Belhelvie

Belhelvie
Park Terrace in Belhelvie
Belhelvie is located in Aberdeenshire
Belhelvie
Belhelvie
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population3,802 (2001)
OS grid referenceNJ9417
Civil parish
  • Belhelvie
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townABERDEEN
Postcode districtAB23
Dialling code01358
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°14′56″N 2°05′17″W / 57.249°N 2.088°W / 57.249; -2.088

Belhelvie (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Shealbhaigh) is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.[1] The parish has a population of 3,802,[2] of which 1,653 are in the village.[3] The history of the parish is available online.[4] The churchyard contains a notable example of a morthouse used against the activities of bodysnatchers in the early 19th century.

  1. ^ Belhelvie. Gazetteer for Scotland.
  2. ^ General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population : KS01 : Belhelvie Civil Parish Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 January 2010
  3. ^ "Comparative Population Profile: Balmedie Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 29 April 2001. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Belhelvie - a History of the Parish". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2012.