninian's Church, Tynet are served from here. The church was built in 1851-7 to a design by Bishop James Kyle and Alexander and William Reid. In 1907 the chancel, altar and baptistry were altered by Charles Jean Ménart, who also designed St Aloysius Church, Glasgow.[3]



Notable people


The Addison family in Rathven can be traced back to the 17th century and this branch includes the Canadian-Czech philanthropist, Vincent Peter Addison (d. 2007) and the travel writer, David M. Addison whose latest work "Confessions of a Banffshire Loon" contains much information about the Addisons of Rathven as well as the Addisons of nearby Portknockie where Joseph Addison was the first Provost. There are also a couple of chapters on the Gordons of Letterfourie who were the lairds of Rathven.[4]



See also


  • Rathven railway station


References





  1. ^ The Online Scots Dictionary


  2. ^ Scotland's Census 2001 - National Records of Scotland Table CAS001- Age by sex and whether living in household or communal establishment All people Retrieved 2009-12-18


  3. ^ Notes from the Author, Geograph.org.uk Retrieved 29 January 2013


  4. ^ davidmaddison.org retrieved 20 November 2013
















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