Rathven
Rathven
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 Rathven Kirk | |
  Rathven Location within Moray | |
| OS grid reference | NJ444657 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BUCKIE |
| Postcode district | AB56 |
| Dialling code | 01542 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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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
^ The Online Scots Dictionary
^ 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
^ Notes from the Author, Geograph.org.uk Retrieved 29 January 2013
^ davidmaddison.org retrieved 20 November 2013
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